Tag: Russia

Russian and Ukrainian soldiers will eventually largely lay down their arms, but as the Soviet Afghanistan War shows, returning from the frontlines causes its own issues.

In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.

The first two years of Russia’s invasion resulted in greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to the annual emissions of 175 individual countries, further intensifying the global climate emergency.

Looking back, the desire to make war and obliterate our “enemies” is a deeply ingrained and repetitive pattern in our history.

In 2024, as chaos blooms on the American political scene, the world itself continues to be remarkably at war—think of “war,” in fact, as humanity’s middle name.

Historically, declining empires often provoke denials and delusions that teach their people “hard lessons” and impose on them “hard choices.” That is where we are now.

The billion dollar weapons package for Ukraine “will put Ukraine at risk, Europe at risk, the free world at risk.”

Is a planetary cease fire desperately needed?

The two years of war in Ukraine that have resulted from the U.S. decision to block the neutrality agreement negotiated between Russia and Ukraine in March 2022 in favor of a long war with Russia.

Honestly, tell me that you even believe this world we’re supposedly living in exists!