Tag: sanctions
-
[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
aidarbattalion, angelamerkel, atlanticism, autonomy, ballisticmissiles, censorship, constitution, debaltsevo, democracy, diplomacy, disinformation, dmitrokuleba, DNR, donbass, donetsk, drones, europeanunion, fakenews, fascism, france, francoishollande, germany, humanitarianassistance, ianproud, ilovaisk, intelligence, journalism, justice, kiev, kramatorsk, law, LNR, lugansk, mercenarism, MH17, minsk, MLRS, nationalism, NATO, OSCE, petroporoshenko, PMC, propaganda, proxywar, radars, recce, referendum, retirement, russia, sanctions, satellites, severodonetsk, slavyansk, strategicculturefoundation, terrorism, tochka, UK, ukraine, unitednations, US, viktoryanukovych, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, wagner, warcrime, whitewashing -
[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
aegis, AfD, airdefense, andreimartyanov, antonyblinken, arctic, atlanticism, atomic, balticstates, berezina, blackrock, canadiandimension, cannonfodder, capitalism, censorship, chauvinism, colonialism, corruption, crimea, cyberwarfare, decline, democracy, denmark, diplomacy, disinformation, donaldtrump, donaldtusk, donbass, emmanuelmacron, etatfrancais, eurasia, europe, europeanunion, fascism, france, franzkafka, friedrichmerz, FSB, gas, gaza, gazprom, genocide, germany, goetterdaemmerung, greenland, hegemony, history, hypersonicmissiles, ideology, ingoschmidt, intelligence, israel, jeffreysachs, joebiden, journalism, kerch, kitklarenberg, LGBT, marcorubio, mercenarism, mettefrederiksen, MIC, moliere, music, napoleonebuonaparte, nationalism, NATO, neoliberalism, nordstream, novorossiya, nuclear, oleksiiarestovych, operationgladio, oreshnik, patriot, patriotism, pepeescobar, philippepetain, poland, propaganda, proxywar, recce, richardwagner, russia, sanctions, satellites, SBIR, schutzstaffel, secretoperations, seymourhersh, sovietunion, sputnik, stalingrad, starlink, statedept, strategicculturefoundation, strategy, syria, tactics, terrorism, THAAD, thegrayzone, UK, ukraine, US, valdaiclub, vichy, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, vonderleyen, westasia, wokism, zircon -
[Sharing] Germany’s new right: Trading on nostalgia for past prosperity in an age of uncertainty – Ingo Schmidt, Canadian Dimension
Ingo Schmidt on how the triumph of liberal democracy and neoliberal globalization became the ideological seed for the AfD On November 6, 2024 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner. Notwithstanding the broad agreement on policy goals, striking a balance between deficit reduction, support for renewable energy and increased arms spending turned out…
Nicolas Cinquini
AfD, aliceweidel, americafirst, angelamerkel, antifa, athabascauniversity, atlanticism, austria, basharassad, benjaminnetanyahu, berlin, bodoramelow, brandenburg, BRD, brettonwoods, brexit, BSW, busification, canadiandimension, capitalism, CDU, china, christianlindner, coal, communism, coup, COVID, davidricardo, DDR, decline, democracy, denmark, diegruenen, dielinke, dietmarwoidke, donaldtrump, donbass, eurocrats, europe, europeanunion, fascism, FDP, france, francoismitterrand, gas, gaza, gerhardschroeder, germany, glasnost, guychazan, hansgeorgmaassen, hegemony, helmutkohl, helmutschmidt, history, humor, ideology, imperialism, inflation, ingoschmidt, intelligence, investigation, israel, joebiden, johannesbecher, joschkafischer, journalism, karlmarx, keynesianism, kiev, londondebtagreement, lumpenproletariat, maastrichttreaty, madeleinealbright, maidan, margaretthatcher, migration, minsk, mitbestimmung, moelln, nationalism, NATO, neoliberalism, nordstream, NSU, oil, olafscholz, ordoliberalismus, oskarlafontaine, oswaldspengler, palestine, PDS, pinzuti, propaganda, proxywar, racism, recession, resistance, revisionism, rostock, russia, russophobia, sachsen, sahrawagenknecht, sanctions, SED, shadoks, socialdemocracy, socialstruggles, solingen, sovietunion, SPD, stasi, strategicculturefoundation, strategy, supremacism, sweden, syria, terrorism, thefinancialtimes, thenetherlands, thueringen, UK, ukraine, US, volodymyrzelenskyy, willybrandt, yugoslavia -
[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
