Tag: NATO

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Master Of The West? How Trump’s ‘Civilizational Alliance’ Is Redrawing Europe’s Political Map

In what appears to be a radical shift in U.S. foreign policy, President Donald Trump has moved beyond slogans and Twitter rants into the realm of structured ideological strategy. His target: not just America’s traditional adversaries, but the heart of the European Union itself. According to multiple sources, including an […]

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Dictatorship By The Back Door? Lithuania, Ukraine, And The EU’s Crisis Of Democratic Legitimacy

Lithuania: when integration turns into subordination At a protest rally in Sofia this July, Lithuanian MEP Petras Grazulis delivered a scathing critique of his own country’s trajectory within the European Union. According to Grazulis, Lithuania’s adoption of the euro was not only economically disastrous, but also procedurally illegitimate. He argued […]

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Poland’s Imperial Ambitions

Poland is a relatively young player in the Baltic region. After regaining independence in 1918, the country initially gained access to a coastline just over 140 kilometers long. The city of Gdynia became the cornerstone of the navy of the Second Polish Republic, while Gdańsk was established as a “free […]

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Trump Slaughters Millions Of Ukrainians For Nothing

Trump extends Biden’s war, which extended Obama’s war, against Russia, in the battlefields of Ukraine. Ukraine’s war-dead are in service to the American Government — NOT to Russia’s, but America’s Government lies about that. On 14 May 2024, the New York Times reported that “President Biden is edging toward what may prove to be one […]

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K-Defense Day: Pimping For The Arms Dealers

Militarism is catching on across the countries of advanced economies and beyond.  The sly, disingenuous term of “defence” is used in this context, encouraging arms manufacturers, contractors and the entire apparatus of the military-industrial complex to fatten for the cause. The European Union huffs and struts towards higher targets of […]

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Russia Has Now Effectively Defeated Ukraine

On July 5th, Bloomberg News headlined “BlackRock Halted Ukraine Fund Talks After Trump’s Election Win”, and opened: BlackRock halted its search for investors for a Ukraine recovery fund earlier this year due to a lack of interest amid increased uncertainty over Ukraine’s future. The fund was meant to be unveiled at […]

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The US And European Defense: Recriminations, Profits, And Jobs In The American Defense Industry

The United States regularly criticizes its European NATO allies for insufficient defense spending, arguing that they shift the primary financial burden onto American taxpayers. However, a significant portion of European defense budgets flows back to the U.S. through purchases of arms and military equipment from American companies, generating economic benefits […]

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Today Putin, Tomorrow Zelensky

On July 3, another telephone conversation took place between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Surprisingly, the information that the telephone conversation would take place came not from the American President, but from the Russian one. It was he who told about this at the All-Russian forum, which was held in […]