President James Monroe must have turned in his grave at the Monroe doctrine, named after him, being desecrated by rank outside powers, China and Russia.
West will lose power but will leave mess before giving up
Is there an Israel in the endgame?
Former US Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger’s definition of Israel as the US’s unsinkable aircraft carrier in the Middle East was apt – only so long as the US was an uncontested super power.
Pivot to Poland: Is that the trajectory of Ukraine war?
Putin revealed that reliable intelligence gathered by the Kremlin confirm US plans to insert into western Ukraine a Polish expeditionary force “for a subsequent occupation of these territories.”
A proxy war could not oust Assad; can it defeat Russia?
In other words, the US, with very deep pockets, is looking for a never ending war, a war of attrition. Having failed to defeat Putin, the idea is to outspend him, bleed him economically. What will happen to Europe in this process?
Lavrov: Not Russia alone, Europe too is US target
The change in world order entailed gains and losses in global stature. The West, led by the US would, sooner or later lose its hegemony. The instruments it had developed to advance its control of the world order would now be employed to arrest its decline – accelerating expansion of NATO, eastward.
Chastened by the Mid-Term verdict, Biden may encourage Ukraine negotiations
How far towards negotiations Russia, Washington over Ukraine are inclined will be revealed in their respective body language when Anthony Blinken and Sergei Lavrov meet at the G20 Summit in Bali on November 15-16.
November Congressional results may determine Biden-Putin meet at Bali
Media disinformation notwithstanding, one outcome of this war is more or less established – we are transiting from US hegemony to a multipolar world. The process became imminent in 2008.
Is there another Cuban missile crisis in the offing?
That Russia was consistently "provoked" has been clear as daylight since 1998 when the US senate voted in favour of NATO expansion.
Sanctions hitting Europe more because US wants it weakened: Putin’s Adviser
The Ukraine story will certainly take a turn once the identity of senior Western officials, generals and mercenary groups at Azovstal steel plant are revealed over next few days. What plots are being hatched to extricate priceless Ukrainian assets from the steel plant?