Empire, Communication and NATO Wars
Critiques of Propaganda and Pretexts for War, by Oliver Boyd-Barrett
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Winning But Not Consolidating Wars (opens the original)
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The Macgregor TheoryDouglas Macgregor floats the interesting theory this week that Russia has effectively won the war in Ukraine, and that Iran has won the war in the Gulf but that both countries need to consolidate these victories, and soon, if they are to be durable.First, of course, we need to ask whether they are indeed winning or, rather, have already won these wars.In the case of Russia, I could only go so far as to say there is a good chance that Russia will have won the war in Ukraine wi
Russian Energy (2) (opens the original)
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Pivot to AsiaAssessment of the current state of Russia’s energy markets varies between Western sources which are preoccupied by the constraints of sanctions, price caps, and infrastructure damage, and Russian and alternative market perspectives, which emphasize strategic adaptability, pivot to Asia, and the commercial exploitation. Russia’s energy sector is defined by high concentration, geographic realignment, and a split between raw crude resilience and refined product vulnerabilities. China a
Geopolitical Re-Shaping East of Europe and West of Asia (opens the original)
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NATO’s Losing War Against RussiaValerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UK and former commander-in-chief, has warned that assuming Russia is losing the war is a “dangerous misreading” of the conflict. In an opinion piece published in the conservative British newspaper The Telegraph on July 8, 2026, Zaluzhnyi clarified his strategic assessment of the war of attrition. He considers Ukraine’s (i.e. Western financed, Western equipped, Western navigated) deep-strike campaigns against Russian i
US-Euro Perfidy in the Balkans is the Root of Our Despair (opens the original)
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This conversation is of exceptional importance for an understanding of US and European culpability for the 1990s destruction in the Balkans of a world order from which have emanated the weeds and poisons of Western destabilizations or attempted destabilizations of Iraq, Libya, Syria Ukraine, Iran and Yemen through the holllowing-out of liberal democratic institutions (including the UN and many, many political parties, including the US Democratic Party and the British Labour Party). The enormity
Conflict Resolutions Sought, Resolutions Denied (opens the original)
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Ukraine CounteroffensiveMilitary Summary Channel this morning has given significant coverage to what it reports as the successes of Ukrainian counteroffensives, especially of a counteroffensive east of Slavyansk, between Slavyansk and Lyman which, if true, would indicate that Russia’s potential to attack the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk conurbation from the north is stymied in favor of the far more effective Russian successes in encircling and, in part, penetrating the city of Dobrepillia to the south o
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