An avoidable crisis that was predictable, actually predicted, willfully precipitated, but easily resolved by the application of common sense, writes Jack Matlock, the last U.S. ambassador to the U.S.S.R.
Ukraine Crisis Should Have Been Avoided
Category: Analysis
Cry ‘Havoc!’ — Unleash the Dogs of War
Warmongering is always disgusting, writes Craig Murray. But especially so when it’s done by the same powers that have abandoned an entirely sensible framework for peace in Ukraine that they themselves initiated.
READ: Transcript of CN Live! ‘A Bear Trap in Ukraine?’
Analysts Alexander Mercouris and Scott Ritter break down the drama between Russia, the United States, NATO and Ukraine in an extraordinary discussion on CN Live! Read the transcript.
How the Establishment Functions
Just as Jimmy Savile was to be protected over actual sex crime, Keir Starmer knew that Julian Assange was to be persecuted over fake sex crime, writes Craig Murray.
The Endless Failure of the Syrian War
Ten years after 9/11 the U.S. and Middle East allies weaponized jihadist groups in Syria, writes Andrew Hammond, and the result was an utter disaster. But don’t expect any self-reflection from the cheerleaders.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Propaganda and Evidence
The wall of propaganda that towers over us, resting on an insidious culture of irrationality that has come to suffuse the American polity, is weakening.
Military Industry Healthier Than Ever
Sadly, but all too predictably, Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops and contractors from Afghanistan hasn’t generated even the slightest peace dividend, writes William D. Hartung.
US Olympic Boycott Not About Uyghurs
Using Beijing 2022 to prove that Washington still has plenty of options has actually resulted in the opposite, writes Ramzy Baroud.
America’s Putin Psychosis
Rather than examining the perspective of Russian national security interests, U.S. officials wrongly think the fate of European peace is in the hands of a single man: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, writes Scott Ritter.
WATCH: New CN Live! — ‘A Bear Trap in Ukraine?’ (With Transcript)
Alexander Mercouris & Scott Ritter engaged in an astonishingly wide-ranging and deep discussion on CN Live! about what’s next for Ukraine, Russia, the U.S. and NATO.