According to many French politicians, the French president could think of nothing crazier to divert attention away from farmers’ problems and increase his low 24% rating.
MK Bhadrakumar: France all dressed up and nowhere to go
Ever since its ignominious defeat in the Napoleonic wars, France is entrapped in the predicament of countries that get sandwiched between great powers.
SIPRI: European arms imports nearly double, US and French exports rise, and Russian exports fall sharply
Stockholm – States in Europe almost doubled their imports of major arms (+94 per cent) between 2014–18 and 2019–23. Far larger volumes of arms flowed to Asia and Oceania and the Middle East in 2019–23, where nine of the 10 largest arms importers are.
The United States increased its arms exports by 17 per cent between 2014–18 and 2019–23, while Russia’s arms exports halved. Russia was for the first time the third largest arms exporter, falling just behind France. The global volume of international arms transfers fell slightly by 3.3 per cent between 2014–18 and 2019–23, according to new data on international arms transfers published today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), available at www.sipri.org.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day: A Speech by Irish MEP Clare Daly: On The Drive to War
Clare Dalys talk at the Left Bloc Scoil Chois Claí, illustrating how the EU is already engaged in the process of Militarisation, how it plans to build a new force of 20,000 troops, and the threat this poses to Irish neutrality,
Flashback March 1998: New York Times: Senators Warner, Biden and Moynihan Debate NATO Expansion
ACURA ZoomCast with Professor Geoffrey Roberts
Geoffrey Roberts, Emeritus Professor at University College Cork and member of the Royal Irish Academy talks Putin, Stalin and the War in Ukraine, with ACURA’s David Speedie and James W. Carden.
James W. Carden: Does Nuland’s Departure Matter?
Informed speculation as to the import of Nuland’s resignation requires us to consider at least three questions…
Nicolai Petro and Ted Snider: Four Myths That Are Preventing Peace in Ukraine
If diplomacy is to have a chance at settling this bloody conflict, then four persistent myths about the war in Ukraine need to be exposed and refuted.
VIDEO: Two Year Anniversary of the War in Ukraine: A Conversation with Nicolai Petro
On the two-year anniversary of Russia’s launch of the “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine, Professor Mike Rossi sat down for a conversation with Dr. Nicolai Petro, Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island.
AP: Pope Francis says Ukraine should consider negotiated end to war
ROME — Pope Francis said in an interview that Ukraine, facing a possible defeat, should have the courage to negotiate an end to the war with Russia and not be ashamed to sit at the same table to carry out peace talks.
VIDEO: Cynthia Lazaroff’s New Film: This is Not a Drill
Hawaiians respond to a threat of nuclear attack and a survivor tells of coping with the Hiroshima bombing.
Cold War era fears and tensions about nuclear weapons resurface in our era, and take us back in time to – once again – face the prospect of an apocalypse of our own making.
MK Bhadrakumar: Putin’s nuclear warning is direct and explicit
The spectre of Armageddon has been raised often enough during the 2-year old war in Ukraine that the reference to it in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state of the union address on Thursday had a familiar ring about it. Therein lies the risk of misjudgement on the part of the western audience that Putin was only “crying wolf”.
ACURA’s Nicolai N. Petro: The War Enters Its Third Year
Two years have passed since Russia invaded Eastern Ukraine, yet we are still debating why Russia invaded, what its ultimate goals might be, and how to end the conflict. This confusion, I submit, has much to do with our unwillingness to grasp the war’s true complexity, and can only be overcome if we recognize that it is a conflict with multiple levels.
VIDEO: Piers Morgan vs John Mearsheimer: On Putin, Israel-Hamas And More
Political scientist, international relations scholar John Mearsheimer joins Piers Morgan Uncensored to debate Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the war in the Middle East and more. He uncovers the reasoning behind some of his more controversial views, telling Piers Morgan why he thinks Ukraine’s already lost the war against Russia.
VIDEO: Conversations with History: Jack F. Matlock Jr.(June 2008)
In June 2008 UC Berkeley’s Harry Kreisler spoke with Ambassador Jack Matlock who served as the last U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union. Ambassador Matlock offered his reflections on the fall of the Soviet Union, the policies of the Reagan administration, and how students should prepare for the future.
VIDEO: James K. Galbraith: On the Futility of Russian Sanctions
James Galbraith challenges common perceptions about western sanctions and their impact on Russia, revealing unexpected outcomes for its economy and development. Contrary to the goals of defunding the war and degrading Russia’s military capacity, sanctions have led to economic adjustments that have fostered Russia’s independent development.
Galbraith points out that despite initial disruptions, Russia adapted by focusing on domestic production and diversifying its economic partnerships. This analysis provides a nuanced view of economic sanctions’ real-world impacts, suggesting that their effectiveness and consequences are more complex than commonly understood.
MK Bhadrakumar: China resumes shuttle diplomacy as Ukraine war drums get louder
NATO has been steadily climbing the escalation ladder while the Russian reaction has been by and large to rev up the “meat grinder” in the war of attrition. But then, it is the Ukrainian carcass being ground and that doesn’t seem to matter to the Brits or Americans.
ACURA ZoomCast: A Conversation with Branko Marcetic of Jacobin magazine
James W. Carden talks with Branko Marcetic, a staff writer with Jacobin magazine and the author of Yesterday’s Man: the Case Against Joe Biden. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Guardian, In These Times, the Nation and ACURA.
Paul Robinson: An endgame in Ukraine may be fast approaching
After two years of war, an increasingly sombre mood has swept over Ukraine and its supporters in the West.
Ed Lozansky: Fake news of a Russian apocalypse
It looks as though this year could be fateful…