Over the last year, I have focused much of my work on opposing the New Cold War with Russia and China—particularly with China. In a recent piece, “‘No One is Calling for War with China,’” I tackled a claim that I’ve been hearing recently. I understand the argument to...
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The ‘Threat’ of the Big Bad Bear
by Kym Robinson | Apr 6, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
At the height of the late Cold War period, Andrew Cockburn wrote The Threat, a book that explored the bear cave of assumed Soviet military dominance. Challenging the narrative of Soviet supremacy—the belief that the Red Bear not only had greater numbers in their favor...
News Roundup 3/31/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 31, 2022 | News Roundup
US News The Oregon National Guard engaged in war games with the Bangladesh armed forces. [Link] Venezuela is buying and leasing oil tankers in anticipation of the US lifting sanctions. [Link] Russia A top Pentagon official says the US is working on a plan to send...
News Roundup 3/30/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 29, 2022 | News Roundup
US News The Pentagon delays awarding a contract to build a cloud for the Department of Defense until December. [Link] Norwegian soldiers arrive in the US to train with the Minnesota National Guard. [Link] Russia A majority of Americans believe Biden has not been tough...
Biden Admits His Own Sanctions on Russia Won’t Work
by Ryan McMaken | Mar 28, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
President Biden on Thursday made two big admissions about the US-led economic sanctions on Russia. The first is that the sanctions will lead to food shortages for many countries other than Russia, and that this is simply the price that Americans ought to be forced to...
News Roundup 3/28/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 27, 2022 | News Roundup
US News The Supreme Court removes a lower counts ruling that prohibited the Pentagon from altering the deployment of unvaccinated Navy SEALs. [Link] The Biden administration will request an $813 billion war budget in 2023. [Link] Russia Australia sanctions the...
US, Allies Seek to Boot Russia From G20 in Ongoing Effort to Isolate Moscow
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 24, 2022 | News Roundup
The White House is placing sweeping sanctions on Russia and pressuring every country to follow America's lead, but the effort to isolate Moscow does not end at economic warfare. Western states are seeking to remove Russia from the Group of Twenty - G20. The G20 - 19...
News Roundup 3/23/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 23, 2022 | News Roundup
US News A police officer who tased a man in the genitals was denied qualified immunity. [Link] Julian Assange and Stella Moris marry in a UK prison as Assange faces extradition to the US. [Link] Colorado will divest from Unilever in its state pension fund because of...
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Israel’s Criminal Assault on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza: ‘Israel killed my grandmother!’
Israel has twice assaulted the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, leaving behind horrifying death and destruction, and no evidence of a Hamas headquarters.
The Spirit Dissolves: Imminent B2 Retirement
Stealth is a buzzword, please keep in mind that long wave radars detects the minuscule radar cross sections of "stealth" platforms. It can still be detected by a sufficiently powerful radar or at sufficiently close ranges. Dual-band radars are more effective against...
Icebreaker Follies: The US Continues to Drive to Zero
The Navy did have 1.5 icebreakers and now they have half of one. Well, actually, the US has no operational icebreakers now. The Coast Guard’s other icebreaker, the ancient heavy Polar Star, is undergoing a service life extension program at the Mare Island Dry Dock in...
Boeing Incompetence Continues: The Space Launch System Debacle
We all know what is happening now with the Boeing disaster in space where two astronauts are marooned and the billion dollar taxicab is not only malfunctioning but can't be undocked without a human inside piloting the capsule away. Boeing was contracted by Never...
Anti-War Blog – Just a Meme of Their Time
So much to watch, to scroll past. To ignore. Apparently life is so busy, too much going on to care. The need to escape is paramount, to avoid reality. A reality many claim to be normal. Important even. A woman uses her degree to move about on the Olympic stage, elite...
Analysis of the ICJ’s Ruling that Israel’s Occupation Is Illegal
Scott Horton and I discuss the significance of the International Court of Justice’s recent ruling that Israel’s occupation is illegal.
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