Ukraine War: A Geostrategic Assessment

SWPRS | 6 Mar 2022 A geostrategic assessment of the ongoing Ukraine war. Expansion – Invasion – Insurgency The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine may be seen as the latest escalation of over two decades of geopolitical tensions between the US, NATO and Russia. More specifically, it may be seen as a first Russian military…

Thirteen Days of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Maajid Nawaz | 2 Mar 2022 Why Putin Invaded Ukraine – and what’s really going on 1) Truth is the First Casualty of War. And War is Permanent Truth is the first casualty of war, and the Ukraine conflict has been no exception. Online commentary has kept up where corporatist media has failed. Leaving legacy…

Ukraine: Situation and Background

SWPRS | 14 Feb 2022 A brief overview of the situation in Ukraine and its geopolitical background. As predicted by SPR more than a year ago, the current US Administration and its foreign policy strategists are now continuing their geopolitical campaign in Ukraine where they left off in 2016. Russia, in turn, appears to be determined…

Only US and Ukraine vote against UN resolution condemning Nazism. New Zealand abstains along with NATO countries

RT | 16 Dec 2021 The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution condemning Nazism, neo-Nazism and all forms of racism, co-sponsored by Russia. The US and Ukraine voted against it, while 49 countries, mainly US allies, abstained. The resolution on “Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices” that contribute to racism, xenophobia and intolerance was…

Dilemma for the West as Putin menaces Ukraine

TCW | 25 Nov 2021 THE unfinished business of 2014, when the West baulked at confronting Vladimir Putin over his seizure of the Crimea and his meddling in Ukraine, has returned to haunt President Biden and the EU. Testing Biden’s leadership and will, Moscow has reportedly moved 100,000 troops to Russia’s border with Ukraine. Officials…