The Biden administration’s insistence on NATO enlargement has made Ukraine a victim of misconceived and unachievable U.S. military aspirations, writes Jeffrey D. Sachs.
The War in Ukraine Was Provoked
Category: Ukraine
Caitlin Johnstone: US Weapons to Attack Crimea
The West’s pattern of continually escalating nuclear brinkmanship in Ukraine has built-in incentives for Russia to ramp up its own aggressions directly against NATO.
Ukraine War Is Critical in Slovakia’s Elections
In a country that had relied on cheap gas from Russia, the pro-Zelensky prime minister has resigned and a technocratic caretaker government faces a confidence vote in Parliament.
US National Security Experts Call for Peace in Ukraine
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies amplify upon a full-page ad in The New York Times on Tuesday calling the war an “unmitigated disaster” and urging Biden and U.S. Congress to help bring it speedily to an end.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Turkish Elections: To East or West?’
Turkey’s presidential election produced no winner, forcing a May 28 runoff. It’s the most pivotal Turkish election in decades. Turkish journalist Aydogan Vatandas joins CN Live! to discuss the main issues at stake. 12pm EDT Thursday.
Democratic Party Abandons Democracy Once Again
DNC-friendly journalists are coming right out and saying it’s okay not to give other contenders a crack at Biden, writes Elizabeth Vos.
Amnesty Calls for ‘Social Protection’ Rather Than Social Repression
Amnesty lamented that governments have turned to “repression and unnecessary and excessive use of force” against struggling demonstrators instead of addressing their core concerns, such as high food prices and paltry wages.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Depleted Ukranium’
John Pilger and Declassified UK’s Phil Miller join CN Live! to discuss depleted uranium shells for an offensive Ukraine and the West knows will fail. Will DU be used just to poison ethnic Russians in Donbass?
US Remains Largest Military Spender by Far
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s data shows that Washington spends three times as much on its military than China, the second-largest spender, Ashik Siddique reports.
WATCH: The Missiles at the Heart of the Ukraine War
Former C.I.A. Soviet analyst Ray McGovern gave this talk, about the critical U.S. missile deployments in Eastern Europe, to the Massachusetts Peace Action and Community Church of Boston.