Eric Zeusse  Bill LaPlante, the Pentagon’s chief weapons-buyer (“Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment”) spoke on November 4th at the neoconservative-neoliberal George Mason University, near the Pentagon, and announced that soon after the next Congress becomes elected on November 8th, the existing Congress will overwhelmingly vote …

In an era where polarization wields enormous clout, more politicians are driven to pander to partisan extremes and stray from the middle. On foreign policy issues, both parties have turned the dial up eleven and played up the “China threat”. However, as a group that has long been …

The Biden Administration has been expanding sanctions against the electronic industry of China. In turn, Silicon Valley companies are being increasingly viewed as a major instrument of big politics. However, the “geopoliticization” of the IT industry on the part of Washington threatens to further undermine the international positions …

Tomofey Bordachev Indeed, the question of why inpiduals (in our case, inpidual states) must abide by rules is the most fundamental one in political philosophy. Despite all its imperfection, mankind has not yet invented a way to achieve this, even in minimal volumes, other than to use force. …

Naseem Javed  Unless we are bold enough to face harsh realities and seek collaborative solutions; the lollipopians can hide under blankets of political correctness, while ‘seek and destroy’ doctrine gets ready for a diaper-change. The Western Economies are struggling to save themselves from imploding from inside or exploding from …

Alexander Gale  During a press conference in July, the European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen spoke of the need for the EU to ‘diversify away from Russia and turn towards more reliable, trustworthy partners’.  She cited ‘Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine’ as a reason to move away …

Louis Beres Matters of “Belief”: Aggression, Genocide and Genocide-Like Crimes Ukraine is only the latest manifestation of an age-old connection.  More precisely, this Russian-generated spasm of mass murder represents just a tangible reflection of underlying human emotions.[1] In essence, until scholars and policy makers can recognize the root …

Just a few hours after the attack by sea “drones” on the ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in the early morning of October 29, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced the suspension of the “grain deal” – an agreement that had been in force …

For months, Russian President Vladimir Putin has waited and watched, hoping for a fracturing of the remarkable Washington consensus built by President Joe Biden on the need to do everything it takes to defend democracy in Ukraine. Now the first cracks may be appearing, – supposes Stephen Collinson, …