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Ukraine War Enters 2024 US Presidential Election – Stage Right.

Establishment Warhawks Fear Anti-interventionist Contagion From Below. John V. Walsh Opposition to Joe Biden’s proxy war to destroy Russia has entered the 2024 US Presidential election – from stage Right.  And the growing anti-interventionist sentiment among grassroots conservatives and libertarians…

The Basic Issue is not of Taking Sides in Superpower Rivalry, it is of Durable Peace to Save Earth’s Life

After the cold war shadow of several decades, the best hopes of ending superpower rivalry appeared around the early 1990s. The assurances given to Gorbachev by top western leaders appeared (deceptively, as it later turned out) to lead in this…

What’s the Best Way Out from the War in Ukraine?

In view of the recent geopolitical upheavals, and particularly the war in Ukraine, it does not make sense (and does not promise much success) to build a new global security architecture based on the logic of a bipolar confrontation for…

The Question of a Ukraine Agreement Is Not a Question

The question of a Ukraine agreement is not a question, for two reasons. One, the warmaking parties want the war to continue. Two, if they were willing to make an agreement, everybody on all sides knows exactly (or darn near…

Something unknown is fast approaching

It has long been said: “The world is on the brink of great change” and indeed there have been great changes. As historical time speeds up, the more vertiginous. By Javier Belda Today we dream of adding to the statement:…

Report – Europe rearming as the US increases its role in the global arms trade

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released a new report on the global arms trade on Monday (13). According to the data provided, the volume of international transfers in the period between 2018 and 2022 was 5.1 per cent…

Already 40,000 people on the streets with “Europe For Peace” to call for ceasefire and Peace negotiations

Colorful banners, moments of silence, torchlight processions, Peace marches, speeches by representatives of civil society organizations, chants, sit-ins and flash-mobs. These are the initiatives that enlivened the squares of the 75 Italian cities that took action for Peace in the…

A new teen subculture sweeps Russia and Ukraine: What is known about the CHVK Ryodan movement?

The trend emerged on networks, inspired by the anime series ‘Hunter x Hunter’. In recent days, a series of fights provoked by teenagers claiming to belong to a new informal subculture called CHVK Ryodan have been recorded in several Russian…

China’s Ukraine Peace Plan and the Parallels to the Taiwan Conflict

With its diplomatic push to end the Ukraine war, China has made an important contribution to a peaceful solution to the bloody conflict between Kiev and Moscow. In doing so, however, the People’s Republic has triggered very different reactions internationally:…

Sorry to bother you but people are dying!

Dear President Biden, My name is Olivia DiNucci and I am the anti-war activist who interrupted your dinner in DC the other night. You, the most powerful man in the world, were sitting right in front of me. Normal people…

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