[Editor’s Note: This long-form article — by Michael A. Reynolds, asssociate professor of Near Eastern studies and co-director of the Program in History and the Practice of Diplomacy at Princeton University — is well worth your time, especailly if you are still under the false impression that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was unprovoked. Don]…
Editor’s Note: As far as I’m concerned, this is the definitive account of the relationship between the U.S. and Russia since the end of the Cold War. Professor Sachs shows beyond doubt the bad faith of the U.S. in rebuffing Russia’s repeated attempts to work out a post-Cold War amicable relationshjip with the West….
Exactly the opposite of what Biden’s sanctions and proxy war against Russia were intended to accomplish. According to an article by David Pyne (“Executive Vice President of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security“) … “Biden’s policy of attempting to weaken Russia with massive economic sanctions and fighting an indefinite proxy war to…
[Editor’s Note: Chris Hedges is one of the few reliable truth tellers left in this time of unprecedented bipartisan propaganda. Think carefully about his explanation for how profits drive not just the Ukraine war, but our perennial warfare state, including the “New Cold War.” You should know about him, and you should support (subscribe…
These are the comments of a man with a very unique perspective, a man who served as an economic advisor (in succession) to Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian presidents. Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, is an “American economist, academic, public policy analyst,…