Developments across Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhia and Crimea — the war's front lines, NATO involvement and diplomacy — from multiple perspectives.
Encouraged by Ukraine’s sustained advances in drone warfare, Western media is abuzz with the idea that Kyiv just might be able to defeat Russia after more than four years of bitter fighting. In May, TIME hailed Ukraine’s drone industry as giving...
The image topping this piece is a reminder that the wars in Ukraine and Iran are not necessarily separate conflicts. The US remains at the center of both and there is the potential for spillover. Ukraine’s drone attack on the...
As the war in Ukraine trudges through its fifth year, deaths there now outnumber births at a nearly four-to-one ratio. According to figures published by the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice this week, Ukraine recorded 73,292 births and 259,853 deaths in the...
Ukraine's 40-day deep-strike campaign – launched by President Volodymyr Zelensky to " push the aggressor toward ending the war " – is now at its height. In Western policymaking circles, the destruction of Russian infrastructure, the rise of fuel shortages, and...
While the Western media continues to hype Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russia as incredible military achievements that are sapping Russia’s will to fight, the reality is that Russia continues an unrelenting bombing and missile campaign that is destroying critical Ukrainian...
Only a popular uprising against globalist leaders in Europe and their proxy in Ukraine, will do A Sustainable Peace in Ukraine: Diplomacy, Neutrality, and the Limits of the Current Order Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from...
Opening his new Presidential Center in Chicago, Barack Obama once again gave eloquent expression to his faith in the fundamental American values of democracy and community. Yet, a decade after his presidency, he has still not published his promised second volume...
Certain military campaigns get hugely overblown in their importance (usually famous battles led by famous generals) and others slip by, not getting the coverage they deserve often until long after the war is over. I wonder if what we are...
Imagine a public event 50 years from now in Kyiv. The convener speaks to the assembled crowd. “Before we begin,” she says, “I just want to say that we acknowledge that we are standing on and benefiting from land that has...
Lots going on tonight. The biggest news is that the US has once again violated the MoU by attacking Iran. To understand the extent of this violation it is essential to recall what is stated in paragraph 5 of the...
I received the following email and question from a friend, a man with extensive experience in the US defense realm, who is a solid analyst. His question is legitimate and I will attempt to answer it. He wrote: Dear Larry I read...
Crimea In light of the Western propaganda portraying life in Russia as a horror show of economic chaos and deprivation, I decided to post an article submitted to me by an ex-pat American who currently resides in Simferopol. Let’s call him...
Vladimir Putin has finally acknowledged that Ukraine’s relentless drone attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure are having an effect. Speaking to the ruling United Russia party on June 28, the Russian president confirmed that his country is facing “a certain shortage”...
This will be a relatively short article. I want you to see for yourself how the CIA inspired Ukrainian propaganda is planting itself in the minds of people living in the United States. I have received a couple of messages...
Moscow Refinery on Fire Volodymyr Zelensky and his Western backers have launched a desperate 40-day “campaign of terrors” — which includes a mix of military escalations and a massive information/psyops operation designed to portray Russia as collapsing and...
The Iran war, the Strait of Hormuz, de-dollarisation, oil prices, debt moratoriums and the deepening global economic crisis. Hudson argues that Iran won the immediate military battle, while the wider conflict is a world war over US control of oil,...
Ukrainian drone strikes are devastating Russian communities. The city of Sevastopol, the largest in Russian-occupied Crimea, is the latest community to be hit, losing power as Ukrainian drones strike energy facilities in the region. Given the immense importance attached to...
Hidden under the guise of a civilian “countering disinformation” organization, British intelligence outfit MI6 has helped build a vast propaganda apparatus, leaked documents reveal. Once targeting only Russia, it has recently expanded its scope to Iran, Gaza, and beyond, as...
An illustration by Serhiy Ofitserov, a Ukrainian civilian currently held in Russian captivity. Serhiy began drawing while in prison; here is a view of his prison cell. Courtesy: Hennadiy Ofitserov By Mykhailo Savva and Oleh Martynenko KYIV, Jun 16 2026...
When Donald Trump arrived in the White House in January 2025, securing a quick end to the war in Ukraine was near the top of his foreign policy agenda . Despite political backlash, he pushed ahead with this objective...
The time is ripe for European leaders to set aside the self-licking summits in European capitals and get in the room with the U.S., Ukraine, and Russia to orchestrate a modern-day Helsinki Conference. A durable peace for Ukraine will require...
As the United States prepares to co-host the 2026 World Cup with Mexico and Canada, the world’s biggest sporting event will unfold in a volatile domestic and international context. Eleven U.S. cities are hosting “the beautiful game” against a...
The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days. Two weeks ago, a series of repeated Ukrainian drone attacks blasted apart a Russian vocational school’s dormitory and campus. The bombs killed 21 students and injured more...
Economist and diplomat Jeffrey Sachs is calling on German Chancellor Merz to begin immediate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about peace in Europe. University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed The...
Everyone is focused on the war in Iran. However, the conflict between Europe and Russia could escalate at any moment as well. Through Ukraine, the Europeans are waging a direct war against Russia—will the bear finally wake up and strike...
As drones dominate warfare in the Middle East, Ukraine and beyond, civilians are caught in the crosshairs. Hailing the machines as the future of war , the Pentagon is pouring funds into their development and procurement, as are other militaries...
As drones dominate warfare in the Middle East, Ukraine, and beyond, civilians are caught in the crosshairs. Hailing the machines as the future of war , the Pentagon is pouring funds into their development and procurement, as are other...
Khaled Khiari, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, addresses the Security Council meeting on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine. Credit: UN Photo/Loey...
The war in Ukraine has been defined by periodic bursts of certainty that Russia is on the back foot, if not close to collapse, and that Ukraine, conversely, is inches away from victory. We appear to be in the middle...
Unfortunately, understanding how the world works now, making sensible suggestions and carrying them out require exactly those skills and competencies which western governments and western societies have sent the last generation or more carefully destroying. Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack...
Trump is not his own master when it comes to policy—he is merely the front man for implementing a strategy using unsavory means; a strategy aimed at maintaining hegemony that will ultimately target China and Russia—and will likely fail, because...
On April 19, parliamentary elections took place in Bulgaria for the eighth time in five years. It was the latest iteration of a pattern that has crept inwards from the European Union’s eastern periphery, from Georgia in 2024 to Romania...
Most of the US military bases and facilities in the Persian Gulf (listed below) have been hit by Iran during the first five weeks of the war. And many of these are no longer operating or have been effectively destroyed....
In Sbeïtla, in Tunisia’s center-west, a mother lives by the silence of a phone that no longer rings. Her son, Aymen, had left for Russia to study business administration. He had a side job to support himself. Then came the...
Russia has begun a spring offensive in Ukraine, launching a major assault on the “fortress belt” of heavily defended cities in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. At the same time, a wave of nearly 1,000 drones and missiles targeted civilian, energy,...
No more Kenyans to be enlisted by Moscow; Starmer warns against fossil fuel ‘windfall for Putin’ during war on Iran. What we know on day 1,483 Russia has agreed to stop recruiting Kenyan citizens to fight with its army in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
[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...
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...
In the capital of the United Arab Emirates, negotiators are discussing conditions that could reshape the map of Eastern Europe. While Volodymyr Zelensky focuses on protecting Odessa, Sergey Lavrov has returned the 2022 Istanbul theses to the negotiating table. Zelensky Warns...
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