Wednesday, July 22, 2026

The geopolitics of the Ukraine War

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in the Struggle over Eurasia.

Back to the future at the Pentagon

Why 2021 looks so much like 1981 — and why that should scare us...

The US is about to make nuclear war much more likely

F35A was approved to carry two nukes, making it a first-strike weapon.

Some early lessons from the war in Ukraine

"We will not give up, and we will not lose. We will fight till the end — at sea, in the air, we will continue fighting for our land whatever the cost. We will fight in the forests, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets."

Violent coup fails in Nicaragua, US continues regime change efforts

Peace and justice advocates must be grounded in anti-imperialism and nonintervention by the United States.

Bernie Sanders: Democrats need to rein in our out-of-control military spending

Democrats must challenge unnecessary spending and interventions—beginning with the war in Yemen.

The numbers BlackRock won’t crunch

A giant with such an enormous appetite should find room for all kinds of facts and figures—but this one’s a bit of a picky eater. 

Escalation watch

Four looming flashpoints facing President Trump

The not-so-winding road from Iraq to Ukraine

The continuing influence of the neocons, who were the architects of U.S. aggression against Iraq, in the ever-escalating Western military response to Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Nuclear weapons: Barbaric tools of insecurity

Sustainable security is not created through threats and the cultivation of fear, but by building relationships, cooperating and establishing trust.