Geopolitics
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What’s the goal of the West in the Ukraine war?
This article originally appeared on Nachdenkseiten. The West is delivering weapons, tearing down the last diplomatic bridges and showing tremendous solidarity with the people of Ukraine. The solidarity of the people will certainly be well intentioned. It tears the heart. But if you want to minimize people’s suffering, you shouldn’t rely on escalation, but on… Continue reading
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The Western citizen is being prepared for yet another war
The typical Western citizen today firmly believes in the sanctity of freedom and democracy. Ask Europeans and Americans: most are deeply convinced the West is home to freedom and democracy and that freedom and democracy constitute the basis of good governance in the Western world. Freedom and democracy are of course universal values which can… Continue reading
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A New World: The End of the Western Dream?
The feeling of transition and transformation generally comes gradually more often than with a shocking revelation. The world may have changed at an unprecedented speed over the last couple of decades, but for most people it will take a while to depart from the habitual conceptions and internalize the notion that the world order today… Continue reading
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“You should heat your house with your newspaper”: Maria Zakharova replies to Italian journalist Maurizio Molinari
This text was originally published on the webpage of the Russian Embassy in Italy. Of course, some will feel that they can dismiss the text outright for the simple fact that it originates from a Russian State institution. The text, however, methodically deals with a number of the cliches and tropes constantly recurring in Western… Continue reading
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On the way to doom. The danger of war grows day by day. By Wolfgang Bittner
This article first appeared on Nachdenkseiten.de On the borders of Belarus, as it has been for some time in eastern Ukraine, the fuse is burning for a great war that would mean the end of Europe. Poland and the Baltic states, which, as compliant vassals of the USA, are constantly agitating against their eastern neighbors,… Continue reading
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Gas prices rise across the world, but some try to blame Putin for it
Gas prices have skyrocketed in the past few weeks, with the price of some gas stocks having risen almost eightfold since the start of the year. Most experts explain this with a rise in demand, particularly in Asia, with economies recovering after the pandemic shock of 2020 and competing markets pushing the prices up. Some,… Continue reading
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Why does the West care so much about Hong Kong?
In political theory, states are utilitarian constructs that in general look after the well-being of their citizens. In history states were created in order to prevent mob rule and the condition of all against all and to protect the social group from being oppressed by a foreign other, to prevent the rape both metaphorically of… Continue reading
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The Illusion Of The Polish Road To Sovereignty – One World
This article was written by Polish journalist Konrad Rękas in response to Andrew Korybko’s latest piece about how “Germany Wants To Replace The Patriotic Polish Government With Europhile Puppets”. It originally appeared on One World. I tried to understand the author’s writing that Poland is already on its road to independence because I know that… Continue reading
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Germany Wants To Replace The Patriotic Polish Government With Europhile Puppets – One World
This article originally appeared on OneWorld. The former Polish Minister of Defense accused Germany of conspiring with a few other foreign actors to replace the patriotic Polish government with Europhile puppets, arguing that the country’s latest political controversy over the date of its presidential elections is proof of an attempt being made to carry out… Continue reading
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Is Italy NATO and the EU’s weakest link?
Many in Italy celebrated the arrival of 9 military planes from Russia on Sunday. Russia agreed to deliver aid in the form of much needed medical equipment, masks and doctors to the country most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. For many experts, however, in government quarters as well as in editorial rooms, Russia’s gesture was… Continue reading
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L’Italia è l’anello debole della NATO e dell’Unione Europea?
Molti in Italia hanno accolto con sollievo e gioia l’arrivo di 9 aerei militari russi domenica sera. La Russia ha accettato di fornire aiuti sotto forma di attrezzature mediche, maschere e dottori molto necessari nel paese maggiormente colpito dalla pandemia di coronavirus. Per molti esperti, tuttavia, in particolare nei quartieri governativi e nelle redazioni, il… Continue reading
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Ukraine is tired of the “children of Soros”
“Sorosyata” or the “children of Soros” have been one of the most hottest topic in Ukraine over the last couple of months. Much of the discussion, conducted in tv channels and internet media outlets, has been strongly critical of the work of organizations and initiatives supported by the American financier and self-appointed philanthrope George Soros.… Continue reading
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Want to know what’s in for the future of Ukraine? Look at Pakistan
At first glance there is little that two countries so far away as Ukraine and Pakistan may have in common. Ukraine is a continental European country at the gates of the European Union, one of the most prosperous areas of the world, ardently striving to become part of and share at least a bit of… Continue reading
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Когда Украина вступит в НАТО?
