The Ukraine Crisis Is a Classic ‘Security Dilemma’
There's only one clear solution to a security dilemma like this.
There's only one clear solution to a security dilemma like this.
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davis / CounterPunch If the powerful leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senators Jack Reed (D) and Jim Inhofe (R), have their way,…
“We will not fight a war with Russia in Ukraine," Biden told us in March. But that war has already started.
"It's time to stop this mass destruction," said Congolese Foreign Minister Jean-Claude Gakosso this week. "It's time to stop this war."
The only realistic alternative to this endless slaughter is a return to peace talks to bring the fighting to an end.
Instead of exploiting this crisis to expand even further, NATO should suspend all new or pending membership applications until the current crisis has been resolved.
Over the past 20 years, U.S. and allied air forces have dropped over 337,000 bombs and missiles on other countries.
The new Biden administration needs to take a truly fresh look at the whole range of destructive policies the United States has pursued around the world for decades, and the…
Our current litany of problems won’t be solved by the same people and mindsets that got us into these predicaments, but it's unlikely Joe Biden sees that.