aaronmate, afghanistan, atlanticism, attrition, borisjohnson, cannonfodder, censorship, chasfreeman, china, CIA, dancrenshaw, davidignatius, democracy, diplomacy, disinformation, donaldtrump, donbass, eurasia, europe, europeanunion, fakenews, fascism, glenndiesen, hegemony, history, imperialism, intelligence, istanbul, jamesheappey, jensstoltenberg, joebiden, journalism, keithkellogg, leonpanetta, lindseygraham, lloydaustin, lviv, minsk, mitchmcconnell, mittromney, mobilization, multipolarworld, NATO, neoliberalism, nordstream, postmodernism, posttruth, propaganda, proxywar, RAND, regimechange, richardblumenthal, russia, russiagate, sanctions, seanbell, secretoperations, sovietunion, statedept, strategy, terrorism, theeconomist, thegrayzone, thewashingtonpost, UK, ukraine, unipolarworld, US, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, warcrime, whitewashing -
[Sharing] Total Kievan Debellation – Big Serge
The Russo-Ukrainian War: Year 3 On March 5, 2022, the wreck of the sailing ship Endurance was found in the depths of the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica. This, of course, was the vessel lost in Ernest Shackelton’s third expedition to Antarctica, which became trapped in the ice and sank in 1915. The…
Nicolas Cinquini
abrams, airdefense, andreevka, annedekiev, antarctica, antiwar.com, artemovsk, ATACMS, atlanticism, attrition, avdeevka, azovsea, bakhmut, ballisticmissiles, belgium, bigserge, bolshoesoldatskoe, busification, cannonfodder, censorship, challenger, cinema, communism, corruption, crimea, cruisemissiles, davidstockman, disinformation, dnieper, dnipro, DNR, donaldtrump, donbass, donetsk, drones, endurance, ernestshackelton, europe, EW, F-16, fakenews, fascism, france, geran, germany, GPS, grodovka, groundhogday, history, hypersonicmissiles, IFV, intelligence, IRBM, JASSM, kalibr, kharkov, kherson, kielinstitute, konstantinovka, korea, korenovo, krasnogorovka, kurakhovo, kurskvostochny, kusk, leopard, lisichansk, LNR, lugansk, madmax, mariupol, middleeast, mobilization, NATO, neocons, ocheretino, odessa, oreshnik, oskol, panzer, pentagon, PMC, pokrovsk, propaganda, proxywar, robertkagan, russia, sanctions, schutzstaffel, SEADDEAD, selidovo, severodonetsk, sherman, SLAM, snagost, socialmedia, southgeorgiaisland, sovietunion, stormshadow, strategy, stromness, su-24, sudzha, sumy, T-34, tactics, tanks, thegulf, tomahawk, toretsk, twitter, ugledar, UK, ukraine, US, velykanovosyolka, volodymyrzelenskyy, waffenss, wagner, warcrime, weddellsea, wehrmacht, whitewashing, zaporozhye -
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
13novembre, aaronmate, afghanistan, alawites, almharar, alqaeda, annalenabaerbock, antisemitism, antiwar.com, basharassad, bild, censorship, chechnya, CIA, cinema, clarissaward, CNN, communism, damascus, davedecamp, davidstockman, democracy, diplomacy, disinformation, drones, edwood, euphrates, europeanunion, fakenews, fascism, france, freedomfighters, FSA, germany, hegemony, history, HTS, humor, imperialism, intelligence, israel, jeannoelbarrot, jihad, journalism, justice, kitklarenberg, kurds, lebanon, magdeburg, MI6, middleeast, migration, muhammadaljulani, music, neocons, oil, ottoman, paris, parisattacks, pepeescobar, propaganda, proxywar, russia, russiatoday, SANA, sanctions, SDF, secretoperations, secularism, sharia, shiism, sputnik, strategy, sufis, sunnism, syria, telegram, terrorism, thegulf, themorningstar, tonycox, turkey, UK, ukraine, umayyadmosque, US, values, volodymyrzelenskyy, waldemarbaerbock, wokism, YPG -
Daily pictures: New Year greetings in New Orleans from the brand new West-friendly jihadist emirate in former secular Syria
the assailant rammed his pickup truck into the revelers and after a crash, started shooting Police officers managed to gun him down. Law enforcement found and neutralized several improvised explosive devices (IEDs). A dozen victims are dead in the morning, according to the provisional toll The truck was flying the black flag, with shahada and…
Nicolas Cinquini
13novembre, 911, aaronmate, afghanistan, alqaeda, antiwar.com, basharassad, caliphate, chechnya, CIA, cinema, clarissaward, CNN, communism, damascus, davedecamp, davidstockman, democracy, disinformation, drones, edwood, fakenews, fascism, FBI, france, freedomfighters, germany, hegemony, HTS, IED, imperialism, intelligence, investigation, ISIS, israel, jihad, justice, kitklarenberg, magdeburg, MI6, middleeast, migration, neocons, neworleans, newyear2025, newyork, paris, parisattacks, pepeescobar, police, propaganda, proxywar, russia, russiatoday, sanctions, secretoperations, secularism, shamsuddinjabbar, sharia, sputnik, strategy, sunnism, syria, terrorism, texas, thegulf, themorningstar, tonycox, UK, ukraine, umayyadmosque, US, volodymyrzelenskyy, wokism -
