Category: Ukraine

Rooting Out the Root Causes in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump on the phone Monday the Ukraine war can only end after addressing its “root causes,” which the Western media have been tirelessly rooting out of public discussion since the war began, says Joe Lauria.

Core Trump

Michael Brenner scrutinizes the effects of Trump’s behavior on foreign policy over the past 100-plus days, saying his ability to cast himself a winner owes more to the perversity of contemporary American society than to any genius on his part.

Trade Wars: The Decline of America

Instead of judiciously adapting to America’s relative decline by carving out a new place for itself in the emerging multipolar world, U.S. leaders have pursued the fantasy of endless dominance, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies.