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Professor and Editor: Political economy, Russian foreign policy and Eurasian integration.

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7 months

- John J. Mearsheimer: "Diesen has written a terrific book about the emerging world order... A must read for anyone who wants to understand the great shift in the global distribution of power that is taking place before our eyes" - Ambassador Chas Freeman: "A most thoughtful and

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"There is no Israeli Palestinian conflict, there is a brutal Israeli occupation... it is apartheid" - The editor in chief of Israel’s largest English language newspaper.

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Netanyahu: Investigating Israel's war crimes is "pure anti-semitism"

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Why is it important to hear the argument of the other side? Watch what Putin says in the video (left) and how it is reported in the media (right). Ask yourself if the purpose is to inform the reader or to build a narrative

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China respectfully explains there is no great power rivalry with Britain, as Britain is no longer significant

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French polls on which nation contributed the most to the defeat of Germany in 1945 - In 1945: Soviet Union (57%) vs US (20%) - In 1994: Soviet Union (25%) vs US (49%) - 2004: Soviet Union (20%) vs US (58%) Reality can be canceled by political propaganda

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Germany reveals that British soldiers have been behind the attacks on Russia's Black Sea Fleet - This is insane! An act of war against the world's largest nuclear power. Will we scream "unprovoked" when Russia eventually retaliates?

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British soldiers helping fire Ukrainian missiles, Olaf Scholz reveals

German chancellor criticised for ‘flagrant abuse of intelligence’ that could endanger UK personnel on the ground and help the Russians

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, confirms that Russia invaded Ukraine to prevent NATO expansionism. - Also, Stoltenberg recognises that NATO could have prevented the war by ending its expansion and abiding by the 1997 NATO-Russia Founding Act.

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Former CIA director Mike Morell speaking like a gangster - imagine the outrage if the intelligence agencies of other states spoke in this manner

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Clinton after killing Gaddafi: "we came, we saw, he died"... - It is hard to imagine other countries' leaders speaking in this way. - Ideology and the assumption of righteousness make people act and speak like gangsters.

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Ukrainians are a mere cheap commodity to these savages - "It is extremely good value for money... Almost half of Russia's pre-war military equipment has been destroyed without the loss of a single American life. This is an investment in the United States security"

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I always cautioned my IR students: Do not hate your opponents, it produces poor analysis! - As I read the ridiculous/cartoonish media coverage of the Russian election, I get the feeling of our own downfall. Unable to live in reality and unable to place ourselves in the shoes of

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The international rules-based order versus international law

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The "rules-based international order": - Bombing a country you illegally occupy is self-defence

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Alan Dershowitz is on the Jeffrey Epstein list and accused by Jane Does #3 of sexual assault when she was a child. - Dershowitz, however, wants a list of all these "radical feminists" who pushed for the Epstein list, and he wants to know if they have condemned Hamas

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Russia is allegedly fighting with shovels and stealing washing machines to harvest computer chips for its collapsing army, and at the same time they can invade all of Europe and are now accused of building an all-powerful space weapon - Simultaneously being hopelessly backward

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Putin is referred to as a "Marxist Socialist dictator" as if it is still the 1980s... - Is it reasonable to assert that the ignorance and stupidity of leaders in Washington is a threat to global peace?

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NATO sends F-16s to attack inside Russian borders. Did Stoltenberg just declare war on the world's largest nuclear power? Imagine Russia sending fighter jets to attack the US, as defence for any of the countries the US currently bombs or illegally occupies

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After provoking a war with Russia and sabotaging the peace negotiations, Boris Johnson suggests the British public must stop being fat and lazy as they must join the military and prepare for war. #proxywargonewrong

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Flexible values

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Top Ukrainian MP, David Arakhamia, confirms Russia agreed to end the war and pull back its troops in March 2022 if Ukraine would accept neutrality. - Then, the US/UK sabotaged the peace agreement to fight Russia with Ukrainian soldiers. - Confirmed by mediators -Turkey & Israel

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Foreign Affairs writes about the "hidden history" of diplomacy that could have ended the war. It was not "hidden"! The media refused to report on verifiable facts & smeared anyone who discussed it as "Putinists" and "propagandists" Why did the media fail to report on the

