Will US Hegemony Persist?
Russia is indeed winning on the battlefield. Yes, progress has been glacial relative to Hollywood standards of military success and to the pre-drone era....
Triumphalism, pro-NATO and pro-Russian
Those of us who began chronicling the current NATO proxy war with Russia over Ukraine from the launch of the Russian SMO in February...
Russia-Ukraine-USA/NATO Part I: From Propaganda and War to Peace Journalism and Conflict Resolution
(Note from the Editors: This article is Part I of a series of six which will be published on a weekly basis; A version...
Trump’s defeat at the hands of Aristotle in Iran
Aristotle wrote more than two thousand years ago that no speech can persuade if it betrays itself. However, faced with President Donald Trump’s communication...
Why We Must Fix the Media – and Save the World
Imagine if you will…
An evil dictator is on the brink of making a nuclear bomb at a secret facility carved deep inside the Zagros mountains....
Reporting the human cost of war, but forgetting the earth
In February 2025, M23 rebels announced the capture of Goma, a key city in the Eastern Parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)....
What Did They Know and When Did They Know?
The US has kindly provided (dis)information on this question as to what they knew about the debacle of Prigozhin’s half-day coup attempt on June...
Green Lighting Long-Range Missiles, and the Future World Order
Standing Down for Putin?
Mid-week of the week of September 8-14, many analysts, including myself, had expected with a high degree of certainty that the...
Ukraine’s (In)dependence Day: Utter Dependence on Neocon Death Lust
Ukraine celebrates its Independence Day on August 24 - this is also the anniversary of the launch of its counteroffensive last year on Kherson...
Five Years On: The OPCW-Douma Deception Continues
(Also published at UK Column and OffGuardian)
On 7 April 2018 reports emerged from a suburb of Damascus, Douma, claiming that a chemical weapons attack...