For the sake of America’s security and world peace, the U.S. should immediately abandon the neocon quest for hegemony in favor of diplomacy and peaceful co-existence. By Jeffrey D. Sachs* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK | 13 July 2024 (IDN) — In 1992, […]
The Ukraine War Could Have Been Averted If the UN Charter Had Been Observed
By Michael von der Schulenburg* BRUSSELS | 11 July 2024 (IDN) — As the war in Ukraine continues, we must once again ask ourselves perhaps the most important question about a peaceful future for humanity: can there be a world in which peace and an international order can be guaranteed by joint agreements between states, […]
Trump Advisers Present Plan to Push Ukraine into Peace Talks with Russia
By Ahmed Adel The writer is geopolitics and political economy researcher. This article was originally published in InfoBrics. CAIRO | 3 July 2024 (IDN) — The advisors of former US President Donald Trump have prepared a plan to cut support for Ukraine if Kyiv continues to refuse negotiations with Russia and if the billionaire wins […]
How to Confront War Summit of NATO in Washington?
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK | 1 July 2024 (IDN) — After NATO’s catastrophic, illegal invasions of Yugoslavia, Libya and Afghanistan, on July 9 NATO plans to invade Washington DC. The good news is that it only plans to occupy Washington for three days. The British will not burn down […]
Ukraine Needs to be Saved from the U.S.
By Jeffrey Sachs* This article was published in The Hill and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK | 28 June 2024 (IDN) — Ukraine can only be saved at the negotiating table, not on the battlefield. Sadly, this point is not understood by Ukrainian politicians such as Oleg Dunda, a member of […]
Mr. Biden, Negotiate a Peaceful End to the War in Ukraine!
By Jeffrey D. Sachs* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. For goodness’ sake, negotiate! NEW YORK | 20 June 2024 (IDN) — For the fifth time since 2008, Russia has proposed to negotiate with the U.S. over security arrangements, this time in proposals made by President […]
NATO Weighing Special Envoy Post to Ukraine, But Not Letting It Join The Club
By Uriel Araujo* BRASILIA | 13 June 2024 (IDN) — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is planning to install a permanent special envoy to Kyiv as a new envoy post. This has to do with “institutionalizing” some of “the bilateral support that has flowed to Ukraine”, says US ambassador to Kyiv, Julianne Smith. At […]
Europeans Should Part from the US Solitary Foreign Policy
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 21 May 2024 (IDN) — The greatest American foreign affairs columnist since Walter Lippmann was William Pfaff of The International Herald Tribune. He wrote in his path-breaking book, “Barbarian Sentiments”, that the US political atmosphere was full of “exhausted ideas, like a dead star”. Nevertheless, “these ideas remain central […]
Ukraine War Costs the West More Than Two Trillion Dollars
By Nik Martin* BERLIN | 19 May 2024 (IDN) — Governments face increased borrowing, taxes and public sector cuts to finance their soaring military budgets. European NATO members are set to spend a record $380 billion on defence this year—a tough sell to voters. If you want a reminder of the security threats faced by […]
China Turns Focus to Europe in a Diplomatic Game
By Nickolay Kapitonenko* KYIV | 14 May 2024 (IDN) — The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war has gradually changed the international political landscape, which is being closely monitored even by states far removed from its realities. The war is unleashing complex mechanisms of international interaction, testing the strength of alliances and changing power relations. In addition to […]