David Barsamian interviews Katrina vanden Heuvel about current issues in the world and history.
Dan Froomkin: The American media is failing us on Ukraine
As the US moves toward a proxy war against Russia, reporters aren’t asking tough questions about what that actually means.
VIDEO: PBS NewsHour: John Mearsheimer: U.S. shifts goals on war in Ukraine
During the past few months the Biden administration’s rhetoric about its ultimate goals for Ukraine appears to have shifted, with more talk about winning the war against Russia. Evelyn Farkas, executive director of the McCain Institute at Arizona State University, and John Mearsheimer, political science professor at the University of Chicago, join Judy Woodruff to discuss.
David Hendrickson: The West’s Economic War Against Russia Is Imperiling the World
The economic war is most unlikely to affect the outcome of the Ukraine War, but it does seem likely to produce outcomes that will prejudice energy security and the climate agenda, while falling hardest on the world’s poor.
ACURA’s Anatol Lieven: Reckless and ruthless? Yes. But is Putin insane? No.
Declaring someone irrational leads to a place in which no one wants to negotiate, because, no one wants to talk to crazy people.
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Women of the World Call for Peace Now
Women of the World Call for Peace Now featuring Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire; Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gomez; and Dr. Paula Garb Tuesday, May 10th 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Pacific Time via Zoom. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__jd9s-g7SKqmyZo2o41jiQ
VIDEO: Larry Wilkerson and Paul Jay: Ukraine and the Doomsday Machine
There are serious discussions about the use of “tactical” nuclear weapons. Is a limited nuclear war possible? How can we avoid it? Col. Lawrence Wilkerson on theAnalysis.news with Paul Jay.
Ronald Enzweiler: The War Party’s Dictates on the Ukraine War
The only good that can possibly come out of the War Party’s current third unnecessary and unwinnable war in the post-Cold War era would be for the American electorate to vote out of office the political leadership in Washington responsible for our forever wars that are unrelated to our country’s national security and are leading our county into financial insolvency.
VIDEO: Representative Thomas Massie: Speech on Ukraine War Powers
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) challenges the constitutional authority of President Joe Biden to involve the United States militarily as a co-belligerent or belligerent with Ukraine in its war with Russia and to defend every inch of NATO territory without a declaration of war by Congress.
George Beebe: Tell us how this war in Ukraine ends
As calls grow for a ‘victory’ over Russia, we should examine whether such a win-lose outcome is even possible.
VIDEO: Robert Wright & ACURA’s Marlene Laruelle: Is Putin’s Russia Fascist?
Journalist and author Robert Wright talks with historian Marlene Laruelle by what Putin means by “de-Nazifying” Ukraine and whether most Russians support the war. They conclude with a discussion of whether the war was avoidable.
Trita Parsi: Why Non-Western Countries Tend to See Russia’s War Very, Very Differently
As effective as Zelenskyy has been in drumming up Western support, Ukraine’s message has been far less compelling to audiences in the Global South, where many countries have declined to join Western campaigns to sanction Russia’s economy and isolate it diplomatically.
VIDEO: Ambassador John Evans: Putin’s Road to Ukraine
How did Putin become Putin? Amb. John Evans talks with the John Quincy Adams Society about the future Russian leader when he was just a deputy mayor of St. Petersburg. Evans, then serving as consul general, shares his recollections of the young Putin, situates this in the broader Russian political situation in the 1990s and the evolution of U.S.-Russian relations from the optimism of the period to today’s bitterness.
Ted Galen Carpenter: If we don’t want nuclear war, why are we pushing for one?
Ukraine is not Vietnam or Afghanistan — Russia is not going to leave what it believes to be a key national interest without a fight.
VIDEO: John Quincy Adams Society: Former CIA Russia analysis director George Beebe
Ukraine won the battle for Kyiv and pushed the Russians back from Kharkiv. But that doesn’t mean the war is over – indeed, it seems likely to continue for the long haul, while there may be dangers of Russian escalation in spite of Russia’s weak position. We spoke with George Beebe, former head of Russia analysis at the Central Intelligence Agency and current Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute, about what lies ahead. His 2019 book is The Russia Trap: How Our Shadow War with Russia Could Spiral into Nuclear Catastrophe.
Andrew Buncombe: War in Ukraine is a ‘gold rush’ for Western arms makers, experts say
Ukraine invasion is not the first conflict Western governments have used to showcase weapons to potential buyers.
Flashback: February 2010: Timothy Snyder: A Fascist Hero in Democratic Kiev
The incoming Ukrainian president will have to turn some attention to history, because the outgoing one has just made a hero of a long-dead Ukrainian fascist. By conferring the highest state honor of “Hero of Ukraine” upon Stepan Bandera (1909-1959) on January 22, Viktor Yushchenko provoked protests from the chief rabbi of Ukraine, the president of Poland, and many of his own citizens. It is no wonder. Bandera aimed to make of Ukraine a one-party fascist dictatorship without national minorities. During World War II, his followers killed many Poles and Jews. Why would President Yushchenko, the leader of the democratic Orange Revolution, wish to rehabilitate such a figure?
Tim Marchman: Journalist Franklin Foer Showed Draft of Russiagate Story to Fusion GPS
Neither Foer nor The Atlantic, where he works, responded to repeated requests for comment. A spokesperson at Slate, for which—disclosure—I’ve written, said, “The very basic journalistic best practice and principle of not sharing drafts of stories with the people and institutions we cover is a standard we ascribe to.”
ACURA ViewPoint: David C. Speedie: The Folly of Isolating Russia
As Americans ingest the constant feed of dire reports and heartbreaking photographs from the war in Ukraine, it behooves us to look at Europe’s views of a European conflict. [Read more…] about ACURA ViewPoint: David C. Speedie: The Folly of Isolating Russia
ACURA’s Anatol Lieven: The horrible dangers of pushing a US proxy war in Ukraine
If there is indeed a shift in strategy to another level of confrontation with Russia, we need to know what we’re getting into.