The baton of “global leadership,” which Joe Biden mentions every chance he gets, is passing to non-Western leaders.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Putin & the Emerging Order
Tag: President Vladimir Putin
PATRICK LAWRENCE: 21st Century Order
As a piece of the new world order that is under construction, Putin’s trip to Tehran last week was of singular importance.
Caitlin Johnstone: This Proxy War Has No Exit Strategy
A committee of the Democratic Socialists of America’s statement urging a negotiated peace settlement is coming under the usual attacks for being Kremlin propaganda. That shows the shrunken spectrum of debate over this conflict.
NATO & a War Foretold
Instead of exploiting this crisis to expand even further, Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davie say the military alliance should suspend all new or pending membership applications until the current crisis has been resolved.
The Hierarchy of Tribalisms
Westerners should forget about liberating Ukraine, writes Jonathan Cook. First we need to liberate our own minds so we can acknowledge our threatening presence in the world.
Caitlin Johnstone: Bush’s Freudian Confession on Iraq
In their less-guarded moments, even the worst empire managers know deep down what is true and let it slip out.
UKRAINE: Foolish for Finland & Sweden to Join NATO
This is not the time to make decisions in a moment of historical hysteria and panic, writes Jan Oberg.
Five Reasons for Washington’s War Addiction
When the Soviet Union collapsed, the U.S. military-industrial complex recognized a giant business opportunity, writes William J. Astore.
Chris Hedges: The Age of Self-Delusion
You can’t drain and impoverish the nation to feed an insatiable military machine unless you make its people afraid, even of phantoms.
The Sword & the Cross at Albright’s Funeral
The late U.S. secretary of state’s association with Biden and the Clintons can be seen as a war-making, mutually absolving clique, writes Sam Husseini.