Fredrik Logevall reviews Frank Costigliola’s forthcoming biography of George Kennan:Costigliola’s unmatched familiarity with the diaries is on full display, and although he does not shy away from quoting from some of their more unsavory parts, his overall assessment...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.America is touched by a peculiar form of collective madness that sees military action as creative rather than destructive, desirable rather than deplorable, and constitutive to democracy rather than corrosive...
Scott Horton returns to COI! Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
First, CNN with usual suspects NYT’s David Sanger and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (ret): Second, David Kovalik and I on Russia’s “escalation dominance” and the US “crazies” who would take on China, as well: Reprinted from RayMcGovern.com with permission.Ray McGovern works...
Zelensky Puff Peace Adds No Value To Ending Russo-Ukraine WarHenry J. Wilson’s letter "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offers a reminder to America" (Chicago Tribune, Dec.23) sounds like it came straight from Zelensky’s press...
One has to put some context around the appearance of Saint Volodymyr Zelensky Wednesday evening before the U.S. Congress. Those with a modicum of accurate background information could smell a rat behind all the hugs, kisses, and stormy applause. The real record...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is the US weapons recipient who keeps on receiving. Ahead of his Wednesday address to Congress he said “We have artillery, yes. Thank you. We have it. Is it enough? Honestly, not really. We’re grateful for their (US)...
On COI #361, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the Senate’s impending vote on a War Powers Resolution to end US support for the Saudis’ war in Yemen, Kiev’s sanctions and arrests against Ukraine’s Russian-tied Eastern Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian government's...
Saagar Enjeti of Breaking Points breaks down the amazing numbers (adjusted for inflation).
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.I caught only a couple of minutes of mainstream media coverage of the Zelensky visit, and I suppose that makes me lucky. In that brief period, I heard Zelensky described twice in positive terms as a...
