Last week's posts on Moon of Alabama:
Well, I was busy doing the Christmas rounds. There weren't any posts.
Other issues:
Empire:
- The Case for Dismantling the Rules-Based International Order – Glenn Diesen
- US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people – AP
- Rand Paul 'Festivus' grievances: US millions for Ukraine TikTokers – Responsible Statecraft
- US agency focused on foreign disinformation shuts down – France24
Palestine:
- The Moral Bankruptcy of the West – John J. Mearsheimer
- A Christmas Message for Thom – Roger Waters
Crystal clear brooks (music vid) – Roger Waters - 'When You Leave Israel and Enter Gaza, You Are God' – IDF Soldiers Who Commit War Crimes (archived) – Haaretz
- Israel detains director of key north Gaza hospital as WHO condemns raids – Aljazeerah
- The BBC's Civil War Over Gaza – Owen Jones / Dropsite News
Eastern Europe:
- A Canceled Vote in Romania Hands Russia a Propaganda Coup (archived) – New York Times
- Georgia's president agrees to vacate residence – but not her office Euronews
- Georgia's new president sworn in amid political showdown – RTE
- Slovakia to consider reciprocal measures if Ukraine stops Russian gas transit – Euractiv
- Gazprom Will Halt Gas Supplies to Moldova Amid Debt Dispute – Bloomberg
Syria:
- The “king-makers” pull the rug from Syria, yet again… A “Greek tragedy” begins – Alastair Crooke / SCF
- Black Money, Black Flags: How USAID Paved the Way for Syria’s Militant Takeover – Mintpress News
South Korea:
- A night of chaos: Inside South Korea’s six hours of martial law (archived) – Washington Post
Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s since-impeached president, had been planning for months to impose martial law and target political opponents, according to accounts.
A very important (thus long suppressed) document on U.S.-Russia relation following the end of the Soviet Union:
- A Newly Declassified Memo Sheds Light on America’s Post-Cold War Mistakes – Slate
- Wayne Merry Dissent Channel Cable from American Embassy Moscow to Secretary of State, “Whose Russia is it Anyway? Toward a Policy of Benign Respect” – National Security Archive
Ukraine:
- Ukraine Did It the American Way and is Paying a Terrible Price – Sonar21
- Ukrainian military faces manpower shortage amid increasing desertions – France24
- Ukraine Slows Firing of Missiles Into Russia as Trump Prepares to Take Office (archived) – New York Times
- As Ukraine marks Christmas, exhausted soldiers wonder if Trump can end the war (archived) – Washington Post
- Destroying Ukraine with Idealism – Why Ukraine should not have the "right" to join NATO – Glenn Diesen
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Russian and international news media, Moscow, December 26, 2024 – Foreign Ministry RF
- Dmitry Trenin’s thoughts on how the Ukraine war may end – Gilbert Doctorow
- Dmitry Trenin: What Ukraine should look like after Russia’s victory – RT
Post-Imperial arrogance …
Use as open (not related to Ukraine and Palestine) thread …