Peace Talks Appear to be Dead There is growing evidence that not only have the peace talks for Ukraine stalled, but NATO has won over Washington to not only continue the war, but to expand it. While Putin has flown off to meet with his two buddies, Xi Jinping and […]
Author: Stephen Bryen
The US Needs To Take Ukrainian And Russian Drone Operations Seriously
Drones have changed warfare on the battlefield and beyond. At present there are more drones than practical countermeasures, although that could possibly change in future. The preponderance of battlefield drones removes the shooter from the battlefield, preserving manpower, enhances target accuracy well beyond almost any other tool, and subjects traditional […]
NATO Virtual Meeting For Ukrainian Security Guarantees Backfires
The Russians reject European-NATO participation to Guarantee Ukraine’s Security The Trump administration made a massive political blunder on August 20th in its pursuit of a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. The blunder centered on a “virtual” meeting led by NATO. Prior to that meeting, Trump had promised the Russians […]
Trump’s Security Guarantees: Key To A Ukraine Settlement?
Not Really. The Guarantee Problem May Fail Under Scrutiny President Trump has offered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky security guarantees which Mr. Trump describes as “like Article V” of the NATO Treaty. Zelensky has apparently signed onto the Trump offer and potentially has agreed that some “territorial swaps” will be needed […]
The Alaska Summit Result: Push For A Comprehensive Settlement
Washington Abandons Support for a Ceasefire If you read the headlines in American and European newspapers you would conclude that the Alaska Summit failed. It did not. Washington changed direction and abandoned its support for a ceasefire. Here is Mr. Trump’s official statement: “A great and very successful day in […]
Zelensky Defies Ukrainian Public Opinion
Europe Needs to Rethink Support for Zelensky Zelensky’s maximalist position, supported by the UK, France and Germany, is at odds with public opinion in Ukraine. A new, dramatic Gallup Poll makes clear that Zelensky and his hardline clique don’t represent what Ukrainians want. Here is what Gallup reports: “More than three years […]
Fuhgeddaboudit-Trying To Speculate Takes You Nowhere On Ukraine
We will have to wait and see In New York they say Fuhgeddaboudit, which translated into mid-Western English is “Forget About It.” Right now there is so much speculation about the upcoming Trump Putin meeting in Alaska, their first meeting in the second Trump administration. Zelensky in Ukraine is deeply […]
Face To Face Trump-Putin Meeting Planned Very Soon
Witkoff Putin Talks Very Productive Says Trump The big news is that Trump has pronounced the Witkoff-Putin talks as very productive. He has further announced he will meet with Putin face to face as soon as next week. He spoke to Putin by telephone today. Trump also says that he intends […]
J.P. Morgan Chase Suggested A “Not Great” Outcome For Ukraine
The Bank Speaks Through its Center for Geopolitics J.P. Morgan Chase is the largest bank in the United States. It has a global trends advisory organization called the Center for Geopolitics. The study believes the war’s likely outcome is a mixed deal between Russia and Ukraine without foreign troops or security guarantees. […]
Trump Administration Weakens ‘Aggressive’ Export Controls And Threatens National Security
Recent US export control decisions imperil national security and threaten not only US artificial intelligence “dominance” but potentially many other emerging technologies critical to military programs. While legal US exports of AI-related semiconductors were blocked, China got at least $1 billion worth of Nvidia chips illegally, mostly in “packages” of data-center-ready […]
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