The Chinese regime is expected to be a key issue in the upcoming G-7 and NATO summits a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday. “Ukraine is not causing us to take our eye off the ball on China. In fact, I think quite the opposite,” said an unnamed senior U.S.administration official in Washington in a…
G-7, NATO Leaders to Address Challenges Posed by Beijing: US Senior Official
Foreign Minister Conjures Spectre of Cold War: Russia Returning ‘East’
June 23, 2022
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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has invoked the spectre of the Cold War, branding Russia and China’s relationship the “new East.” In an interview, Lavrov said Russia was turning away from the West in response to sanctions from developed countries. “We are working with the East,” Lavrov told Russia’s NTV in St. Petersburg. “Like we used to…
Did Europe’s Latest Anti-Russia Move Just Push World Closer to WW3?
The country of Lithuania, a member of both NATO and the EU, took an action that might have been the biggest real-world escalation between a member of NATO and Russia since the Ukraine war began. Over the weekend, the Lithuanian government enacted a ban on all goods going from Russia to Kaliningrad—which is Russia’s far-flung…
NATO Should Better Coordinate Its Economic Power Against Russia and China
Commentary Democracies are finally figuring out that they need to use their trump card—economics—to defend themselves. The United States and Europe together have double the economic power of China and Russia combined, and could use it more effectively and proactively to put pressure on Moscow and Beijing through tariffs, sanctions, embargoes, export controls, and price…
No Signs of Russian Threat to Sweden, Finland: NATO Deputy Chief
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—NATO’s deputy chief sees no immediate military threat to Sweden and Finland from Russia and is confident that the aspiring NATO members will join the alliance despite Turkey’s objections, he told the Copenhagen Democracy Summit on Friday. Finland and Sweden applied to join NATO last month in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but…
Russia Says Will Respond to NATO Build up in Poland: Ifax
Russia’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that Moscow’s response to a build-up of NATO forces in Poland will be proportionate, Interfax news agency reported citing a Russian diplomat. “A response, as always, will be proportionate and appropriate, intended to neutralize potential threats to the security of the Russian Federation,” Interfax quoted Oleg Tyapkin, the head…
NATO Must Confront Turkey’s Human-Rights Abuses
Commentary Turkey’s obstruction of Sweden and Finland’s NATO memberships should bring Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s blatant disregard for human rights, national sovereignty, and wonton aggression against the Kurdish people into focus. Turkey demands that Finland and Sweden stop harboring members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Gülenists, whom Erdoğan considers terrorists. Erdoğan personally…
Canada Would Need to Spend $75.3B More to Reach NATO Defence Spending Target: PBO
The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government would need to spend an additional $75.3 billion on defence over the next five years for Canada to reach NATO’s target of two percent of GDP. Yves Giroux released an independent forecast today of the military expenditures needed for Canada to meet the target, agreed to by…
Operation Mockingbird Gets a Big Tech Makeover
Commentary In the late 1940s, as geopolitical tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union began to heat up, the CIA launched Operation Mockingbird, a large-scale program that used news media for one purpose only: to disseminate as much propaganda as possible. According to award-winning author Deborah Davis, Operation Mockingbird “owned” highly respected journalists…
‘Nuclear Winter’ Discussed in Newly Released Reagan-Era Documents
Newly released government documents from the 1980s outline the devastation that would be wrought on the planet if nuclear superpowers go to war—which should serve as a reminder for policymakers to prioritize peace negotiations as the war in Ukraine rages on, according to Scott Horton, editorial director of Antiwar.com. Horton told The Epoch Times on…
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