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Narek and the Nagorno Karabakh War

In his now classic “The Clash of Civilizations”, Samuel Huntington foresaw in the post-Cold War period a series of potentially explosive conflicts based no longer on the opposition between ideologies, but rather on the opposition between civilizations; the identity factor,…

Three Illuminating Quotes About The War In Ukraine

Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, and Chris Hedges have lent their expertise to the subject of the war in Ukraine with some recent comments that help bring some much-needed clarity to an often confusing and always contentious issue. Here they are:…

Notes from a war that is no longer news

In recent months it has been difficult to make balanced analyses and projections of events, for it must be admitted that with all our arrogance and a supposed understanding of the logic of the Ukrainian-Russian absurdity, we failed to predict…

The Role of Energy in Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

While securing territory is the Kremlin’s most obvious motivation, annexation is also tied to strengthening Russia’s energy position both regionally and globally. By John P. Ruehl After Russian forces seized Ukraine’s Kherson region at the beginning of its invasion, a Ukrainian official…

Face 2 Face with John V. Walsh

LIVE SHOW on Friday, May 27 at 2:30 PM In this show, we speak with John Walsh about the war in Ukraine and the shift in editorial direction by the NY Times, one the main shapers of public opinion for…

A global war. Let’s stop it

For a global pact, now, for a common, universal future of justice and peace. About the “war in Ukraine”. Declaration of the Agora of the Inhabitants of the Earth – Italy The nature of the “war in Ukraine The inadmissible…

Adrian Mac Liman “Many European countries warn that sanctions over the war affect them more than Russia”.

Sweden and Finland are expected to join the North Atlantic Organisation, NATO, as soon as possible after the governments of both countries announced their membership on Monday. Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson, the Swedish Prime Minister, made the announcement at a…

The absurdity of war and the new human landscape

-What do we think about the war? “I and my friends  think it‘s ridiculous, it is absurd. Why can‘t people just talk?” This was the response I got from a 17-year-old friend of mine in Europe when I asked him…

The clarity of indefinition

Several militants of the contemporary Russian left have had a remarkable trajectory. From anti-Stalinism they moved to anti-Leninism, which made them anti-Soviet and now, in their fair or unfair criticism of Putin’s government, they have become defenders of NATO and…

Ukraine: Migrants Locked Up Near Front Lines

Migrants and asylum seekers locked up in a migrant detention center in Mykolaiv on the edge of the front lines in southern Ukraine are in danger and should be released, Human Rights Watch said today. Ukraine should urgently release the dozens of…

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