American Committee for US-Russia Accord

Over and over, major U.S. media outlets have published claims about the Russia Threat that turned out to be completely false.

Judging by the reaction to Stone’s film, we appear doomed to repeat the history of the first Cold War and McCarthy era..

The risk of nuclear miscalculation is now higher than at any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis. There’s a simple way to avoid it.

We have continued the model of the U.S. being the dominant partner for longer than we should have.

In the current climate, one can expect at almost any time that the two powers will go into direct military confrontation with catastrophic results for all.

The mysterious visit to Moscow in late July by Iran’s international troublemaker-in-chief, the shadowy head of the feared Quds Force, may just have found an explanation. It’s either terrifying or vaguely reassuring, depending on how you read the Middle East. Specifically, how you feel about the Moscow visit will depend on whom you’d rather see winning the Syrian civil war, Bashar al-Assad or the Islamic State group.

You might prefer a third option. But there isn’t one

 

Competition between Washington and Moscow for a say in any peace deal is increasing the danger of a wider war starting by accident.

Neither the DNC nor the FBI should have been satisfied with an investigation that did not involve the FBI conducting a first-hand look at the compromised systems.

Western leaders have a curiously ambivalent attitude towards Russia in which it is, at one moment, a diplomatic mouse that can be safely ignored and, at another, a reborn Soviet Union whose imperial ambitions must be restrained. In handling the Syrian crisis, Russia is bound to be a leading player in stopping Isis because it supplies the weapons to do so and, similarly, in negotiating a peace because Assad must keep in step with Russia if he is to survive.

The media/political hysteria over Russia-gate is leading the world to possible nuclear annihilation with few serious questions asked. But a new book, The Plot to Scapegoat Russia, tries to supply some context, writes Rick Sterling.

 

Ukraine’s economy is in a severe freefall. GDP is expected to contract this year by  nine per cent. GDP fell by 14 per cent in the first six months of the year. Inflation is projected at 47 per cent for 2015. In 2014, the economy retracted by seven per cent and inflation was 24 per cent.

TYT Politics Reporter Michael Tracey  sits down with NYU & Princeton Professor Stephen F. Cohen to discuss the establishments response to the Russia investigation. What role has the establishment played in the Russia hysteria?