By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS. 11 August 2023 (IDN) — The Russian invasion of Ukraine—now in its 16th month—has been described by the United Nations as violations of both the UN charter and the territorial integrity of a sovereign nation. But it has also triggered the concept of self-defence: you hit me, and I’ll hit […]
Glimpses of an Endgame in Ukraine
By M K Bhadrakumar * NEW DELHI. 27 July 2023 (IDN) — The problem with the war in Ukraine is that it has been all smoke and mirrors. The Russian objectives of “demilitarisation” and “de-Nazification” of Ukraine wore a surreal look. The Western narrative that the war is between Russia and Ukraine, where the central […]
US Warned Against Transfer of Cluster Munitions to Ukraine
By J C Suresh TORONTO | WASHINGTON DC 6 July 2023 (IDN) — President Biden is “under steady pressure from Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky” to transfer banned cluster munitions, arguing that the munitions were “the best way to kill Russians who are dug into trenches and blocking Ukraine’s counteroffensive”, reports New York Times. If he […]
US President Walks Back on Ukraine’s NATO Accession
By M.K. Bhadrakumar The writer is a former Indian diplomat. This article was published by Indian Punchline. NEW DELHI, 23 June 2023 (IDN) — If only the US President Joe Biden had a time machine as in the post-apocalyptic science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, he should have used that vehicle or device to […]
African Plan to End Ukraine War Turns Out to be a Non-Starter
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 19 June 2023 (IDN) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, among a group of seven African leaders meeting on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, presented an African plan to end the ruinous war between Russia and the Ukraine.
Ukraine’s Counteroffensive with the Youth on Suicide Mission
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies NEW YORK, 19 June 2023 (IDN) — As Ukraine prepared to launch its much heralded but long delayed counteroffensive, the media published a photograph of a Ukrainian soldier with his finger on his lips, symbolizing the need for secrecy to retain some element of surprise for this […]
US Offers Another $1.2 Billion in Arms to Ukraine
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS,12 May 2023 (IDN) — The United States, which has maintained uninterrupted supplies of arms to Ukraine, announced on May 9 the delivery of another package amounting to a hefty $1.2 billion. The new package provided under a Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) is aimed at bolstering Ukraine’s air defenses and […]
What After Xi Jinping’s Overture to Zelensky?
Analysis by Shastri Ramachandaran The question is no longer whether China can broker peace in Ukraine. More pertinent would be to ask what will follow the Xi-Zelensky talk now that Xi has emerged at the top of the list of prospective peacemakers in Ukraine. NEW DELHI, 28 April 2023 (IDN) — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s […]
Why Several Democratic Countries Do Not Support Ukraine
Some are Shifting Closer to Russia By Jose Caballero Dr José Caballero is a Senior Economist at IMD World Competitiveness Center, International Institute for Management Development (IMD). LAUSANNE, Switzerland, 14 April 2023 (IDN) — After over a year of the Ukraine war, efforts at building a global consensus against Russia seem to have stalled, with many […]
Arms Flow to Ukraine Threatens to Undermine US Fire Power
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, 31 March 2023 (IDN) — The uninterrupted flow of US weapons to Ukraine—running into billions of dollars—may ultimately have a negative fallout on American military security and its fire power. So far, US economic and military aid to Ukraine, along with security assistance, is estimated at about 100 billion dollars. […]