Tag: Poland

Glimpses of an endgame in Ukraine

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Tuesday, 25 July 2023 — Indian Punchline

by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR

Lukashenko putinRussian President Vladimir Putin (R) met Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, St. Petersburg, July 23, 2023

The problem with the war in Ukraine is that it has been all smoke and mirrors. The Russian objectives of “demilitarisation” and “de-Nazification” of Ukraine wore a surreal look. The western narrative that the war is between Russia and Ukraine, where central issue is the Westphalian principle of national sovereignty, wore thin progressively leaving a void.

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Russia takes Europe’s support to calm Belarus

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18 August 2020 — Indian Punchline

M.K. Bhadrakumar

Opposition protests in Minsk, Belarus, Aug 16, 2020

The mercurial Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has not been an easy ally for the Kremlin. But the growing interference by Belarus’ “New European” neighbours is setting the stage for a “colour revolution” with potentially anti-Russian orientation. Poland, egged on by the US, has convinced itself that it has become a regional heavyweight and eyes Belarus as a valuable piece of real estate that could shift the military balance on Russia’s western borders.

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Polish Foreign Minister claims US troops to be deployed in Poland – USA to ‘Re-Pivot’ to Europe

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19 April 2014 — Dispatches from the Empire

On the very day John Kerry was in Geneva engaging with Russia over the Ukraine crisis, US Defence Secretary Nagel and Polish Defence Minister Siemoniak were discussing plans to deploy US ground forces to Poland as part of a US ‘re-pivot’ to Europe.

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Depravity Redefined: Selling US Slaughter in Syria By Tony Cartalucci

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8 September 2013 — Land Destroyer

The corporate interests driving the United States, its resources, and policy, have invoked dead children in the latest and grisliest propaganda campaign yet, directed at the American public to build support for an otherwise unjustified and universally unwanted war with Syria.

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NATO and the “phantom menace”: a pretext for global expansion

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1 August 2013 — Voice of Russia

Upcoming NATO military exercises envisage an attack on Poland and an Article 5 NATO intervention against a foreign power, to the dismay of Russia, these exercises continue the outdated “Cold War” thinking of the West, which refuses to let go of such stereotypes and continues to eschew peace and understanding between nations.

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NATO and the "phantom menace": a pretext for global expansion

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1 August 2013 — Voice of Russia

Upcoming NATO military exercises envisage an attack on Poland and an Article 5 NATO intervention against a foreign power, to the dismay of Russia, these exercises continue the outdated “Cold War” thinking of the West, which refuses to let go of such stereotypes and continues to eschew peace and understanding between nations.

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The Return of Empires (VI) Dmitry MININ

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16 March 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Modern-day empires in the West

The rebirth of the imperial spirit in the West is moving along two sometimes converging, but in recent times increasingly diverging, lines. Looking at Europe’s relations with its neighbours, one can see that the European Union initially pursued an imperial policy with regard to countries in Central and Eastern Europe that had joined the EU, but then began to extend the same policy to other countries. Continue reading →

Review of "Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956" By Eric Walberg

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13 January 2013 — Eric Walberg

Review of Anne Applebaum, Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956, USA: Doubleday, 2012.

The period following WWII in eastern Europe is considered to be a black one, best forgotten. All the pre-war governments had been quasi-fascist dictatorships which either succumbed to the Nazi onslaught (Poland) or actively cooperated with the Germans (Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria). The Soviet liberation was greeted with trepidation by many – with good reason for the many collaborators. Within a few years of liberation, eastern Europe was ruled by austere regimes headed by little Stalins.

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Anonymous calls for anti-ACTA rallies, Poland suspends bill — RT

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4 February 2012 — Anonymous calls for anti-ACTA rallies, Poland suspends bill — RT

A wolf in sheep’s clothing – that’s how ACTA opponents have described the international copyright treaty. Thousands are to protest in Sweden on Saturday while in Poland the legislation has been suspended after attacks on government websites.

­Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday that a wider discussion should be held before the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement comes into force. The talks should involve both Internet users and privacy protection agencies, Tusk added. Ratification of the document has been postponed pending the results of those talks.

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An ACTA of war: secret censor tool to shake up world wide web

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24 January 2012 — RT

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A demonstrator with ACTA stickers on his mouth takes part in a protest against Poland's government plans to sign international copyright agreement ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), in front of the European Union office in Warsaw on January 24, 2012 (AFP Photo / JANEK SKARZYNSKI)

As cyberspace turns its attention to the SOPA and PIPA bills in the US, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, has been quietly signed or ratified by most of the developed world and is arguably the biggest threat to Internet freedom yet.

­ACTA has – officially – been in the works since 2008, and was signed by the US, Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea in 2011. All negotiations were held behind closed doors, and it is mostly thanks to Internet hacktivist groups like Anonymous that news of the potential damage ACTA could cause has spread.

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Why Moscow does not Trust Washington on Missile Defense By F. William Engdahl

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2 December 2011 — Global Research

Most in the civilized world are blissfully unaware that we are marching ineluctably towards an increasingly likely pre-emptive nuclear war. No, it’s not at all about Iran and Israel. It’s about the decision of Washington and the Pentagon to push Moscow up against the wall with what is euphemistically called Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD).

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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: September 14, 2011

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14 September 2011 — Stop NATO

  • Africa’s Shame: NATO-Serving Uncle Toms
  • Canadian Firms, NATO Allies Reap Fruit Of Libyan Bombardment
  • South Africa To Host African Union Meeting On Libya
  • U.S. Envoy Not Pleased With Brazil, India, South Africa On UNSC
  • U.S. Missiles, Hundreds More Troops Slated For Romania
  • Poland: U.S. Air Force In Exercise As Air Base Massively Expanded
  • Video: Ten Years On, NATO At War In Afghan Capital
  • Afghan Official Hints At American Bases In Country
  • NATO-Conducts 12-Nation Combat Exercise In Indiana
  • Ex-NATO Envoy: State Department Applauds Turkey’s War Against Kurds

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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 27, 2011

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27 July 2011 — Stop NATO

  • OPEC Won’t ‘Give NATO Carte Blanche To Bomb Oil-Producing Countries’
  • U.S. AFRICOM Commander Meets With Egyptian Junta Leader In Cairo
  • U.S. Planning To Maintain Military Bases In Afghanistan?
  • Poland Pushes West’s Eastern Partnership In Caucasus, Ex-USSR
  • Kosovo On Verge Of Armed Conflict
  • Sweden: Protest Held Outside Base Used For NATO Training

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Wayne Madsen: NATO’S “Drang Nach Osten” (Thrust to the east)

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8 July 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Since the collapse of the Warsaw Pact, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has made no secret of its goal to expand to the east, as well as into North and sub-Saharan Africa. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet bloc, many observers believed that NATO’s raison d’etre had ceased to exist and that the collective ‘defensive’ organization would join the Warsaw Pact in historical oblivion. Continue reading →

Wayne Madsen: NATO’S “Drang Nach Osten” (Thrust to the east)

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8 July 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Since the collapse of the Warsaw Pact, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has made no secret of its goal to expand to the east, as well as into North and sub-Saharan Africa. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet bloc, many observers believed that NATO’s raison d’etre had ceased to exist and that the collective ‘defensive’ organization would join the Warsaw Pact in historical oblivion. Continue reading →