Gaius Publius: War with Syria — What Is It Good For? We May Soon Find Out
An awful lot of well-placed people want war with Syria….even after Russia has drawn a red line.
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Conclusive Evidence of the Russian State’s Guilt in the Skripal Case Is Lacking — and That’s Important
A big crack opens up in the official story about the Skripal poisoning.
Read more...Who Will Stop the US-Russia Arms Race?
Real News Network interview with Professor Stephen F. Cohen on the insane arms race between the United States and Russia, which leaders from both parties are doing their utmost to stoke.
Read more...Germany’s Pivot From Russian Gas Will Be Costly
Why Germany’s plans to hurt Russia via its gas exports may not go all that far.
Read more...Putin, Trump, and the Nuclear Danger
Some critical background on why Putin decided to invest heavily in technologies that could counter or circumvent US threats.
Read more...Dr. Strangelove in the Pentagon: Lowering the Nuclear Threshold and Other Follies of the New Nuclear Posture Review
New Pentagon Nuclear Posture Review makes nuclear war more likely, as a logical extension of policies launched by Trump’s predecessor.
Read more...Do Russiagate Skeptics Go Too Far?
A Russiagate debate.
Read more...The Age of Lunacy: The Doomsday Machine
The lunacy of current Trump foreign policy is not unprecedented. This RNN interview discusses similarly unhinged incidents from the 1950s and 1960s.
Read more...The CIA Bull in Glenn Simpson’s Russia Shop
Russia case was a black job assigned by Republican candidates for president, then the Democratic National Committee, to discredit Trump in favor of Hillary Clinton.
Read more...Mark Ames: Kathy Lally Was Caught Trying To Censor Journalism In Russia and Now Deceitfully Claims She’s a Victim
Mark Ames rebuts Kathy Lally’s scurrilous piece in the Washington Post.
Read more...Newly-Declassified Documents Show Western Leaders Promised Gorbachev that NATO Would Not Move “One Inch Closer” to Russia
Newly-declassified records bolster Russia’s claim that the US and its European allies reneged on commitments to Russian security.
Read more...‘The Saudis are Going to Fight Tehran to the Last Dead American’
The Saudis are utterly incompetent at military operations. You’re seeing that in Yemen. It is going to be, if it is going to be, an extremely brutal war. Iran will respond probably asymmetrically.
Read more...How Did 1917 Change the West?
The US and Europe were more influenced by the Russian revolution of 1917 than they care to admit.
Read more...John Helmer: Oleg Deripaska, Russian Oligarch Accused of Buying Influence via Paul Manafort, Tries Listing Aluminum Shares In London. Hijinx Ensue (But Not Buyers)
A London stock float reveals the Achilles heel of Russian oligarch, Putin ally, and former Manafort client Deripaska: dependence on US sales.
Read more...Manafort Indictment Underwhelms, Poses No Immediate Threat to Trump
A cursory overview suggests Manafort indictment poses no immediate threat to Trump– although who knows what will emerge as probe continues.
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