“Russia seeks security guarantees that NATO will not threaten its Western border.” Interview with Arnaud Develay

By Arnaud Develay and Steven Sahiounie, November 18, 2024

Zelenskyy admitted the situation on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine was dire as Russia made strategic advances. He added that the war will “end sooner” than it otherwise would have after president-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on January 20, 2025.

Thank You for Emitting: The Hypocrisies of COP29

By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 19, 2024

COP29 was always going to be memorable, for no other reason than the hosting country, Azerbaijan, is a petrostate indifferent to the issue of emissions and scornful of ecological preachers.  It has seen its natural gas supply grow by 128% between 2000 and 2021.

Eight Reasons Why Marco Rubio Would be a Disastrous Secretary of State

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, November 18, 2024

Of all Trump’s choices for his foreign policy team, Marco Rubio is the least controversial to the neoconservative foreign policy establishment in Washington, and the most certain to provide continuity with all that is wrong with U.S. foreign policy, from Cuba to the Middle East to China.

Counter Summit vs. NATO This Weekend in Montreal

By Ken Stone, November 19, 2024

The Canadian peace movement is organizing some large scale events this weekend in Montreal to oppose the 70th Annual Parliamentary Assembly of NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) at the Palais des congrès in Montreal, Nov. 22-25. The main purpose of NATO parliamentary assemblies is to “help build parliamentary and public consensus in support of Alliance policies.”

Trump’s War with Deep State Is About Increasing His Own Powers

By Uriel Araujo, November 18, 2024

Much is being talked about how US newly elected President Donald Trump is supposedly at war with the “Deep State” (and the intelligence apparatus) – because of the announcements made pertaining to his nomination choices for some key US government positions.

Video: The Privatization of Nuclear War. Michel Chossudovsky

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Jean Marazzani Visconti, November 18, 2024

Prof. Chossudovsky discusses current geopolitical events, including the war in Ukraine and the possibility of nuclear escalation. He remarks that the US Military-Industrial Complex and nuclear weapons manufacturers, through a progressive whitewashing operation started in 2003, have gradually convinced government decision-makers to soften the thresholds for using nuclear bombs, even in conventional wars, claiming their limited danger to the population.

Contrasting Expectations for a Russia-Ukraine Settlement

By Michael Averko, November 18, 2024

In his dramatic shift away from arming the Kiev regime, Donald Trump’s Secretary of State Marko Rubio says he’s now against funding a “stalemate” concerning the NATO proxy war against Russia. The use of the word stalemate misrepresents the actual situation in a way that serves to prolong a conflict which Trump correctly said should’ve never happened.

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