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Tehran, the capital of Iran. Credit: Unsplash/Hosein Charbaghi. Source: UN News By Jacqueline Cabasso and John Burroughs OAKLAND, California, Mar 4 2026 (IPS) Operation “Epic Fury” manifests an epic tantrum by President Donald Trump, supported by his sycophantic minions, with...

Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Democracy

Assessment of the current scenario of the conflict. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Four years have passed since the Russian Federation launched the Special Military Operation, bringing to an end an eight-year...

Europe, Russia & CIS, War and Conflict

The BBC’s interview with the corrupt puppet president Zelensky this week was shameless war propaganda. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Britain is taking an increasingly sinister role in fueling the NATO proxy...

Editorial, Europe, Russia & CIS

La Penisola della Crimea rimane al centro dello scontro geopolitico nella regione del Mar Nero. Qui verrà analizzato il suo particolare percorso storico ed il ruolo che ricopre nel più ampio panorama strategico del conflitto tra Russia e NATO. Segue...

Italiano, Crimea, Geopolitics

By JOE LAURIA Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su In a moment of candor in March 2022, Joe Biden revealed why the U.S. needed the Russian invasion to launch its three-pronged, pre-meditated war on Russia,...

Editor's Choice, Conflict, Economy

The Ukraine war continues to be a disaster in every way imaginable and the bloodshed doesn’t look like it’s going to end any time soon. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger . Cross-posted from...

Geopolitics, Article, Michael Roberts
Ukraine's Dilemma
Full Article

This article is part of a special series recognizing the four-year anniversary of the Ukraine War. As the full-scale war enters its fifth year, Ukraine finds itself in an impossible position: keep fighting or accept defeat. For a year, they...

Ukraine-war-anniversary, Ukraine, Russia

This article is part of our special series recognizing the four-year anniversary of the Ukraine War The Russian invasion of Ukraine is entering its fifth year. We know from history that warring states are capable of enduring far longer than...

Ukraine-war-anniversary, Ukraine, Russia

This article is part of a special series recognizing the four-year anniversary of the Ukraine War Over the past four years, the Ukraine War has done more to change military weapons and tactics than any other conflict since 1945. Israel’s...

Russia, Ukraine, Drones

The root of the evil lies in the attitude of the right-wing radicals in Ukraine, and therefore peace can only be achieved with a different Ukrainian government. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su...

Americas, Russia & CIS, World

Two days of peace talks in Geneva between Ukraine and Russia ended on Wednesday without a breakthrough, with President Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Moscow of stalling US-mediated efforts to end the four-year-old war. Ukraine has faced repeated pressure...

World

A mere 15 years ago, during an epoch that now seems as distant as the Paleozoic era, an American president attempted to use military power to prevent a dictator from slaughtering his own citizens. Barack Obama billed the action in...

War & Peace, Donald Trump, Teddy Roosevelt

Credit: UNICEF/Eyad El Baba What is international humanitarian law? Families flee their shattered homes in Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza city. While aid workers serving conflict-affected civilian populations depend on a set of laws to protect them, some warring...

Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Crime & Justice

Among the many valuable things I have learned from my esteemed colleague, Ray McGovern, is the importance of listening to what the Russians are saying. One thing that both President Putin and Foreign Minster Lavrov have said, repeatedly during the...

Larry C. Johnson

The West can no longer ignore the corrosive effects of Russian ideology in America’s information ecosystem. Although Russian influence operations have been well documented throughout the United States and Europe, one particular strand of ideology has become deeply embedded among...

Democracy & Governance, far right, media

[Source: deepmind.google ] Ukraine’s energy system, as well as storage facilities, oil and gas pipelines, stations, and related infrastructure, which until 2022 supplied the bulk of hydrocarbons and electricity to the European Union, have now effectively ceased to exist. Ukraine...

Guest Contributor

Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Minister, gave a remarkable assessment of the emerging new economic order, the war in Ukraine and the unreliability of the United States as a negotiating partner in an interview with TV BRICS, which was published on...

Larry C. Johnson

In June 2023, he stated: “As a former tank commander, I can say one thing for certain: Putin’s demoralised conscripts are utterly unprepared for the shock action now hitting their lines.” Hamish was overly confident in Ukraine’s ability to deliver decisive...

