The economies of Western Europe are being realigned onto a war footing, led by the utterly transformed European Union, whose leaders are now channelling an atavistic hereditary hatred of Russia.
Craig Murray: Putin Is No Hitler
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UK Media Beating War Drums
Des Freedman asks: “When did you last see someone interviewed on the BBC who opposed spending more money on the military?”
Chris Hedges: The Road to Dictatorship
Donald Trump’s dismantling of the Deep State presages the formation of something far worse.
Springtime for US-Russia Relations
Washington’s communication channels with Moscow have been flung open, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, as Rubio’s swiftly arranged meeting with Lavrov on Tuesday makes clear.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump 2.0 Crosses the Atlantic
Whatever the future may hold — and seldom does it present such promise and peril as now — Trump and his national-security team set a lot of wheels in motion last week.
Patrick Lawrence: Trump’s Failures Are America’s Failures
What can Americans learn from these opening days of what looks like a very long four years?
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Biden’s ‘Samson Option’
It wasn’t hard to foresee that those planning and executing U.S. foreign policy, lacking all imagination and anything remotely resembling courage, would prove incapable of an orderly transition to a multipolar world order.
RAY McGOVERN: Will Putin Attack Poland & the Baltics?
Given their lack of information about the Ukraine-Russia deal scuttled by Boris Johnson early in the war, many Americans will be inclined to believe Biden’s evidence-free claims in last week’s CNN debate.
Russia’s Fifth Offer to Negotiate With US on Ukraine
The neocon approach to Russia, delusional and hubristic from the start, lies in ruins, writes Jeffrey Sachs. Biden must work with Putin to bring peace.
Caitlin Johnstone: Escalating Brinkmanship
The U.S. and NATO are playing chicken with Russia over Ukraine and nobody’s got a foot anywhere near the brake pedal. They’re not even looking at it.