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Summary from Davos: - More weapons is the path to peace - Those who disagree with us spread "hate", "propaganda" or "disinformation" and must be censored - Worst of all, copyright infringements of Orwell's 1984: "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength"

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The idea that NATO can continue to send ever-more powerful and long-range weapons to Ukraine without any retaliation from Russia is premised on the dangerous self-delusion that NATO is not a participant in the conflict. But if we accept that this is also a NATO War, then it is

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The US has interesting rituals: - Elon Musk was falsely accused of being anti-semitic. To clear his name of this smear, he must make a pilgrimage to Israel and be lectured by Netanyahu

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Inconsistent logic: - NATO must expand to Ukraine because Russia would not attack a NATO country. But also... - If Russia defeats Ukraine, then Russia will move on and attack a NATO country

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Difficult to please the Americans

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Norwegians are very naive, believing the US is our best friend, our interests are the same & the US takes sovereign control over military bases across our country simply to defend us. We are being converted into an Arctic frontline - a Ukraine of the North

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American Forces Enter the North With Free Access to 36 Military Bases

Commentary: American forces are entering the High North at a nearly explosive pace. On Monday, Finland is following Norway and Sweden in opening up their military bases to the US.

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Sahra Wagenknecht warning the Bundestag against another German war against Russia: - “Have you all lost your minds?” - When the pope called for negotiations, he was called a "Putin troll"

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Putin is asked: "Who blew up Nord Stream" - It is remarkable that once the US admitted it was not Russia, the Europeans seemingly lost any interest in the greatest attack on European energy infrastructure

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It is shocking how journalism has become controversial. - The people pushing war & censorship has somehow claimed moral authority over those calling for diplomacy and freedom of speech

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Why I'm interviewing Vladimir Putin.

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EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell: - Was the attack by Hamas a war crime? Yes. - Are the attacks by Israel war crimes? I am not a lawyer.

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China is very devious...

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Ukrainian Ambassador Chalyi, who participated in peace talks with Russia, confirms Putin "tried everything" to reach a peace agreement. Chalyi also argues they very close to a peaceful settlement in Istanbul before it was sabotaged by the US & UK

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Thousands of Nazis were welcomed to Canada, many participated in the Holocaust - Nazis (then and now) were reliably anti-Russian and anti-communist - Most of Canada's Nazis came from Ukraine and the Baltic States - Chrystia Freeland’s grandfather was a Ukrainian Nazi collaborator

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Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark on how the US planned to "take out" 7 countries in 5 years

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50,000 Palestinians were forced to flee north Gaza in a single day. Is this not ethnic cleansing? - Are human rights uncompromising principles or merely instruments for power politics?

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Ukrainians who fled the war may now be sent back to fight Russia. It is interesting that almost every time we "help" Ukraine, it is against the will of Ukrainians and cause great suffering: - Attempted to pull Ukraine into NATO for years despite only 20% wanting to join, and

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General Harald Kujat, the former Chief of Staff of the German armed forces and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, warns that the US and NATO instigated the Ukraine War to destroy Russia: - Why is there zero interest from the media? You do not need to agree with his

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NATO will likely begin deep strikes within Russia & also destroy the Crimean bridge - NATO will claim these are Ukrainian attacks, but NATO will provide the weapons, select targets & even pull the trigger - This places great pressure on Russia to restore deterrence by any means!

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Gideon Levy writing about our common humanity in Haaretz: "We now have to cry bitterly for the Israeli victims, but we should also cry for Gaza": "Behind all this lies Israeli arrogance; the idea that we can do whatever we like, that we’ll never pay the price and be punished for

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It appears that aliens prefer to visit the US and the UK

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The deindustrialisation of Germany is no longer "propaganda" but accepted as reality. - How can we explain that the Europeans stopped asking any questions about Nord Stream after the US admitted it was not Russia?

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“Operation Unthinkable” was Winston Churchill's plan for a surprise attack against their Soviet ally as soon as Nazi Germany had been defeated. - The plan envisioned the UK, US and re-armed German Nazi forces penetrating deep into the Soviet Union.

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'Operation Unthinkable' - The National Archives

Report from the British Military leaders to Prime Minister Winston Churchill on the chances of ‘Operation Unthinkable’ -a surprise attack on the USSR, 22 May 1945 (Catalogue ref: CAB 120/691)...

