The Toxic Effects of Great Power ‘Competition’
February 9, 2023
Spencer Ackerman identifies the most absurd part of Robert Kagan’s latest essay on rivalry with China: But those are the trees. This line is the forest: "If ever there could be a cure for American political polarization, a conflict with China would be it." Of all the terrible arguments for the coalescing China Cold War, […]
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Roger Waters Addresses the UN Security Council on the Ukraine-Russia War
February 8, 2023
Roger Waters spoke to the United Nations Security Council, calling for the end of the Ukraine-Russia War.
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New Report Unpacks Dangers of Emerging Military Tech, From AI Nukes to Killer Robots
February 8, 2023
Emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, lethal autonomous weapons systems, and hypersonic missiles pose a potentially existential threat that underscores the imperative of arms control measures to slow the pace of weaponization, according to a new report published Tuesday. The Arms Control Association report – entitled Assessing the Dangers: Emerging Military Technologies and Nuclear (In)Stability – […]
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Syrian Earthquake Makes No Dent in America’s Life-Killing Sanctions
February 8, 2023
Thousands dead in Syria from earthquake elicited not a shred of empathy in Uncle Sam’s damaged conscience. Ten years of sanctions degrading life, even ending it for innocents in Syria, will continue while Syrians dig out the bodies buried under the rubble. Much of the civilized world is calling for the end to decade long […]
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The Coming Existential Threat: Do We Act in Common or Is It Going To Be Every Man for Himself?
February 8, 2023
I returned to Brussels on Sunday after a month of travels in exotic and warm lands south of the equator. The re-entry shock upon arrival in Belgium was a lot greater than the 27 degree Centigrade drop in outdoor air temperature. After a month of only very limited reception of Russian news, due to satellite […]
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Biden Steers Clear of Foreign Policy
February 8, 2023
Even by the standards of past State of the Union addresses, Biden’s speech last night was remarkably light on references to foreign policy. Stephen Wertheim commented on this during the speech: By Biden's own account, the United States today faces a risk of entering into World War III with Russia. The same would go for […]
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Winning the Great Balloon War
February 7, 2023
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. OK, so America used an ultra-expensive F-22 stealth interceptor to shoot down what may prove to be a common weather balloon that was “made in China.” But, dammit, we won! It was a perfect one-shot kill! Maverick himself couldn’t have done it better. Take that, China! A […]
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Why I Am Antiwar (And What That Means)
February 7, 2023
As the post-Russian-invasion phase of the war in Ukraine approaches the end of its first year (its previous, lower-intensity, phase blazed into military flame in 2014), I continually find my own position pigeon-holed into convenient categories by those who hold other positions on it. Some who claim to be “antiwar” accuse me of supporting Russian […]
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Russell Brand Interviews Dave DeCamp on Ukraine, China, and Antiwar.com
February 6, 2023
Russell Brand interviewed Antiwar.com News Editor Dave DeCamp on his Rumble podcast this morning (February 6, 2023). Clip from Stay Free with Russell Brand Full show on Rumble Russell streams on Rumble Monday-Friday at Noon EST
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APB: The Balloon Is Up
February 5, 2023
During World War I, British forces sent up hot-air balloons to spy on advancing enemy forces. In recent times, a number of countries, including the US and France, have launched data-gathering balloons. The Chinese military last year reported favorably on many uses for such balloons, including for surveillance, communication, weather information, and communication. The detection […]
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