International

Zelenskymania and Switzerland’s ruined image

Background and foreground of the war in Ukraine

by Guy Mettan,* Geneva

(10 April 2022) While negotiations seem to be progressing and the first contours of a possible solution in Ukraine are emerging (neutrality and partial demilitarisation of the country, handover of the Donbass and Crimea), the background to the conflict is beginning to be better understood. However, a quick ceasefire is not to be expected: the Americans and the Ukrainians have not yet lost enough and the Russians have not yet won enough to cease hostilities.
Conflict in Ukraine

India Should Quit Quad Now!

by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India

(6 April 2022) Hedging between superpowers — United States, Russia and China — was never the smart thing to do. India should have known that the contradictions are simply irreconcilable.

The Impact of Ukraine on Yemen

The Western economic war on Russia over Ukraine is having a spillover effect on the forgotten war in Yemen

by Kathy Kelly,* USA

(8 April 2022) The United Nations’ goal was to raise1 more than $4.2 billion for the people of war-torn Yemen by March 15. But when that deadline rolled around, just $1.3 billion had come in.

Situation in Ukraine as of March 25, 2022

by Jacques Baud,* Brussels

(4 April 2022) You do not win a war with prejudices: you lose it. Unfortunately, the picture we have of the conflict in Ukraine tends to lead us in the wrong direction. In order to understand its latest developments and to have a clearer vision of the potential options for a political resolution, we need a more objective analysis of the situation.

Pentagon Drops Truth Bombs to Stave Off War With Russia

by Joe Lauria,* Special to Consortium News

(4 April 2022) Two leaked stories from the Pentagon have exposed the lies of mainstream media about how Russia is conducting the Ukraine war in a bid to counter propaganda intended to get NATO into the conflict, writes Joe Lauria.

A Proposed Solution to the Ukraine War

by Greg Mello,* Los Alamos Study Group, March 7, 2022

(28 March 2022) «One of the most respected and best informed anti-nuclear war groups in the world is the Los Alamos Study Group. Founded at the end of the Cold War in Los Alamos, New Mexico, where the first nuclear bombs were designed and built, the LASG’s aim of taking nuclear weapons out of foreign policy. I