After the Alaskan Summit, the road to peace in Ukraine has been a rollercoaster ride. One day, Western leaders trace some red lines in the sand, and the next, the winds of chaos erase them. Some call for a ceasefire, while others claim it is not necessary. European leaders gather in Washington to discuss security … Read more
Anyone looking for proof that private property is unsafe in Vladimir Putin’s Russian Federation must look no further than the dust-up over Russia’s largest prepared food company, Glavprodukt. Confiscation, Kremlin-Style The Kremlin seized the company, placing it under “temporary management” in October 2024. Order Today: Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic … Read more
Unable to score a victory in their three-year war to overtake Ukraine, the Russians are getting desperate. The latest move is to “recruit” volunteers who end up being unwilling suicide bombers. Using this scheme, a single unidentified (and expendable) courier plants a weapon deep in enemy territory. The new wrinkle is that these missions are … Read more
As the Ukraine war rages, several myths circulate that do more damage on the battlefield than drones and weapons. These misconceptions aim to discourage Ukraine and diminish Western support. One such myth is that American public opinion is opposed to the war. Some media have managed to create the impression that Americans are tired of … Read more
Many Americans tend to frame foreign policy debates according to Western standards. They assume the other side sees events just like Americans. They imagine key figures are motivated by the same passions and ambitions that Westerners might pursue. It is hard to think outside the Western box that has dominated world history for so long. … Read more
The International Russophile Movement (MIR), founded last year in Moscow on the initiative of Bulgarian socialist Nicolay Malinov, held its second Congress on February 26-27. The first day featured a “Forum on Multipolarity,” a term dear to all those who see themselves as opponents of Western universalism. Order Today: Return to Order: From a Frenzied … Read more
As a writer commenting on all aspects of the culture war, I have written countless articles on problems in the United States. I have criticized the government, education, drugs, fashions, wokeness, LGBTQ themes, globalism, DEI and similar topics. I have never hesitated to acknowledge and condemn those instances where America promotes the cutting edge of … Read more
The future of the war on Ukraine will depend on how it is framed. If the public can be convinced that the motive of the war is based on something greater than coveted territory and nationalist ambitions, people might look with sympathy at the Russian invaders. Nowhere is this framing more evident than in the … Read more
Regardless of how you look at the War in Ukraine, certain facts contradict the present media narrative of a struggle between liberal globalism and a theocratic regime. Several of these facts were especially evident in President Putin’s first-anniversary speech to the Federation Assembly about the war and the nation’s future. Others can be gleaned from … Read more
Ever since Vladimir Putin came to power in Russia twenty-two years ago, Western observers have tried to discern his ideology. Is he a Russian nationalist bent on reconstituting the Russian Empire or a neo-Communist, angry over the collapse of the Soviet Union? Perhaps he’s simply a “patriot” without any actual ideology but who practices a … Read more