Larry C. Johnson

The 20-point peace plan presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fails to take into account the course of the special military operation, a reaction the Kremlin had anticipated in advance. As diplomatic maneuvering reaches its limit, the military now receives...

World

The war with Russia is now going very badly for Ukraine. But Ukrainians must feel like the world, and not just Russia, is treating them badly. At the beginning of July, the Russian armed forces took full control of the...

Uncategorized

Ukraine’s war aims are unrealistic. Kyiv has long maintained that its definition of victory, namely the retaking of all Ukrainian territory including Crimea, is achievable with Western arms and money. Now a disastrous summer counteroffensive, which has resulted in horrific...

Europe, Media, Military

Saudi Arabia is going to hold an anti-Russian conference on Ukraine. The Saudis want to join the BRICS, but Moscow needs to wait a little with the approval. Anti-Russian agenda of the conference in Jeddah Invitations to the conference in Jeddah...

World

With global attention focused on deadly clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces in Khartoum, another militia halfway around the world was locked in battle against its own national military: the Wagner Group, which tussled with the...

Opinion, Arab Spring, Dictatorships

The relationship between Russia and the West has been marked by tension and conflict for several decades. The most recent source of conflict in recent years has been Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine, a former Soviet republic, has deep cultural,...

Africa, Article, Asia & Americas

To paraphrase the words of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, everything began with Crimea, and everything will end there as well. When Russia first occupied Crimea in 2014, it was a major win for Putin, who successfully called the West’s...

Ukraine War, Battle of Bakhmut, Battle of Crimea

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Ukraine will not surrender one meter of land to Russia. It would seem that his demand makes any diplomatic solution to the war impossible. Russia, after all, has recognized Donetsk and Luhansk as independent...

Ukraine War, Battle for Stalingrad, Battle of Bakhmut

During a recent visit to St Petersburg, Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated his confidence in his country’s victory over Ukraine. Visiting a defense contractor, he also took the opportunity to reassure workers that his so-called “special military operation” was in...

Ukraine War, Block 3, Crimea

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Islam Times - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad congratulated Russia on the success of the referendums to annex the Donbass Region, Kherson, and Zaporozhye to the Russian Federation, pointing to that the Syrian people have been following up the special military...

Syria

Islam Times - As the seventh month of Ukraine war comes to an end, the breakaway eastern and southern regions of Ukraine hold their referendums to make an important decision on their political future. For years aspiring to join the...

Europe

This month has likely been the most crushing for Russia since it launched its invasion of Ukraine almost seven months ago. In an aggressive counter-offensive operation, Ukrainian forces recaptured the cities of Kharkiv and Kupiansk, reportedly retaking 3,000 square kilometres...

Article, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Europe & Russia

Ankara (SONNA)-Turkey and Ukraine on Friday issued a joint declaration expressing common intention to continue to develop and strengthen strategic partnership. The declaration issued in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv following the 2+2 meeting in the quadriga format between foreign and defense...

News, World

Congress and the White House compete in year-end stupidity sweepstakes At the end of the nineteenth century, Lord Palmerston stated what he thought was obvious, that “England has no eternal friends, England...

Commentary & Analysis, Philip Giraldi

Ukraine is set to purchase a new batch of Javelin shoulder-fired anti-tank missile systems, according to a statement issued Thursday by Ukraine’s Defence Ministry. The United States has been one of Kyiv’s strongest supporters since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in...

Army, Missiles & Bombs, News

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia has got a strong edge in designing new weapons and that it has become the only country in the world to deploy hypersonic weapons. Speaking at a meeting with top military...

avangard hpersonic glide vehicle, burevestnik missile, china

By Robert E. Hunter Russia, and especially Ukraine, have been centerpieces of the House impeachment hearings, as well as of massive media coverage. But largely lost in the domestic politics focused disarray is...

Analysis, US Foreign Policy, Robert E. Hunter

by Robert E. Hunter Long-running anticipation of Robert S. Mueller III’s report on the 2016 presidential election has become like a Samuel Beckett play. Indeed, near the end of Waiting for Godot is the following exchange: Estragon: I can’t go…...

Russia, Cold War, Crimea
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