Владимир Зеленский, президент Украины с мая, был избран прежде всего из-за его обещания положить конец войне на Донбассе. На этой неделе человек, которого обычно считали наставником Зеленского, украинский олигарх Игорь Коломойский, в интервью с New York Times заявил то, что представляло собой не что иное, как шокирующую декларацию: «Украине пора отказаться от Запада и повернуть… Continue reading
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When will Ukraine join NATO?
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine since May and lately at the centre of American and international attention because of his instrumental but rather passive role in the case for impeachment against Donald Trump, was elected chiefly because of his promise to end the war in the Donbass, in the Eastern Ukraine. This week, the man… Continue reading
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“Provoking Russia” – How the RAND Corporation shapes Poland’s foreign policy
This text is based on an article originally published in the Polish weekly Myśl Polska. You can find the original text (in Polish) here. There is no doubt that the US is pursuing a policy of interference in political choices and processes in all corners of the globe. It does not necessarily do it through… Continue reading
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Where is the end of Eurasia? – Antoni Koniuszewski
This article originally appeared in Myśl Polska. You can find it here in Polish. The views expressed in the article are exclusively of the author and may not be shared by East & West. Of course, in terms of understanding political space and, naturally, taking into account geographical factors, i.e. rivers, mountains, climates, etc., we… Continue reading
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Reagan also tried to block the pipeline – Myśl Polska
This article originally appeared in the Polish weekly magazine Myśl Polska. You can find the original text (in Polish) here. It is perfectly visible today that Polish energy policy (and not only) is the implementation of American strategy towards Europe and Russia. And this is why it ignores Polish true national interests so badly. Looking… Continue reading
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How humanitarian are humanitarian wars? Just look at the devastation they leave behind
An editorial in latest issue of The Economist this week accuses the United States “betraying the Kurds”, enabling Turkey, a NATO member and hence at least formally a US ally, to invade Northern Syria. Turkey’s alleged aim is to create a 30 km wide secure area across its border. A number of other experts and… Continue reading
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European Union or else war?
Enthusiastic supporters of the European Union appear to think that the inevitable alternative to a European Union would be chaos and war. This has been one of the key arguments in the debate around Brexit. Leave the EU and, almost by the sole force of a powerful unforgiving fate, for one reason or another, there… Continue reading
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The forty-year war between the United States and Iran
In July, after Iran shot an American drone over what it claimed was its territorial airspace, the Unites States was minutes away from launching a strike on Iran. “How many people will be killed?”, asked President Trump to his military advisers. The answer was around one hundred. And so, Trump decided to call off a… Continue reading
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Ukraine and the geopolitical dilemma
Last month’s Ukrainian parliamentary elections, which saw the party of the newly elected president Zelensky, “Servant of the people” triumph, brought the country back to the center of attention of international media and observers. Zelensky, in office since May, after the March elections where he got 73% of the vote, had been elected on a… Continue reading
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Will Zelensky be another Poroshenko?
This article was originally written by our author Stepan Antonov for “New Cold War: Ukraine and Beyond”. To read the full text, visit their website For some Ukrainian citizens and observers alike, Volodymyr Zelensky’s resounding victory against the incumbent President Poroshenko in April may have meant that Ukraine would be heading for change. Poroshenko was… Continue reading
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“There is no such thing as geopolitics in the West” and other delusions
The Ukraine crisis dating back to 2013 and its subsequent toppling of the then Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich underscored once more the validity of political realism within the domain of international relations. There had hitherto been some self-denial, particularly among mainstream Western commentators, as to the importance of issues pertaining to the so-called security dilemma… Continue reading
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Для новой Украины независимость – это зависимость от США
На днях генеральный прокурор Украины Юрий Луценко спровоцировал международный скандал, заявив в интервью американскому изданию HillTv о том, что посол США Мари Йованович во время первой встречи с ним передала ему список «неприкасаемых», то есть людей, которых прокуратуре Украины ни в коем случае нельзя трогать. «К сожалению, с первой встречи с послом США в Киеве… Continue reading
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