Alphabet Soup is Good for You: United Left in the European Parliament

Imposition of sanctions on Russia by ruling of the European Council violated procedures of the European Institutions. Thus, those who denounce Putin’s Russia for alleged authoritarian decision making, would do better to look in the mirror at the democratic deficit in the capital of Europe. Read on….

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Foreign Affairs magazine, September-October 2014 issue: “Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault,” John Mearsheimer

John Mearsheimer’s essay deals a devastating blow to the War Party in Washington. And yet the authors of our misbegotten policy towards Russia are let off easy by this contrarian political scientist who made his name exposing the Israel Lobby. Read on…

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The Worm Turns: Russian Pundits on the Ukrainian Crisis and Western Sanctions

Russian journalism is emerging from pro-Western wishful thinking to something resembling consciousness of the national interest. For these salutary changes in Russian informational space, one can only thank President Obama and his neocon-dominated administration. Read on…

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An Open Letter to Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger

Now, when precisely gravitas and depth of analysis is needed on campus as an antidote to the war hysteria that is sweeping the mass media and pressing upon the President, Columbia is just another weak reed, contributing its pitiful bit to the hysteria. And that is intolerable. It makes a mockery of higher education as a pillar of pluralism in our society. Read on…

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‘Foreign Affairs’ magazine, May-June 2014 issue: The false debate over “The Return of Geopolitics”

Amidst the confrontation between the West and Russia over Ukraine, the world is edging towards the precipice. At this fateful moment, Foreign Affairs magazine has chosen to feature an exchange of views between two of its house philosophers over the angel count on a pinhead.  Read more…

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