Dave DeCamp (2022-06-04). NATO Chief Says Ukraine Shouldn't Drop Goal of Driving Russia Out of Crimea. news.antiwar.com In an interview with The Washington Post, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Ukraine shouldn't avoid declaring ambitious war aims of driving Russia out of the eastern Donbas region and the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia has controlled since 2014. "They have the right to say that they are fighting for the whole of Ukraine," Stoltenberg said. …

_____ (2022-06-04). Saudi Arabia becomes the Primary Destination of Political Pilgrimage. journal-neo.org Washington's recent active attempts to play the Riyadh card in its confrontation with Russia and in maintaining any semblance of US influence in the Middle East have turned Saudi Arabia into a "political Mecca" to which many states have suddenly flocked. The natural front-runner in this race of political pilgrims is the US itself, which …

Staff (2022-06-04). Azerbaijan blocks Russia's RIA Novosti for calling Nagorno-Karabakh — Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azer Press AgencyJune 4, 2022 Russian news agency RIA Novosti was blocked in Azerbaijan Russia's RIA Novosti agency has been blocked in Azerbaijan, APA reports. Access to the agency's website has been restricted in Azerbaijan since the evening of June 3. Sources in the Azerbaijani government confirmed to APA that RIA Novosti is blocked in …

Editor2 (2022-06-03). Biden in Asia: Further Steps Toward War with China. orinocotribune.com By Brian Victoria May 27, 2022 | For observers of President Biden's recent visit to Asia it will come as no surprise that, as in the past, the US sought to encourage Asian allies to join in further strengthening its political, economic and especially military containment of China. Like the US role in prolonging the war in Ukraine in order to weaken Russia, the US hopes to weaken China so that it will be unable to challenge American hegemony. | On Monday, May 23rd, when Biden was asked by a reporter if the United States would respond militarily if China attempted to invade Taiwan, the president responded, "Y…

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-03). US Official Can't Imagine the US and Russia Negotiating New START Replacement. news.antiwar.com A senior Biden administration official New START limits the number of missiles, bombers, and warheads the US and Russia can have deployed. President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to extend the treaty for five years back in January 2021. US and Russian officials had held arms control talks since then, but they fell apart afte…