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Time to give up the pretense about Ukraine winning the war

31 May 2025 Noel Wauchope 17

The war in Ukraine has reached a new, and very dangerous phase. Not that it wasn’t dangerous before. But the toll of militarism was being paid by the deaths and the sufferings only of soldiers […]

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80 years on US still embattled in a Cold War with Russia

8 May 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

By Walt Zlotow May 8 marks 80 years since Victory in Europe Day. That victory kicked off the 46 year long Cold War against our WWII ally, the Soviet Union (now Russia). Sadly, the 1991 […]

Greenland: What’s at stake (Part 1)

31 March 2025 Roswell 5

The U.S. first entertained the idea of purchasing Greenland way back in 1867, again in 1946, then again in 1955. Trump’s fixation on Greenland dates back to 2019 when he first floated the idea of […]

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A dramatic development in the Ukraine situation

18 February 2025 Noel Wauchope 30

The shut-down Chernobyl nuclear reactor was hit by a drone on 14th February, and its outer covering was breached. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was quick to gloss over the impact from the latest […]

Was the Cold War avoidable? George Kennan.

Take Your Money and Shove it: The Second Long Telegram, US Aid, and Russia’s Economic Trauma

7 January 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

“It was as if the West’s central philosophical commitment to limited government was extirpated by a crude economic determinism that insisted on no government in Russia.” (Peter J. Stavrakis, Kennan Institute Occasional Papers, 1993). Diplomatic […]

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Is it realistic for Donald Trump to boast of a quick peace deal for Ukraine?

2 January 2025 Noel Wauchope 16

Donald Trump has made so many promises on what he will quickly achieve once he takes office as President. The one about ending the Ukraine war in 24 hours probably gained him support from quite […]

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