Last week's posts on Moon of Alabama:
- Mar 24 – English Outsider: Russia-U.S. Talks – A Change In The Picture
- Mar 27 – Trump's Rewritten 'Deal' With Ukraine Is Imposed Indentured Servitude
Related:
– A détente struggling to be born – M K Bhadrakumar / New Indian Express
– A Third Way to end the war in Ukraine – M K Bhadrakumar / Indian Punchline
– US pushes for expansive new deal to control Ukraine’s minerals and energy (archived) – Financial Times
– Major policy statements by Putin in Murmansk on 27 March that Western media have ignored – Gilbert Doctorow
- Mar 25 – Was This 'Leak' Accidental Or Is It Pro-War Psyops?
Related:
– Days after the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned the app was the target of hackers – NPR
– Beyond the group chat fiasco, Trump’s Yemen strategy needs more scrutiny (archived) – Washington Post
– WSJ: Israel provided intel for US strike on Houthi official mentioned in Signal chat – Times of Israel
- Mar 26 – NATO Sec.-Gen. Flip-Flops On Normalization With Russia
Related:
– Europe's "military coup" – Thomas Fazi
– Europe seeks leverage as Trump negotiates with Russia on Ukraine (archived) – Washington Post
– The EU’s Downfall: Proxy War, Economic Decline & Geopolitical Obscurity – Glenn Diesen & Michael v.d. Schulenburg
– Europe Needs a Complete Strategic Reboot – Kishore Mahbubani / Foreign Policy
If the continent’s leaders can’t make tough choices themselves, they should let their citizens make those decisions for them.
- Mar 29 – Some Media Still Claim A Putin-Trump Alliance Even As There Is None
Related:
– Russia will ‘finish off’ Kiev’s forces – Putin – RT
– Ukraine: Fighting to the Conclusion – Big Serge
– Ukrainians expect Russia to launch a fresh offensive to strengthen its negotiating position – AP
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Other issues:
Zionist Entity:
- The Kingdom of Judea vs. The State of Israel – SCF
- IDF carried out Hannibal Directive, new 'Sword of Damocles' operation on October 7 – Jerusalem Post
- An unrestrained Israel is reshaping the Middle East – Its quest for hegemony will strain domestic cohesion and foreign alliances (archived) – Economist
- The new fascism: Israel is the template for Trump and Europe’s war on freedom – Jonathan Cook
- Trump Admin Spies on Social Media of Student Visa Holders – Ken Klippenstein
- How Abu Dhabi built an axis of secessionists across the region – Andreas Krieg / MEE
Trumpconomy:
- Macroscope | How Trump’s reckless policies could trigger a financial crisis – SCMP
- DOGE cuts will ‘in all probability’ increase the U.S. deficit — by a lot: report – Independent
- Transactional Weakness Tips the Balance of Power – Conflicts Forum
A US economic ‘re-balancing’ is coming. Putin is right. The post-WWII economic order “is gone” —
Today's long-read from the NYT is some weird whitewashing and fake history. Anyone who, during the last three years, has read more than the propaganda from the New York Times already knew each and every of these points:
- The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine (archived) – New York Times
- Key Takeaways From America’s Secret Military Partnership With Ukraine (archived) – New York Times
- A U.S. base in Wiesbaden, Germany, supplied the Ukrainians with the coordinates of Russian forces on their soil.
- U.S. intelligence and artillery helped Ukraine quickly turn the tide against the Russian invasion.
- The Biden administration kept moving its red lines.
- Ultimately, the U.S. military and C.I.A. were allowed to help with strikes into Russia.
- Political disagreements in Ukraine contributed to the 2023 counteroffensive’s collapse.
Use as open (not related to the wars in Ukraine and Palestine) thread …