What Now is the Future of Ukraine: Korea or Yugoslavia?
Will the Russia-Ukraine War turn into a stalemate or the crushing defeat of an imperial power?
Will the Russia-Ukraine War turn into a stalemate or the crushing defeat of an imperial power?
Recently, the US supported Israel even as the United Nations General Assembly voted against this Jewish nation’s actions in Palestine. When it comes to national sovereignty and justice, the US ignores Palestine but supports Ukraine. Yet again, this exemplifies the hypocrisy of the US claim that it stands for universal justice and human rights.
Germany is being dragged screaming and kicking into the Russia-Ukraine War. The war is wrecking the economy and causing paroxysm in politics. Germany’s postwar pacifism and its culture of restraint is coming under strain as a center-left coalition dithers about big decisions.
The US broke its promises and expanded NATO eastwards, increasing Russian insecurity. The US and the UK also torpedoed peace talks before war broke out. No side can win the war on the battlefield and the US must take five simple steps to bring back peace.
The Russia-Ukraine War could go horribly wrong and Europe is unprepared for it. The EU could take practical steps to improve food security as well as confront the fears that underlie the warlike atmosphere that we find ourselves in today.
The US and NATO are walking a precarious fine line in Ukraine, caught between their commitment to an open-ended, ever-escalating war and the existential danger of nuclear war.
Macbeth’s witches understood how ambitious politicians tend to equivocate with values. Alas, the media prefers to follow the politicians’ equivocal reasoning rather than critique or deconstruct it.
As Poland prepares for a possible escalation of the war in Ukraine, it has welcomed Ukrainian refugees with open arms. However, refugees from the Global South have been met with barbed wire and walls.