Tag: diplomacy

[Sharing] Even if the war ended tomorrow, Ukraine could end up broke by 2026 – Ian Proud, Responsible Statecraft

There’s a gaping hole in Kyiv’s finances that no amount of tax increases or Western donations will be able to fill There is no plan in place to fund the Ukrainian budget after 2025. Even if the war ends by the summer of 2025, it will take some time to reduce military expenditures, leaving European…

Nicolas Cinquini

31 March 2025

ukraine

atlanticism, canada, deepstate, diplomacy, donaldtrump, donbass, europe, europeanunion, G7, history, ianproud, IMF, joebiden, kielinstitute, minsk, nationalism, NATO, proxywar, responsiblestatecraft, russia, saudiarabia, strategicculturefoundation, UK, ukraine, US, wilsoncenter, worldbank
[Partage] Guerre d’Ukraine et menace russe : prétextes d’une marche forcée vers le fédéralisme européen – Éric Denécé, Cf2R

[…] en premier lieu, de nombreux éléments conduisent à penser que les Européens poursuivent la politique des néoconservateurs de l’ex-équipe Biden […] La Realpolitik, caractérisée par la prise en compte réaliste des rapports de force, est de retour à Washington. On le constate avec la démarche de Donald Trump qui a repris contact avec Vladimir…

Nicolas Cinquini

28 March 2025

corruption, decline, fascism, secret operations, social struggles, ukraine

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Images du jour : с днем рождения

Aujourd’hui est le 75e anniversaire de Sergueï Lavrov, incarnation de la civilisation. Un jour peut être, mais alors dans longtemps, Jean-Noël Barrot sera digne de lui porter ses valises. Accroche toi, mon petit.

Nicolas Cinquini

21 March 2025

decline, ukraine

civilization, decline, diplomacy, france, jeannoelbarrot, russia, sergeylavrov, ukraine, values
[Sharing] The Minsk Agreements and why they failed – Ian Proud, Strategic Culture Foundation

The Minsk agreements fell apart because delivering special status for the Donbas was politically too difficult in Ukraine The Minsk agreements fell apart because delivering special status for the Donbas was politically too difficult in Ukraine. And because sanctions policy against Russia both disincentivized their compliance, and actively incentivised Ukrainian non-compliance. Claiming that Russia reneged…

Nicolas Cinquini

16 March 2025

fascism, ukraine

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[Sharing] Paralyzed by acute dementia, Europe declares war on Russia all over again – Pepe Escobar, Strategic Culture Foundation

The SMO [Special Military Operation] will keep rollin’ on. And as the Europeans want it, to the last Ukrainian Let’s start with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Road to Damascus moment: Frankly, it’s a proxy war between nuclear powers, the United States helping Ukraine and Russia, and it needs to come to an end…

Nicolas Cinquini

9 March 2025

corruption, decline, fascism, history, ukraine

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[Sharing] Zelensky’s Oval Office Melt-Down – David Stockman, Antiwar.com

It goes without saying that the Donald can never get enough of the limelight. But last Friday in a live Oval Office broadcast seen around the world that thirst for public attention may have actually changed the course of history. And very much for the good – even if the trigger was pulled by a…

Nicolas Cinquini

6 March 2025

fascism, history, ukraine

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[Sharing] Zelensky’s friend list dwindling in the Trump White House as peace talk tensions escalate: ‘Best case is that he leaves to France immediately’ – Diana Glebova & Steven Nelson, New York Post

WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has few — if any — advocates in President Trump’s inner circle as the pair’s souring relationship threatens to tank Kyiv’s standing in peace talks with Russia. The ever-tenuous relationship between the two leaders descended into open hostility this week after Ukraine’s president rejected an initial US proposal to…

Nicolas Cinquini

21 February 2025

corruption, ukraine

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[Sharing] Media Changes Narrative as the Ukrainian Proxy War is Coming to an End – Glenn Diesen

This article includes some excerpts from my book: “The Ukraine War and the Eurasian World Order” The Economist reports that “Russia is slicing through Ukrainian defences” and Ukraine is subsequently “struggling to survive”. Across the Western media, the public is prepared for defeat and painful concessions in future negotiations. The media is changing the narrative…

Nicolas Cinquini

26 January 2025

history, secret operations, ukraine

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[Partage] Out of Africa – Philippe Leymarie, Le Monde diplomatique

La plupart des bases militaires françaises en Afrique auront fermé à la fin du mois de janvier, à la demande expresse des pays concernés : c’est le terme d’un anachronisme, plus de soixante ans après la vague des indépendances, qui a été souvent pointé ; c’est une page tournée, sans doute définitivement. Avec, pour le moment, le lourd…

Nicolas Cinquini

24 January 2025

africa liberation, decline, history, jihad, revolution

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Daily pictures: sexist censorship in the brand new West-friendly jihadist emirate in former secular Syria

the victim is Annalena Baerbock, the most arrogant lettuce in the world After the victory on December 8, 2024, of the so-called Syrian revolution [most Western media], actually a Sunni radical uprising that the West was supporting since 2011 against Bashar Assad, former secular Syria is not in good shape. Israel is occupying some strategic…

Nicolas Cinquini

5 January 2025

israel, jihad, syria

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