Russia Marks the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Dissolution of the USSR
December 13, 2021
This past week Russian media devoted a great deal of attention to the thirtieth anniversary of the dissolution of the USSR under the terms of the Belovezha Accords signed by the presidents of the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus on 8 December 1991. A new documentary film entitled “Thirty Years without the Union” prepared under […]
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American Public Opinion and ‘Overseas Militarism’
December 12, 2021
Edward Luce has a very strange recollection of the last 15 years: The US public turned against overseas militarism when the Iraq war began to go wrong under George W Bush. It has stayed that way ever since. Fifteen years on, it is easy to presume American “non-interventionism” has become the settled view of its […]
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Conflicts of Interest: Biden & Putin Talk as NATO Looks East
December 10, 2021
On COI #198, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman update the Iran talks, tensions in eastern Europe, and America’s Cold War with China. Kyle reports on today’s talks between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Tensions continue to rise over the Ukrainian-Russian border and war in the Donbas is threatened. Moscow wants legally binding […]
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Biden’s Dangerous Foreign Policy on Ukraine, Saudi Arabia
December 10, 2021
From Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti at Breaking Points: Krystal and Saagar cover the foreign policy decisions being made by the Biden administration to address the growing tensions in Ukraine and America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia
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New Interactive Map Gives Ground-Level Look at High Civilian Toll of Israel’s Gaza War
December 10, 2021
A new report and interactive map published Thursday by a leading airstrike monitoring organization offer detailed insight into incidents of civilian harm caused by Israel Defense Forces’ aerial bombardment of Gaza during the May 2021 Operation Guardian of the Walls assault on the Palestinian territory, as well as casualties resulting from militant rocket attacks on […]
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US Appeal Decision on Assange on Friday at British High Court
December 9, 2021
Joe Lauria of Consortium News reports: WikiLeaks has said that the judgement in the U.S. appeal against an order not to extradite imprisoned publisher Julian Assange will be read at the High Court in London at 5:15 am EST, 10:15 am GMT on Friday. The two judges on the High Court, Lord Chief Justice Ian […]
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As Putin Asserts Russia’s Right to Defend Against NATO, US Urged to Avoid ‘New Cold War’
December 9, 2021
As Russian President Vladimir Putin responded Wednesday to NATO provocations along his nation’s western frontier by warning that his country reserves the right to defend itself, peace advocates stressed the need for US self-awareness and restraint in order to avoid a “new Cold War.” Following US vows to “stand up for Ukraine” – including by […]
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Biden’s Pointless ‘Global Posture Review’
December 9, 2021
Emma Ashford is appropriately withering in her comments on the Biden administration’s Global Posture Review: The main problem with the posture review is that it was completely irrelevant. I’m honestly not sure how the Pentagon managed to take a year to come to such insipid conclusions. Kelley Vlahos and I talked about this for our […]
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As Senate Holds Guantánamo Hearing, Biden Urged to ‘Finally End This Chapter of Injustice’
December 8, 2021
Human rights defenders on Tuesday renewed demands for President Joe Biden to close the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba as the Senate Judiciary Committee convened a hearing at which experts and advocates testified about the damage that Gitmo does to detainees, the nation’s standing in the world, and the elusive pursuit of justice […]
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Biden Keeps Trump’s Crushing Sanctions Yet Blames Iran for Nuclear Impasse
December 8, 2021
From The Grayzone: Pushback with Aaron Maté At the Vienna talks on restoring the Iran nuclear deal, the US and EU are accusing Iran of refusing to compromise. Mohammad Marandi, a University of Tehran professor advising the Iran delegation in Vienna, says that the compromise was the nuclear deal itself, and the problem is the […]
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