Merkel’s name is being publicly nominated for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for her role in the Minsk accords. Certainly her claims for such distinction are vastly greater than Barack Obama’s were in 2009 . Read on….
Why the Minsk-2 Settlement of the Ukrainian Crisis Will Hold
A deep rift opened between the United States and Europe over how to proceed in relations with Russia once the conflict in Ukraine appeared to be spinning out of control. Read on…
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Stratfor’s George Friedman and Realism in American Foreign Policy
It would be very reassuring if the President, John Kerry, Samantha Power and Susan Rice spoke like George Friedman. However, they do not and this is one of the reasons we are heading into uncharted territory with unforeseeable consequences. Read on…
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Chancellor Angela Merkel and Mitteleuropa, or why Germany is as responsible for the growing disaster in Ukraine as the USA
Contrary to the widely held view among political commentators, Angela Merkel is not doing Obama’s bidding on sanctions against Russia over Ukraine. She has her own policy which just happens to overlap with US policy in the region in some respects. This new German foreign policy is loaded with potential problems not only for Russia but for the EU and for the United States. Read on…
Putin, the Public Speaker
Putin’s most important speech in terms of conceptualizing Russian foreign policy was his appearance at Sochi. The speech was on the level of his talk to the Munich Security Conference in February 2007, pushing out the frontiers of openness and explicitness in identifying forces at work in the New World Order. Read on…
THE FRAGILE TRIANGLE: THE WEST, UKRAINE AND RUSSIA
Explanatory remarks to a video recording of a discussion in the European Parliament building on the Ukrainian crisis, 2 December 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMx1D4w3ZcQ&feature=youtu.be
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Richard Haass: The Absent Voice at Valdai – Sochi
Richard Haass arrives at a neutral position in his tour d’horizon of global order and forces for disorder. But he does so in a manner that will please no one. Read on….
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American Peace Movement and the New Cold War
Peace movement members are no more immune to media manipulation than the general population whatever they may think of their own perspicacity. Read on….
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Democracy Deficit in the European Parliament
The European Parliament needs a vast overhaul and re-think if it is to be anything more than a top down run voting machine in the hands of the same big countries and big parties that otherwise control the Council and populate the Commission with their minions. Read on….
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Foreign Affairs magazine, November-December 2014: the Mearsheimer Debate
The Establishment boys are long out of practice at debates. In their contemptuous dismissal of any opponents who present another vision of events, they have gone flabby. Read on…
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Gilbert Doctorow 