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Former German Chancellor Schröder: "Ukrainians did not agree to peace because they were not allowed to" by the Americans in March 2022 - This is also confirmed by Turkey, Israel and Harald Kujat -former chairman of NATO Military Committee. - Media silence

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Former German Chancellor claims he “mediated” situation between Ukraine and Russia in 2022

Gerhard Schröder, former German Social Democrat Chancellor, known for his friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has claimed that the US supposedly disrupted “peace talks” between Ukraine...

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Why has the US/NATO not negotiated with Russia for two years? - Diplomacy is rejected by presenting the war solely as a territorial conflict, which enables NATO to reject talks as "we cannot give away Ukrainian territory" - But this conflict was initially about ending NATO

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“God created war so that Americans would learn geography” - Mark Twain

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After supporting genocide in Gaza, bombing Yemen, Iraq and Syria, Biden explains he does not want the war to spread - A bit like toppling Ukraine's government, arming radicals, threatening NATO expansion, sabotaging all peace agreements & sending weapons - but still wants peace

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It was always going to end this way unless we restored neutrality & resolved the issue of security competition in Europe (NATO expansion): - Between 2004-2014 I argued against dragging Ukraine into NATO against the will of Ukrainians & threatening Russian security - In 2013/2014,

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The US highjacked an Iranian oil tanker, and income from the stolen oil will partly go to victims of the September 11 attacks. - Unclear what September 11 has to do with Iran, but such violations to the freedom of navigation can start naval arms races.

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A tanker believed to hold sanctioned Iran oil starts offloading near Texas despite Tehran's threats

An oil tanker long suspected of carrying sanctioned Iranian crude oil has begun offloading its cargo near Texas. That's according to tracking data analyzed Sunday.

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In Lithuania, they now have political propaganda on their road signs. - We drove past this sign in Vilnius on our way to Minsk, my Belarusian colleagues were surprised to learn that their country is "occupied" by Russia. - The world has lost its mind!

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The Ukrainian Waffen SS veteran was introduced as someone who fought against Russians in WW2, and the immediate Pavlovian response of the Canadian Parliament was to give a standing ovation. Nobody remembered that the Russians were our allies against the Nazis?

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Victoria Nuland is retiring... - Nuland had a key role in overthrowing President Yanukovich in 2014 and installing a US-friendly government in Kiev - Nuland is also a key actor in manipulating the war narrative as her family is in control of the Institute for the Study of War

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Elon Musk expresses his criticism of American journalists covering Zelensky - in a response to Glenn Greenwald

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Before the Western-backed coup in 2014: - Ukraine had a law of neutrality - Only 20% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO - Russia did not fear an existential threat NATO defined this situation as problematic and a 2011 report cautioned: - "The greatest challenge for Ukrainian-NATO

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Imagine how many young men would still be alive if this could have been admitted months ago. - Unfortunately, the warmongers have dominated the narrative and all dissent has been demonised and censored

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Zelensky admits Ukraine's counter-offensive has failed

The Ukrainian President said the attempts to force a Russian retreat had not achieved 'the desired results' as increased pressure is put on the Kyiv government to enter peace talks with Vladimir Putin

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America's rules-based international order

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Russian troops replacing French troops in Burkina Faso - French troops were expelled last year, and yesterday the Russians arrived

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Russian Troops Begin Burkina Faso Deployment to Bolster Security

Russia bolstered its influence in the troubled Sahel region of West Africa with about 100 military personnel from the country arriving in Burkina Faso on Wednesday, the first large deployment in that...

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Amusing that they used the same picture: 9 months apart

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The infamous leaked call between Nuland and Pyatt, as the US planned the coup and who should be in the new government in Kiev - This was leaked more than two weeks before the US toppled Yanukovich

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The BBC in 2017 on how Azov and other far-right groups asserted their influence over Ukraine. - The report leaves out that the US supported these groups, becoming a powerful veto against the peace platform that Ukrainians later voted for (73%) in 2019

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Israel is rapidly alienating people across the world who used to be sympathetic, and uniting its adversaries - Even the Americans are becoming more divided over financing Israel's war crimes - This will not end well

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Incompetence and stupidity have become existential threats: - Nikki Haley is convinced Russia was behind the attack on 7 October, because its Putin's birthday... - Absurd conspiracy theories are accepted if they come from the elites

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Brussels threatens to hit Hungary’s economy if Viktor Orbán vetoes Ukraine aid - What is the point of voting and the pretense of democracy, when there is severe punishment for voting the wrong way?

