Ukraine / Russia
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After the inhuman destruction of Gaza’s health system, looks like bombing hospitals is bad again
A missile struck a children’s hospital in Kyiv on Monday during the heaviest Russian bombardment on Ukraine in months, which stretched across five regions and reportedly killed some forty people. Continue reading »
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The bombing of a children’s hospital in Kyiv was an act of desperation. Who is most desperate?
The bombing of a children’s hospital in Kyiv was an act of Desperation. The act of one losing ground. This sounds more like NATO than Russia right now. Here’s why I believe it was more likely an own goal by Ukraine and NATO, rather than Russia. Continue reading »
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Ukraine: where are the real fascists?
One myth that keeps cropping up about Ukraine is that it has been plagued by outsized far right or neo-Nazi influences, particularly during the Maidan protests of 2014 and the later Donbas conflict. Continue reading »
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Muzzling the dogs of war: the time to stop the madness is now
It may be time to think the unthinkable: all the signs are pointing to the West preparing to launch a proper war in Europe. Once started it could bring, for the first time in living memory, millions of Western civilians into uniform and see the cities of the West attacked. Preposterous? Jumping the Shark? Listen Continue reading »
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The Sun sets on the American empire: Dead-end in Ukraine
Like Gaza, Ukraine is one of the great tragedies of the post-Cold War period. Like Gaza, it is the result of a deadly game pursued by great powers intent on inflicting maximum damage on each other, seemingly oblivious of the costs. Continue reading »
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Why won’t the US help negotiate a peaceful end to the war in Ukraine?
For goodness’ sake, negotiate! Continue reading »
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Putin’s offer of peace
President Vladimir Putin has laid out a clear Russian position on how the fighting in Ukraine could stop immediately, says Jeffrey Sachs in an interview with Judge Napolitano. Continue reading »
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Narcissus at war
The manipulation of truth and the acceptance of self-fabricated narratives can have devastating consequences, akin to the fate of Narcissus in Greek mythology, who, entranced by his own reflection, was consumed by self-love to the point of destruction. Similarly, the propagation and strategic use of misinformation as a political tool has serious consequences. Continue reading »
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Negotiate now, or capitulate later: ten incentives for Ukraine to make peace with Russia
As the Ukrainian war appears to be nearing its conclusion, the question is what a peace could look like. Continue reading »
