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Europe holds the keys to peace but it is incapable of unlocking the door
Curtailing power and conflict with the formation of a trade block from the Pacific to the Atlantic Europe today is the strategic heart upon which the foundations for a lasting peace may be established. The problem, however, continues to rest in Europe’s subservient position in relationship to US geostrategic interests, interests which seek to globally… Continue reading
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The Ukrainian desert and ultraliberal capitalism
Ukraine has to become part of the West. This has been the obsessively repeated mantra for the past four years at least, since the victory of the Revolution of Dignity. Ukrainian politicians, faced with war at home and a collapse of the economy, have come up with nothing better than making their main strategic goal… Continue reading
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The Senate report on Russian meddling is a sign of unfettered self-righteousness and amateurishness
They think you are a cretin. They think you are a cretin who will believe anything they say and that they can get away with anything. There is not other plausible explanation if you want to understand the reasoning behind the new Senate Democratic minority report on the Russian “assault” on democracies worldwide. The 206-page… Continue reading
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Our top 10 articles of 2017
2017 was a very formative year for “East & West”, rich in ideas and cooperations with new authors. We have gathered here the 10 best and most relevant articles that appeared on our page in 2017. The order is chronological. The battle of the trolls (and no, they are not Russian), February 16 The West… Continue reading
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Saakashvili threatens Poroshenko – and Western media fails to report it
Something strange is happening in Ukraine. Again, one might think. After having entered Ukraine forcing his way through the border in September, having toured the country calling for protests since, now Saakashvili is marching for the impeachment of President Poroshenko. We knew this much. The conflict, however, seemed to have escalated to a whole new… Continue reading
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Who is Mikheil Saakashvili and what does he want in Ukraine?
He has been called a “real fighter against corruption” and a “political adventurer”. Many certainly remember him as the President of Georgia Continue reading
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Кто такой Михаил Саакашвили, откуда он взялся и что ищет в Украине?
Его называют «политическим авантюристом» и «подлинным борцом с коррупцией». Но как Саакашвили возник Continue reading
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The top 10 mainstream media fake news of 2017
What is fake news? Everybody has become familiar with the phrase since last year US election. In the aftermath of one of the most unlikely defeats in the history Continue reading
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Saakashvili against Poroshenko: will there soon be a new Maidan in Ukraine?
Another revolution in the making in Kiev? In early December, a new Maidan began to stall itself on the horizon in Ukraine. In the center of Kiev once again a tent camp of protesters has appeared Continue reading
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Саакашвили против Порошенко: скоро опять будет Майдан?
Каковы причины нового политического противостояния в Киеве? В начале декабря Украину начал лихорадить новый Майдан. В центре Киева возник палаточный лагерь протеста Continue reading
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Book review: “Collusion: How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win The White House”
Luke Harding’s latest book “Collusion: how Russia helped Trump win the White House” purports to be the definitive account of Russiagate Continue reading
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North Korea is a crazy place – but the West is too
North Korea may be an insane country – but its insanity reflects the insanity not just of the West but indeed of our entire world Continue reading
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“There is no way out of the crisis for Europe” Interview with Peter Hitchens
East & West: Mr Hitchens, you have called the European Union “a continuation of German by other means”. How did it come to this? Peter Hitchens: It was always its purpose. The ‘preventing peace’ claim it ceaselessly makes is an admission of this. Germany, by nature of its size, position and wealth, is bound… Continue reading
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Money is Right: the US, Russia and the wealth argument
Tensions between the United States and Russia do not appear to be decreasing, in spite of a “Russian agent” having been elected to the White House Continue reading
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Life in Communist times: was it so much poorer than now?
I did not grow up in a Communist country: to me life behind the Iron Curtain was the stuff of fairy tales happening in some mysterious and dark places Continue reading
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Russia is not Russia
Recently I found a story reported by Miquel Puertas, the brave Spanish independent blogger who has been living in Donetsk for more than three years now Continue reading
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The Russian perspective on the Ukrainian crisis. Did the West force Putin to play his hand?
Kremlinologists never miss an opportunity to feel complacent about their unparalleled expertise and their unvaluable wisdom Continue reading
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No, a Maidan in Belarus is not coming anytime soon – and that’s a good thing
In the world portrayed by the infallible Western globoliberal media, history has really ended, like in that old discredited book by Francis Fukuyama: all countries Continue reading
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No, the future of Europe is not decided in Ukraine
For more than 3 years I have suffered from a bad case of déformation professionnelle. Having kept a close eye on Ukraine at least since the first Maidan in 2004 and visited the country regularly for the past ten years, I was under the impression that the future of the European Union Continue reading
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Can the US Make Poland Great Again?
It may come as a horrifying shock to many enlightened and progressive citizens of the Old Europe and in the US, but Donald Trump, already “the worst President in US history” Continue reading
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