In Istanbul, a door was pried open after a soap opera’s worth of chicanery in London, Paris, Berlin and Kiev. Now the question is what Trump can do to address Russia’s concerns.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Diplomatic Chess, Ukraine the Pawn
Category: Europe
Mass Migration & the Echoes of Late Rome
In its greed for power, domination, resources and wealth, the West, says John Wight, is headed for the same fate as Rome all those centuries ago.
Wanted for War Crimes & Welcome in Europe
On his visit to Hungary Thursday, Benjamin Netanyahu was protected from the ICC’s arrest warrant as Hungary said it was withdrawing from the court.
Jonathan Cook: Gaza Is Our Holocaust
If Hamas struck a hospital treating Netanyahu it would not be justifiable. But the laws of war are forgotten when Israel violates them.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Greek Leftists for Trump
Trying to stop the war in Ukraine, spreading fear among conservative politicians and carrying out diplomacy with North Korea, as the U.S. president did in his first term, all earn points.
War Fever Grips Europe
As if two world wars born in Europe were not enough, an increasingly divided Europe is seeking unity through militarization and hyperbolic fear of Russia, writes Uroš Lipušcek.
Craig Murray: Ukraine, Diplomacy & War
Smoke and mirrors, as usual, surround the alternative “peace plan” that European leaders are going to present to Trump.
Vijay Prashad: China’s Advanced Technics & the West
Will the U.S.’s geopolitical chess moves from Greenland to Ukraine to Russia be enough to eclipse China’s rapid advancement in critical technologies?
Jeffrey Sachs: The Geopolitics of Peace
The author explains manipulative U.S. post-war foreign policy to European MPs, explodes myths about Ukraine and urges an independent European foreign policy.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Chihuahuas, Not Dobermans
Trump’s determination to end the Ukraine war has forced the Europeans, at last, to go their own way. And they charge in precisely the wrong direction.