[Sharing] Foreign Jihadists Appointed to Senior Positions in New Syrian Military – Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com
Foreign jihadists have been appointed in senior positions in the new Syrian military, which is now led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an offshoot of al-Qaeda that led the offensive that ousted former President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian sources told Reuters that the foreign fighters appointed to the military include Uyghurs, a Jordanian, a Turk, and an Albanian.…
Nicolas Cinquini
13novembre, aaronmate, abdulazizdawoodkhudaberdi, abduljashari, abdulrahmanhusseinalKhatib, afghanistan, albania, alqaeda, antiwar.com, barbaraleaf, basharassad, chechnya, china, CIA, cinema, clarissaward, CNN, communism, damascus, davedecamp, davidstockman, democracy, disinformation, drones, edwood, fakenews, fascism, france, freedomfighters, germany, hegemony, HTS, idlib, imperialism, intelligence, israel, jihad, joebiden, jordan, journalism, justice, kitklarenberg, law, magdeburg, MI6, middleeast, migration, muhammadaljulani, NATO, neocons, omarmohammedjaftashi, paris, parisattacks, pepeescobar, propaganda, russia, russiatoday, sanctions, secretoperations, secularism, sharia, sputnik, statedept, strategy, sunnism, syria, terrorism, thegulf, themorningstar, TIP, tonycox, turkey, UK, ukraine, umayyadmosque, US, uyghurs, volodymyrzelenskyy, wokism, xinjiang -
[Sharing] US helps Syria’s ruling Al Qaeda offshoot while punishing its people – Aaron Maté
The US ignores its own terrorist designation of Syria’s ruling Al Qaeda veterans, all while maintaining sanctions that devastate ordinary civilians In his memoir of his time as a senior aide to President Obama, Ben Rhodes recalled one of the administration’s top quandaries in Syria. Back in late 2012, the CIA was waging a multi-billion…
Nicolas Cinquini
13novembre, aaronmate, afghanistan, aishaaldibs, alawites, alnusra, alqaeda, anaskhattab, antisemitism, antiwar.com, barackobama, barbaraleaf, basharassad, benrhodes, caesaract, caliphate, chechnya, china, CIA, cinema, clarissaward, CNN, communism, congress, damascus, davidstockman, democracy, disinformation, donaldtrump, edwood, fakenews, fascism, france, freedomfighters, germany, hegemony, HTS, idlib, imperialism, intelligence, ISIS, israel, jihad, joebiden, joewilson, journalism, justice, kitklarenberg, law, magdeburg, MI6, middleeast, migration, muhammadaljulani, NATO, neocons, oil, paris, parisattacks, patrickryder, pentagon, pepeescobar, propaganda, proxywar, regimechange, russia, russiatoday, sanctions, secretoperations, secularism, sharia, shiism, sputnik, statedept, strategy, sunnism, syria, terrorism, thegulf, themorningstar, TIP, tonycox, UK, ukraine, umayyadmosque, unitednations, US, uyghurs, volodymyrzelenskyy, wokism, xinjiang -
[Sharing] McCarthyism, European style: The elite crackdown on Ukraine dissent – Eldar Mamedov, Responsible Statecraft
Experts lambasted as Kremlin mouthpieces turned out to be right As the war between Russia and Ukraine is framed by the ruling politicians and commentators in Europe and America as part of a purported global struggle between democracies and autocracies, the quality of democracy in the West itself has taken a hit. The dominant voices advocating…
Nicolas Cinquini
antiwar.com, atlanticcouncil, atlanticism, austria, borisjohnson, CATO, censorship, davidstockman, defensepriorities, democracy, diplomacy, disinformation, donaldtrump, donbass, eldarmamedov, europeanunion, fakenews, fascism, france, fridastranne, gerhardmangott, germany, history, imperialism, iraq, jeffreysachs, johannesvarwick, johnmearsheimer, journalism, kiev, law, mccarthyism, middleeast, NATO, neocons, ostpolitik, propaganda, proxywar, quincyinstitute, responsiblestatecraft, russia, russophobia, sanctions, socialdemocracy, sovietunion, stephenwalt, strategy, sweden, theamericanconservative, thegulf, thenation, thinktank, tritaparsi, UK, ukraine, US, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, vonderleyen, warcrime, whitewashing
Nicolas Cinquini 