Ukraine
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Ukraine War and Media Manipulation, who controls what you see?
I was on SaltCubeAnalytics to discuss why narrative control and propaganda are key components of war. Framing conflicts as a struggle between good and evil is beneficial to mobilise public support for war, although it makes it near impossible to accept a workable peace. Continue reading
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Putin-Trump Phone Chat #2
Here’s the straight edited translation of the Kremlin’s readout of the second publicly acknowledged phone chat between Presidents Putin and Trump. One publication says the call lasted three hours: Continue reading
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European ‘Peacekeepers’ to Ukraine?
The Times reported that European nations are preparing to deploy over 10,000 troops to Ukraine as part of a “peacekeeping mission,” with the United Kingdom and France contributing a major share. Continue reading
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Boots-on-Ground Theater Conceals Raging Impotence of Toothless Euro-Prats
We’re starting to glimpse the contours of the European deep state plan to stop Russia from taking over Ukraine. Macron and Starmer are now desperate to push through the ‘boots-on-ground’ initiative in a deliberately obfuscating way. They are haranguing about it like it’s something meant to occur only at such time that an agreement on… Continue reading
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Criminalizing Diplomacy: When War Is Peace
How was diplomacy criminalised as immoral, while war was celebrated as virtuous? Arguments that diplomacy meant “rewarding” Putin and “legitimising” Russian actions supported the objective of isolating Russia. As the Europeans weaponised diplomacy, war became the only solution and peace-building was outsourced to non-European powers. Continue reading
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“Diplomacy” in a room full of mirrors: postmodernism as a cognitive pathological virus
Postmodernism, with its cognitive relativism and other pseudo-philosophical artifacts, is the place where the West has gone to die. The Western cognitive degenerative disease has entered its terminal stage, and the signs are everywhere. Continue reading
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Necropolitics, Ukraine, and the Trump-Brokered Negotiations
The Berlin Congress of 1878 — where Russia’s battlefield triumphs were undone in a diplomatic ambush orchestrated by Britain, Austria-Hungary, and a coldly calculating Bismarck — repeats itself today as Trump plays the “impartial peacemaker,” ensuring that Ukraine’s fate is determined not by war but by the necropolitical calculus of empire, where survival is rationed,… Continue reading
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Ukraine’s Kursk Collapse & Washington’s Rush to Freeze Conflict Under “Minsk 3”
As Ukraine’s Kursk operations collapse and wider fears grow regarding the viability of Ukraine’s armed forces, the US is rushing to freeze the conflict, create a European-occupied buffer zone in Ukraine, and buy time to rearm and reorganize Ukraine’s forces for the next round of fighting. Continue reading
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Ceasefire Without Political Settlement – Another Minsk Agreement?
I had the great pleasure of speaking with Ambassador Chas Freeman regarding the US-Ukraine deal for a 30-day ceasefire. The agreement does not provide any political solutions and would likely be used by the US and the Europeans to pump more weapons into Ukraine. Continue reading
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On Trump-Russia Negotiations: Is the US-Europe Division on Ukraine Real?
The West is likely dividing itself into smaller parties that can present potentially endless demands to keep the Ukraine-Russia conflict going, while enabling Donald Trump to pose as a peace-maker. Continue reading
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Rapid Collapse of Ukraine’s Kursk Area of Operation
This was the inevitable result of Russia’s strategy of attrition grinding down overextended Ukrainian forces in Kursk as well as weakening Ukrainian defenses across the rest of the line of contact; Continue reading
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The background of Ukrainian-American talks in Jeddah: Koshchei’s needle of the Kiev junta
Everything that is happening now in Saudi Arabia can be assessed from different process levels and several angles. The deepest cut is the general confrontation of globalist elites and the American Deep State with the national forces that came to power in the USA. The next level is the pushing through of their goals by… Continue reading
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Pepe Escobar: Putin Drops Kursk BOMBSHELL, Trump’s Ukraine Aid LEAK Stuns NATO as Syria Chaos Erupts
Geopolitical analyst and journalist Pepe Escobar reveals why Russia’s advance keeps on rolling as Ukraine nears collapse in Kursk despite renewed US-Russia talks. As the endgame nears, this stream analyzes what rapidly changing developments in Ukraine and beyond mean for the multipolar world. Continue reading
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Ukraine’s forces surrounded in Kursk
▪️Russia has been steadily grinding down Ukrainian positions/shrinking their area of operation in Russia’s Kursk region since the senseless incursion began; Continue reading
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Putin’s Endgame in Ukraine
I had the great pleasure to discuss with Judge Napolitano the efforts by Trump to pressure Zelensky into starting negotiations to end the war. Trump is challenging the legitimacy of Zelensky and even cutting military support to push him to the negotiation table. It is very possible that Trump will also start to mount pressure… Continue reading
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US puts firewall to protect Ukraine deal with Russia
The verbal shootout at the Oval Office last Friday brought out President Vladimir Zelensky’s fury that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are very close to a deal on Ukraine, while the conclave in Lancashire House in London on Sunday involving 18 European leaders messaged that Zelensky is in good company. Continue reading
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A verbal and gestural combat sport at the Oval Office: for what are the results?
The conversation in the Oval Office turned out to be a deal-breaker for Ukraine, an embarrassment and the expulsion of the Kiev politician from the White House. Continue reading
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Unsustainable Spoilt Brat Diplomacy meets Inglorious End
In a botched February 28th meeting, Trump and Zelensky engaged in what can be described as spoilt brat diplomacy, as each hoped to get the best of the other, with no room for concessions or compromises. Continue reading
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Keir Starmer’s plan for UK growth – the Ukraine war
The Labour government’s increase in military spending and its extraordinary new agreement with Ukraine are platforms for the UK arms industry, which Labour sees as key to economic growth in Britain. Continue reading
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After the Zelensky-Trump Clash – US May Replace Zelensky and Put Greater Pressure on Europe to End the War
Monday, 3 March 2025 — Glenn Diesen’s Substack Prof. Glenn Diesen on Neutrality Studies Glenn Diesen I spoke with Pascal Lottaz about the clash in the Oval Office. The US demands that Zelensky agree to ending the war on the terms being negotiated between the US and Russia: No NATO membership, accepting territorial concessions, and Continue reading
The New Dark Age 