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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: what we know so far
Vladimir Putin finally made his move overnight. In a spontaneous address to the Russian people in the early hours of the…
Putin launches full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Russia last night launched a full on assault on Ukraine, with cruise missile strikes reported on the airport east of Kiev…
Home is where the racism is
My sophomore year of college, I studied abroad in Ireland. I had pretty high expectations: my mother’s side of the…
Exclusive: Biden finalizes terrible new Iran deal
Several sources in the negotiating team in Vienna tell Cockburn we can expect a “new Iran deal” between the Biden…
Why Boris is right to resist calls for tougher sanctions on Russia
Did Boris Johnson fail to put his money where his mouth is when it came to hitting Russia with sanctions?…
The truckers are coming to Washington!
The Canadian truckers might have been driven out of Ottawa, but a copycat protest is brewing in the United States.…
Why is the National Portrait Gallery cutting ties with BP?
When is money so soiled that merely accepting it makes you tainted? It has been reported today that the National…
How much did the Covid crisis cost?
The true cost of Covid cannot be quantified only in death rates or GDP figures. Though it could have been…
Why we shouldn’t ban Russia Today
Nadine Dorries, the Culture Secretary, has written to Ofcom urging it to keep the situation with Russia Today ‘very carefully…
Has Putin outplayed Macron in Africa?
While the world is focused on Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron has withdrawn all French forces from Mali. Last weekend, thousands of…
The trouble with Putin’s Christian Orthodoxy
If you are worried about the uncertain fate of democracy in today’s world, what should you do? Become a human…
What would prime minister Corbyn have done about Putin?
Jeremy Corbyn’s question in the House of Commons this week filled me with the relief of catastrophe averted. Addressing Defence…
Would Trump have prevented the crisis in Ukraine?
‘I know Vladimir Putin very well,’ said Donald Trump yesterday, speaking of the Ukraine crisis, ‘he would have never done…
Is the New York Times right to say Muslims are fleeing France?
Has the New York Times found a new bête noire? It was for a number of years Britain, damned for…
Cracks are already showing in the EU’s Russia response
‘The EU is united and acting fast,’ said Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, as she condemned…
Has Putin lost control?
As the Soviet Union fell to pieces around our ears, we in the Moscow embassy used to discuss the Weimar…
How Putin is following Hitler’s playbook
Like many rulers of Russia before him, especially Stalin, Vladimir Putin is a keen student of History. Judging by his…
Putin’s next move
Budapest Russian troops, many apparently without insignia, began advancing into the disputed Donbas region yesterday. The question now is how…
Why the silence over Biden’s links with Ukraine?
‘He has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.’ So…
Connecting the dots between Russiagate and Hillary
Let’s connect the dots between John Durham, Russiagate, the FBI, and Hillary Clinton. They strongly suggest the Clinton campaign ran…
Putin must look at the West and laugh
Whatever the West’s response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s sovereignty, the crisis demonstrates the limitations of western politics and policy…
Unmasking ‘panda diplomacy’
The star of the Beijing Winter Olympics wasn’t an athlete: it was Bing Dwen Dwen, the spacesuit-clad panda mascot. It…
Macron’s diplomatic failure in Russia was still a political success
President Emmanuel Macron may or may not have imagined that his mission to Moscow would head off armed conflict in…
Are the lights about to go out across Europe?
Today’s snap decision by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to halt Nord Stream 2 — the new pipeline intended to export…
It’s too late to break Europe’s gas reliance on Russia
So, Nord Stream 2 will not be plugged into Germany’s gas grid. A little surprisingly, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been…
