The West’s Romance With Elections Is Dead—the Rules-Based Order Killed It
As western populations grow sick and tired of their political class and vote against it, what are elites to do?
Trump Says No to ‘Foolish’ US Missile Attacks on Russia
The incoming president told Time he “vehemently disagrees” with firing U.S. missiles into Russia, words that could soothe nuclear tensions between Washington and Moscow, reports Joe Lauria.
Biden Aims to Go Out With a Bellicose Bang
That’s Joe Biden’s legacy, a blood transfusion to NATO’s moribund carcass by adding Finland and Sweden and thereby ballooning the Empire’s global military footprint.
Lena Herzog: You Cannot Win a Nuclear War
“The word ‘war’ is disorienting, because in war, you can have a battle, you can lose a battle, you can win a war. You cannot win a nuclear exchange. It's…
Scott Ritter: Congress Must Prevent Nuclear War
Today is the gravest danger of nuclear war than at any time in the nuclear era. This is a reality so stark and intimidating that many people feel powerless to…
Ukraine’s ‘White Wolves’ Unit Fighting Alongside Extremists in Syria: Report
The Ukrainian special operations unit has been aiding armed groups fighting Damascus with the use of sophisticated drones.
Craig Murray: We Are the Bad Guys
Those of us in the West must resist our own governing systems, or we are complicit.
Zelensky Says He’s Willing To Cede Territory in Exchange for NATO Protection
Zelensky's suggestion is a non-starter for Moscow but reflects a shift in his position on peace talks
Sebastian Gorka: Potential British Intelligence Asset?
Sebastian Gorka’s involvement with British intelligence cost him a security clearance in Hungary. His longtime mentor is a UK spook currently engaged in covert operations against Russia. Is the Ukraine…
White House Pressing Ukraine To Draft 18-Year-Olds for War
The pressure from the US comes as polling shows the majority of Ukrainians want peace talks to end the war.
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…
Norman Solomon: From Genocide Joe to Omnicide Joe
Whether heralded or reviled, Biden’s supposed restraint during the Ukraine war has steadily faded, with more and more dangerous escalation in its place.
John Mearsheimer: Using Missiles as Diplomacy in Ukraine
By John Mearsheimer and Daniel Davis / Substack On 21 November 2024, I talked at length with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis on his podcast — “Deep Dive” — about…
Jeffrey D. Sachs: What Ails America – and How to Fix It
By Jeffrey D. Sachs / Common Dreams America is a country of undoubted vast strengths—technological, economic, and cultural—yet its government is profoundly failing its own citizens and the world. Trump’s…
Russia Says US Missile Defense Base in Poland Is a Potential Target
By Dave DeCamp / Antiwar.com Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday that a controversial US missile defense base in Poland is a potential target of the Russian military,…