My interview on WION today, and I would add: - The US refused to send long-range ATACMS for more than two years as it would be a reckless escalation. Now that the decision has been made to send them it is no longer an escalation, and anyone who claims otherwise is spreading…

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…

Clip from my interview about why sanctions usually fail and even become counter-productive as the sanctioned countries decouple from the rent-seeking dependencies

Matthew Blackburn @MJMBlackburn81 from NUPI with another great article about the Institute for the Study of War (ISW): - ISW is a Kagan/Nuland think tank funded primarily by the arms industry. Nuland was the main person behind the coup in 2014 and managed America's influence over…

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…