The extent to which Trump’s démarche toward Moscow succeeds will be the extent to which the U.S. can transcend a long, regrettable history and finally embrace the 21st century.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump & the Russophobes
Tag: Russophobia
Interview: Richard Sakwa on Russia Since Perestroika
Natalyie Baldwin asks the British author about the Soviet collapse, the 1990s, Vladimir Putin’s governance, the rise of a new cold war and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: How to Read the Durham Appendix
The method of those who built Russiagate’s tower of lies and disinformation grows clearer and the list of their names longer.
Patrick Lawrence: Wanderers & Seekers — Germany in Crisis
In this fourth and final part of his series on Germany, the author writes of the end of an era in the country and a renewed search for its identity.
Craig Murray: This Hell
Major parties in most Western “democracies” support Israel’s genocide. This represents a radical shift in philosophy and structural movement among governments of the worst kind.
Scott Ritter: The FBI’s Raid on Peace
Maybe the F.B.I. thought I would be intimidated by the raid, and opt to remain silent out of fear of generating unwanted attention. But all it really accomplished that day was to execute a raid on peace, the author says.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Could the Russians Seize Congress?
The Russians have been coming, off and on, for seven-plus decades. While these conjured imaginings may be laughable, the consequences of a culture of Cold War fear are far from funny.
Scott Ritter: Tucker Madness Is Good for America
Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin tonight will deliver an antidote to dangerous Russophobia in the U.S. while unleashing an insane reaction from Western elites.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Reckoning with a Major Twitter Troll
Louise Mensch has defamed many people in the past few years, including the author of this column. Often, as in his case, she accused them of being Russian agents. The examples are almost too many to mention. But here’s a start.
McCarthyism, Polish Style
As Joe Biden visits Poland, Michal Krupa reports on the firing of a Polish academic for questioning the Polish government’s position on the war in Ukraine.