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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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.

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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

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Chaos Reigns at Brussels National Airport-Zaventem: An International Commission of Security Professionals Should Be Invited in to Protect the Traveling Public

Inevitably there are issues affecting the greater world where game playing and incompetence in one country must stop.  A major international airport is one such case. Read on…

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