By lending its valuable ‘real estate’ to the campaign for office of one of the most outspoken Cold Warriors within the military, General Breedlove, the editorial board of Foreign Affairs magazine has shown yet again that it is incapable of guarding its neutrality or balance, incapable of hedging its bets against a Trump victory in November.
The Nuclear Clock is at Two Minutes to Midnight
President Putin’s remark at the start of the ongoing Anaconda-16 military exercises in Poland was that any move into Russian territory would elicit a nuclear response that would not be limited to the European theater but would be directed at the mainland USA. These were clear words, but I greatly doubt any of my readers has heard about them.
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Obama’s Card Cheats: Susan Rice on Implementation of Minsk-2
Let us not mince words: the Neoconservative and Liberal-Interventionist minions of President Obama are professional card cheats whose words must be read only as cynical lies
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News flash: Europe is brain dead and on the drip
The European Parliament is by definition, by etymology, a “talking shop.” However, the reality is that the talk on the house floor when the subject turns to Russia and international security is a monologue, not debate.
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Poland’s Lurch towards Authoritarianism and Simultaneous Positioning of Itself as the U.S. Fortress in the East against Russia
During his visit to the European Parliament on 30 May, ZMIANA National Board Member Janusz Niedzwiecki cast light on the arrest last week of Europe’s first prisoner of conscience, Mateusz Piskorski, and other chilling developments in Poland’s new political repression.
Donald, A Character Reference
Against the background of cockeyed values from our political establishment, I will weigh in with my own personal appreciation of Donald Trump and his character.
Press Freedom in Russia? Tune in to the Political Talk Shows to See for Yourself
How nice it would be if similar rough and tumble debates on foreign policy were allowed to appear on prime time television in the USA.
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Postscript to the Mariinsky Theater’s Concert in Palmyra
The Kremlin invited 100 Moscow-based foreign reporters to make the trip to Palmyra for the concert on 5 May. Judging by the column inches which followed in Western mainstream media, the return on this investment was poor though not hopeless.
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An Eyewitness Account of the Immortal Regiment Parade in St Petersburg, 9 May 2016
The notion that the Immortal Regiment is a Kremlin-promoted gimmick could not have been farther from what I witnessed yesterday. It is an initiative fully owned by its participants.
A Gift of Music from the Northern Palmyra to its Sister City: Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra Perform in Syria
In this essay we will examine the remarkable performance of the Mariinsky Theater orchestra in Palmyra on 5 May from three perspectives: at face value, in terms of the objectives set out by its organizer, with mention of all key actors; its political dimension as seen from Moscow; and its political dimension as seen by Western mainstream media
Gilbert Doctorow 