Nicolas J.S. Davies
Nicolas J.S. Davies is an independent journalist, a researcher with CODEPINK and the author of Blood On Our Hands: the American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq.
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11 September 2022
We urgently need to give Ukraine peace talks a chance
Six months ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. The United States, NATO and the European Union (EU) wrapped themselves in the Ukrainian flag, shelled out billions for arms shipments and imposed draconian sanctions intended to severely punish Russia for its aggression.
2 July 2022
MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS J. S. DAVIES: NATO and a war foretold
As NATO holds its Summit in Madrid on June 28-30, the war in Ukraine is taking centre stage. During a pre-Summit June 22 talk with Politico, NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg bragged about how well-prepared NATO was for this fight because, he said: “This was an invasion that was predicted, foreseen by our intelligence services.” Stoltenberg was talking about Western intelligence predictions in the months leading up to the February 24 invasion, when Russia insisted it was not going to attack. Stoltenberg, however, could well have been talking about predictions that went back not just months before the invasion, but decades.
5 February 2022
US created Ukraine mess, now it must repair Russia relationship
Western media accounts of the current Ukraine crisis are forgetting the US's role in the 2014 coup, which forced the then-president to flee.
16 January 2022
Hey, hey, USA! How many bombs did you drop today?
The US and its allies have dropped over 337,000 bombs and missiles on other countries over the last 20 years — an average of 46 per day. Enough.