By Eric Zuesse Modern Diplomacy This will document that the ‘new Cold War’ between the U.S. and Russia did not start, as the Western myth has it, with Russia’s involvement in the breakaway of Crimea and Donbass from Ukraine, after Ukraine — next door to Russia — had […]
By Ted Galen Carpenter There is an abundance of outrage in the United States about Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Multiple investigations are taking place, and Moscow’s conduct was a major justification for the sanctions legislation that Congress just passed. Some furious political figures and members of the media […]
By Francis Fukuyama Quillette Vladimir Putin has launched a massive military assault on Ukraine, with the stated purpose of overthrowing the democratically-elected regime there and replacing it with one subservient to Moscow. Russian forces have arrived in the suburbs of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. Ukraine is a country I […]
By Tess Owen VICE Far-right personalities have declared Russia a beacon of anti-wokeness and Putin a strong ethnonationalist. White nationalist livestreamer Nicholas Fuentes has made no secret of where his loyalties lie in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “I wish Putin was president of America,” he mused to his 45,000 […]
By Ruchi Kumar, National Post It was Masouma Tajik’s birthday on Wednesday. The Afghan refugee spent the day alone, wandering the streets of Lviv, trying to make it the best day she could in her new home. “I got a small cake, and made a wish for a […]
Yesterday afternoon, Marshall and Saagar recorded an emergency podcast reacting to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and answered audience questions.
By Jeva Lange The Week Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has sparked near-universal condemnation — including, on Friday, by the Taliban. In an official “statement concerning [the] crisis in Ukraine,” the Taliban, which governs Afghanistan, formally called for “restraint by both parties” in the crisis and expressed concern about the […]
By Samuel Goldman The Week On the afternoon of Aug. 5, 1990, President George H.W. Bush appeared at a press conference on the South Lawn of the White House. After reviewing developments related to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, Bush took questions from reporters. The last elicited the most […]
By Damon Linker, The Week Sitting in my comfortable suburban Philadelphia home, watching horrific events unfold half a world away in Ukraine while protected by the most powerful military the world has ever known, I feel overwhelmed with sadness. Yes, of course, for the suffering and shattered aspirations […]
By Andrew Sullivan Weekly Dish Putin has called the West’s bluff. Xi will not have failed to notice. Over the last few months, a conversation I had 30 years ago keeps popping into my consciousness. It was the end of the Cold War, and a post-Soviet Russian state […]
By Sean Gabb For reasons that escape my understanding, someone at The Daily Mail called me a few hours ago to ask my opinion on the present war between Russia and the Ukraine. Our discussion was organised about four questions. Here is the generality of what I said […]
Be careful what you wish for, neocons. By Harald Uhlig City-Journal “Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came?” went a 1960s antiwar slogan. Stell Dir vor, es ist Krieg, und Keiner geht hin is the German version. It’s still popular in Germany, a country of peaceniks. Germans’ […]
By Tessa Lena I am about to post a very interesting conversation with Riley Waggaman on “COVID Russia” (will send in a second) but before I do that, I want to emit a scream and talk about the war. Several things to say. One, this situation is terrible. […]
It appears the Russian public is split on Ukraine.
Kim Iversen and retired Lt. Col. Daniel Davis discuss the latest developments following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
It’s Going Down Caught between rival factions of the ruling class and the escalating possibility of world war, the exploited and excluded of the Ukraine now find themselves assaulted by an all out invasion by Putin. While authoritarians on the Left, Right and in the Center cheer on […]
By Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage Foreign Affairs When Russia joined the ongoing civil war in Syria, in the summer of 2015, it shocked the United States and its partners. Out of frustration, then President Barack Obama claimed that Syria would become a “quagmire” for Russia and Russian […]
What is Moscow thinking? Anatol Lieven on the brutal calculations behind Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Even as Russian armed forces destroy much of Ukraine’s military capability and ground troops push toward the country’s major cities—with at least dozens of civilians already dead and hundreds more wounded—Vladimir Putin’s ultimate intentions […]
By Caitlin Johnstone Putin has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the goal of which he claims is not to occupy the country but to “demilitarize” and “de-Nazify” it. We’ve no reason to put blind faith in any of those claims. Only time will tell. As of this writing dozens […]
A vocal critic of the Russian leadership is Garry Kasparov, the chess grandmaster who ranked world number one repeatedly for 20 years before turning his attention to politics. He’s telling leaders to “help Ukraine fight against the monster you helped create.” Kasparov speaks with Walter Isaacson.
NBC’s Matt Bodner joins Shep Smith to report from Moscow on what he’s hearing about Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine inside Russia.
Pictures showed Russian police clamping down on anti war protesters in Moscow and Petersburg, some of whom had to be physically carried away by officers in police uniform. Earlier, a Russian opposition activist who called for anti-war protests told Reuters that she had been detained by police on Thursday. […]
The Russians launched over 160 ballistic missiles and rockets on military installations across Ukraine. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks on U.S. sanctions and Ukraine resistance.
