Without historical context, which is buried by corporate media, it’s impossible to understand the war in Ukraine. Historians will tell the story, but journalists are cut short for trying to tell it now.
Year 4: The Timeline That Tells the Tale
Tag: Minsk Accords
Jeffrey Sachs: Two Centuries of Russophobia & Rejection of Peace
While other powers are presumed to have legitimate security interests that must be balanced and accommodated, Russia’s interests are presumed illegitimate. Russophobia functions less as a sentiment than as a systemic distortion — one that repeatedly undermines Europe’s own security.
What Defeat Looks Like
As in Potsdam at the end of the Second World War, the only path forward now is working out the terms of Ukraine’s defeat. And there is still time to save lives, writes Stefan Moore.
Biden’s Lust for War
The U.S. is waging war on Russia without a congressional declaration and in violation of treaty that requires the consent of the United Nations, writes Andrew Napolitano.
Patrick Lawrence: Notes of a Non-Voter
What happened on Election Day in the U.S. is the denouement of a story that goes back nearly six decades.
What Has the Putin Interview Achieved?
Vladimir Putin’s challenge was to tell Americans through Tucker Carlson a complicated and unfamiliar narrative of how dearly Ukrainians and Russians are paying for Putin’s initial naïve trust in the West, writes Tony Kevin.
The Many Lessons of Ukraine War
Combatting Russia to the last Ukrainian was always an odious strategy, writes Chas W. Freeman in this expansive overview.
Jeffrey Sachs: Beyond the Neocon Debacle in Ukraine
Four events have shattered NATO’s drive for enlargement eastward. Now, decisions by the U.S. and Russia will matter enormously for the entire world’s peace, security and wellbeing.
Jeffrey Sachs: NATO Expansion & Ukraine’s Destruction
Ukraine is being destroyed by U.S. arrogance, proving again Henry Kissinger’s adage that to be America’s enemy is dangerous, while to be its friend is fatal.
From Stalinism to the ‘Most Avoidable War in History’
Natylie Baldwin interviews Soviet and Russian specialist Geoffrey Roberts on Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, Europe’s role, Stalin and World War II.