When leaders of the military pact’s member states pontificate about its invaluable role in defending democracy, you can almost hear history guffawing in the background, writes John Wight.
NATO SUMMIT: Not a Shield But a Bloodied Sword
Category: Until This Day–Historical Perspectives on the News
Learning From the French Elections
C.J. Polychroniou reflects on the revival of an anti-fascist alliance in France amid a brutal neoliberal status quo.
75 Years of NATO = 75 Years of Denial
German parliamentarian Sevim Dagdelen says for NATO, denial of its true nature is part of the essence of the organization.
Vijay Prashad: The Congo War Will End
The Congolese people do not control their wealth. There is an urgent desire for a project that would bring people together around the shared interests of the majority.
SCOTT RITTER: ‘My Life’s Work Melting Before My Eyes’
As was the case in June 1982, people of the United States need to send a collective signal that they will not tolerate policies that lead toward nuclear war.
Keir Starmer’s Red Button
The new U.K. prime minister controls a nuclear arsenal capable of killing millions of people, writes Richard Norton-Taylor. History suggests it should be scrapped.
Washington’s Exclusive Trust in the ‘Five Eyes’
The Anglo-Saxonization of American foreign and military policy has become a distinctive — and provocative — feature of the Biden presidency, writes Michael Klare.
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: The Chances of an Israel-Lebanon War
There are prospects for and against full-scale war breaking out. Here are some factors to consider.
Vijay Prashad: No Such Thing as a Small Nuclear War
The NATO escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war as well as the growing conflict around China are more dangerous than the Cuban Missile Crisis.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Putin — Behind the Shoji
The Russian president’s time in Pyongyang and Hanoi gave clear evidence of the turn away from the West that Lavrov, the country’s foreign minister, announced at the start of the year.