Fox News host reacts to Russia waging war on Ukraine on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’
Krystal and Saagar deliver their final thoughts on the Russian invasion of Ukraine for today including why they were wrong and what the future holds for the Ukrainian people
Saagar looks back through Russian history to see why Putin’s belligerence when it comes to invading Ukraine could backfire in the long run.
Krystal and Saagar analyze the amount of blame that should be put on the Biden administration for Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine at this moment in history
That sounds a lot less like an apology to the people and a lot more like an apology to the Saudis for being honest about their atrocities.
Krystal and Saagar respond to the polling numbers showing that most Americans do not want a full scale US intervention in Ukraine which could change as Putin’s invasion goes on
I mean you also have people like Tucker Carlson kind of rooting for Russia so Fox and the Republicans are definitely going to be split over this
Emily Jashinsky reacts to former President Donald Trump’s comments about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“Happiness is bad, misery is good, and anyone who disagrees deserves a fate worse than burning in hell forever.” -John Bolton, probably.
Krystal and Saagar cover the response from former President Trump to the war in Ukraine happening under the Biden administration and how foreign policy divides are sharpening within the GOP
“Kenya is gravely concerned by the announcement made by the Russian federation to recognize the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as independent states. In our considered view, this action and announcement breaches the territorial integrity of Ukraine. We do not deny that there may be serious security […]
Krystal and Saagar discuss the strategic response from Biden and the EU to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine that has included even more sanctions and bolstering the NATO forces
COVID in 2020: Ama gonna fuck up this year so badly everybody gonna curse it for decades to come! Humans in 2022: hold my WMDs
Retired Lt. Col. Daniel Davis details the diplomatic and military history leading to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Krystal and Saagar bring up to date news coverage of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine that began last night and they discuss how it will change the geopolitical order for years to come
By Marcus Weisgerber, Global Business Editor, Defense One American aerospace and defense manufacturers could be caught in the crossfire as U.S. and western governments seek to punish Russia for invading Ukraine. Russia accounts for a relatively small but important part of such companies’ supply chains and customer base. […]
By Vladimir Golstein, Consortium News There once was a country called Yugoslavia. It was a multi-ethnic, multi-religious federalist country, rather prosperous by Socialist standards, and consisting of proud people who stood up to Adolph Hitler and even Joseph Stalin. There were intermarriages, great food, and great films too. […]
Oliver Stone’s documentary from some years back. WATCH HERE Ukraine, the ‘borderlands’ between Russia and ‘civilized’ Europe is on fire. For centuries, it has been at the center of a tug-of-war between powers seeking to control its rich lands and Russia’s access to the Mediterranean. The Maidan Massacre […]
Krystal and Saagar provide detailed, in-depth coverage of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and how the world has responded so far in terms of the political leadership, financial markets, domestic populations, and what this means for our geopolitical future.
By Matt Taibbi and Ford Fischer News2Share captures hundreds of protesters marching to the White House to ask Joe Biden to deliver more support for Ukraine, and antiwar actions involving Code Pink, ANSWER Coalition, and other groups TK partners News2Share put together a reel of dueling protests in […]
By Peter Zeihan on February 24, 2022 Russia has followed through with its months-long threats of invasion of Ukraine. The Russian military has not focused on securing the separatist republics of eastern Ukraine; rather, the Russian military under the direction of President Vladimir Putin have launched missile and air […]
Crimethinc This text was composed together by several active anti-authoritarian activists from Ukraine. We do not represent one organization, but we came together to write this text and prepare for a possible war. Besides us, the text was edited by more than ten people, including participants in the […]
I included some comments of my own about regional geopolitics in the Eurasian corridor and international relations generally at the end of Pete’s statement. By Peter R. Quinones Yesterday, I interviewed Scott Horton getting information as up-to-date as possible on what’s going on with Russia and Ukraine. Of […]
Russia Today Blasts have been reported in several Ukraine cities, as Moscow launched a “special operation” in Donbass. A series of explosions have been reported across Ukraine, with eyewitnesses saying blasts have occurred near a number of major cities as Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order authorizing […]
By Anatoly Karlin Vladimir Putin: “We Are Ready to Show What Real Decommunization Would Mean for Ukraine” Since my article last week predicting the imminent “Regathering of the Russian Lands”, the prospect of a large-scale Russian invasion has gone from ambiguous to extremely likely (90% on Metaculus). Personally, […]
By Peter Hitchens for The Mail on Sunday We have been utter fools. We have treated Russia with amazing stupidity. Now we pay the price for that. We had the chance to make her an ally, friend and partner. Instead we turned her into an enemy by insulting […]
This is precisely the type of global ruling class that I have been predicting for the last 20+ years. Go back and read this essay I wrote in 2003. This global yuppie totalitarianism is now our main enemy. Kim Iversen details the prestigious class of the Young Global […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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