By Patrick Lawrence* / ScheerPost American, British, and Canadian troops in NATO’s forward bases in Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania are being told to prepare for deployment to the Ukraine next year. They are also being warned to expect to fight under heavy Russian artillery…
By Leonid Savin – Asia-Pacific Research Although NATO is formally limited to the Euro-Atlantic region, the tentacles of this aggressive alliance extend to the Middle East, Africa and the Pacific region. The anniversary NATO summit in the United States showed that cooperation…
Nicholas Watson – Balkan Insight Angered by Viktor Orban’s globetrotting since Hungary assumed the EU presidency on July 1, the EU Commission said commissioners will skip informal EU Council meetings hosted by Budapest and instead send bureaucrats. Hungarian government…
By Joanna Rozpedowski*- Modern Diplomacy Trapped in a time-worn narrative, the United States is a nation haunted by the echoes of its 20th-century historical preeminence. Nowhere in Washington can you escape the ghosts of America’s much-idealized past and swagger.
Sachs * – Common Dreams For the sake of America’s security and world peace, the U.S. should immediately abandon the neocon quest for hegemony in favor of diplomacy and peaceful co-existence. In 1992, U.S. foreign-policy exceptionalism went into overdrive.
Michael von der Schulenburg*- MEER With the war in Ukraine, we must once again ask ourselves the perhaps most important question for a peaceful future for humanity: can there be a world in which peace and an international order can be guaranteed by joint agreements between…
By Binoy Kampmark – CounterPunch website The dishonour board is long. Advisors from Australia, account chasing electoral strategists, former Australian cabinet ministers happy to draw earnings in British pounds. British Conservative politicians keen to mimic…
By Barbara Moens * – Politico Brussels is annoyed with Budapest, but Hungary’s leader seems to know exactly how far he can go without drawing real consequences. BRUSSELS — When it comes to dealing with Budapest, Brussels’ bark is worse than its bite.
By Tom O’Connor* – Newsweek Newsweek, exclusive, interview, badge Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered Newsweek an exclusive written interview ahead of his appearance at the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Newsweek Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…
By Jim Lobe* – Responsible Statecraft Not so much among high-earners in other parts of Asia Middle-income countries of the Global South hold significantly more favorable views of China and its influence than those held by high-income countries of North America, Europe, and…