Brussels threatens to hit Hungary’s economy if Viktor Orbán vetoes Ukraine aid

EU strategy aims to spook investors by cutting off funding to Budapest in stand-off over €50bn package

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In my previous post, there are several requests for evidence that only a small minority of Ukrainians wanted NATO membership between 1991 and 2014 (when the US/NATO sought to pull Ukraine into the military bloc): - Every since poll from Ukraine and abroad confirmed this. - NATO

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Almost two years of war in Ukraine with heavy casualties & NATO still refuses to even sit down and speak with Moscow - Overwhelming evidence that the US & UK sabotaged the Istanbul peace agreement - Diplomacy and negotiations have been propagandised as naughty words - All words

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We should have had this debate 1,5 years ago before the hundreds of thousands of casualties. - Instead, the war propaganda was turned up and anyone who called for diplomacy and peace was denounced as a "Putninst" and a traitor.

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The Nation reports in great detail how the Western media whitewashed Nazi groups to make them acceptable allies: - Propaganda demands that all complexity is simplified and dumbed down to a struggle between good & evil / between democracy & authoritarianism

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The Western Media Is Whitewashing the Azov Battalion

Before Russia invaded Ukraine, these fighters were neo-Nazis. They still are.

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Journalists who lied about this war have contributed to the growing possibility of nuclear war: - Instead of seeking the truth, there has been relentless pressure for conformity to a Manichean narrative of good vs evil in which war is the path to peace and diplomacy is treasonous

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The moment when centuries of Western dominance came to an end

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Sweden was swept into NATO without any referendum or a proper debate - "If you criticise Nato, you’re automatically pro-Russian. In the debate there is not the possibility to have two thoughts in your head at the same time"

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Sweden’s veteran peace movement stung by ‘reckless’ entry to Nato

Activists say public debate has been shut down by overhyped claims of imminent war since Ukraine invasion

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Germany's ambassador leaving the foreign ministry in Moscow after being questioned about Germany's plans to attack Russia - German-Russian relations are now at their lowest and most dangerous since WW2

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Would we do it all over again? - The NATO-backed coup of 2014? - Sabotage Minsk agreement 2015-2022? - Sabotage peace agreement in April 2022? - The sanctions and escalations? If we recognise this has been devastating to NATO and Ukraine, why continue to double down on failure?

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The Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association (NFFO) announced that they cancelled their participation as a co-organiser for a public debate about the conflict in the Middle East because I am one of the speakers. I wear this as a badge of honour. One of Norway’s

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The Norwegian Helsinki Committee should be designated as a propaganda organisation due to its funding from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): - Washington Post writes that NED has been the “sugar daddy of overt operations” and “what used to be called ‘propaganda’ and can

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How is it possible that none of our journalists can report on CIA Director Burns warning in 2008?: - The threat of NATO expansion could trigger a Civil War in Ukraine & Russia would have to decide if it will intervene - "a decision Russia does not want to have to face" - This

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NATO's war propaganda insisting that weapons/war is the only path to peace is premised on two lies: 1) Russia's invasion on 24 February was not about NATO expansionism, 2) It is not possible to negotiate with Russia - 25 February (Day 1): Zelensky announced "Today we heard from

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Before: Russia exported cheap energy to European industries & imported European industrial goods Now: Russia exports cheap energy to Asia & imports Asian industrial goods -Europe is de-industrialising & becoming too reliant on the US, while the economies of China & Russia grow!

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The attack on Nord Stream was the greatest attack on European energy architecture in history and and act of war - Yet, after the US admitted it was not Russia, we (Europeans) shifted from hysteria to complete silence and disinterest. Why?

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Former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili warns against Washington using NGOs to convert Georgia into another frontline state and "cannon fodder" against Russia: - "Let me remind you that these people – Saakashvili, Bokeria, Merabishvili, Adeishvili, Gvaramia,

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So the stories about the Russian army fighting with shovels and stealing chips from washing machines was fake news? - If we had not abandoned free speech, we would not have deluded ourselves

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"NATO is working exactly as it was designed by postwar U.S. planners, drawing Europe into a dependency on American power that reduces its room for maneuver. Far from a costly charity program, NATO secures American influence in Europe on the cheap."

