Increasingly, writes Vijay Prashad, NATO, with operations based in Norway, is replacing the Arctic Council as a decision-making authority in the region
Winds of New Cold War Howling in the Arctic Circle
Category: Biden Administration
GOP House Speaker Vote & Democratic Treachery
Republicans’ deal-making was democracy in action, writes Margaret Kimberly. By contrast so-called House progressives did nothing for Medicare for All during the 2021 speaker vote.
SCOTT RITTER: 2023 Outlook for Ukraine
Given the duplicitous history of the Minsk Accords, it is unlikely Russia can be diplomatically dissuaded from its military offensive. As such, 2023 appears to be shaping up as a year of continued violent confrontation.
Washington’s Version of Venezuela
The U.S. government believes that the only democratic institution in Venezuela is an assembly that has not met in seven years and whose term has expired, writes Vijay Prashad.
Cuba Calls Biden’s Blockade the Most Punishing
Marjorie Cohn reports on the Biden administration’s loyalty to Trump’s policy of maximum economic pressure on Cuba.
Chris Hedges: America’s Theater of the Absurd
The 15 rounds of voting it took to install Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House is part of the carnival of folly that passes for politics.
Caitlin Johnstone: Unprovoked!
In the mass media you’re not allowed to talk about the U.S.-NATO actions that diplomats, politicians, academics — even the head of the C.I.A. — have long warned would lead to war in Ukraine.
West’s Hypocrisy About Netanyahu Government
It is only a matter of time before this extremist Israeli government is also whitewashed, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Netanyahu’s Most Anti-Palestinian Government Yet
There is an effective way to pressure Israel to end its illegal occupation of Palestinian territory and violation of the rights of the Palestinians, writes Marjorie Cohn.
A World Without Nuclear Weapons
The U.N. treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons bolsters the hope that the nine nuclear powers will grow into pragmatic, if not ethical, adult governments, writes H. Patricia Hynes.