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Opinion | NATO Isn’t What It Says It Is

From its origins, the alliance was never primarily concerned with military power.

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Imagine politicians in other countries speaking like this... This warmongering is the new normal

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How many Russians are rallying behind the call to throw them "back into the Stone Age"? - Similarly, Juan Guaido and Svitlana Tsikhanouskaya called on sanctions against their own countries - What earns these "opposition leaders" support from Washington disqualifies them at home

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The mood in Europe is changing, and winner-takes-all conflicts are extremely dangerous - Continuous NATO expansionism was always destined to end in a crisis - The solution is diplomacy to address the security dilemma, so why are our diplomats not talking?

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Jeffrey Sachs calling for self-reflection and returning to the language of peace

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Ukraine will lose more men and territories the longer this war goes on. - It is time to negotiate neutrality for Ukraine and get a permanent end to NATO expansionism to restore European security

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Ukraine Can't Win the War

There is no realistic chance of total Ukrainian victory next year, or the year after that.

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The new catchphrase in the media is Russia's "full-scale invasion" of Ukraine two years ago. How correct is this narrative? - Two years ago, Newsweek reported that Russia bombed Ukraine less in the first month of the war than the US did on its first day of invading Iraq. Rather

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Biden recognised in 1997 that NATO expansion would alienate Russia. Moscow warned that the threat of NATO expansion would compel Russia to turn to China. - Biden mocked the Russians - suggesting they could also align themselves with Iran...

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Poor Ukrainians being "recruited" on their way home from work - There is not much compassion for these men here in the West, unless compassion can be used to mobilise public opinion & resources for war

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Washington decided to topple the Prime Minister of Pakistan, thus destabilizing a country with 230 million people and nuclear weapons. Why? Washington could not accept his "aggressive neutrality" over Ukraine.

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The New York Times reports on America's secret war against Russia since Maidan in 2014: - On the eve of the US-backed coup in Ukraine, 24 February 2014, the new spy chief of the US-installed government in Kiev "called the C.I.A. station chief and the local head of MI6... and

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Norway transfers sovereign control over 12 "dedicated areas" to the US military: - We do not refer to them as military bases as we do not permit foreign military bases on our soil - Scandinavia is converted from a region of peace to Arctic frontline states

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Norway expands defense agreement with American troops

Andøya, Bardufoss and Setermoen in northern Norway are among the eight new dedicated areas where the United States military could be allowed to build infrastructure to strengthen defense cooperation

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De-dollarisation at "stunning speed" - "The greenback’s share in global reserves slid last year at 10 times the average speed of the past two decades" - Who could have predicted that unsustainable debt, sanctions & stealing reserves somehow reduces trust?

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Hungary does not vote in favour of sending more funds to Ukraine, thus the EU parliament attempts to suspend Hungary's voting right.

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EU Parliament calls to strip Hungary of voting rights in rule-of-law clash

Viktor Orbán blasts back at lawmakers.

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President of Guyana, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, refuses to be lectured - The people who pollute the most and wage war the most still claim moral authority over the rest

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10 months

William Burns, former US ambassador to Moscow and current Director of the CIA, warned in 2008 that attempting to expand NATO to Ukraine could 1) cause a civil war, and 2) a Russian invasion (which "Russia does not want") It is necessary to address the cause of the war to end it.

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Norway as an Arctic frontline state? The US is opening 12 military bases in Norway to confront Russia in the Arctic () - The main objective is to contest Russia's Northern Sea Route and the Russian claims to energy resources in the Russian Arctic - The US

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International law collapses under the so-called "rules-based international order" (based on sovereign inequality) - The EU steals Russian assets - Russia retaliates by seizing EU assets - The EU accuses Russia of violating international law

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Italy summons Russian envoy over Ariston subsidiary takeover

Italy on Saturday (27 April) summoned Russia's ambassador after Moscow announced it was putting a subsidiary of Italian heating firm Ariston Thermo Group under the "temporary management" of state...

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Europe needs to rediscover strategic autonomy and not follow the US off the cliff

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