To start with, a bit of humour, here is Sylvia Shawcross’ analysis of Carney’s speaking characteristics: The Blarney and The Carney. Moving on, I want to review NATO and the recent NATO summit held in the Hague. A Brief Background on NATO NATO was created in 1949 at the beginning Read more
I am beginning this episode after the close of the G7 meeting held here in Alberta. Funny that Zelensky, the illegitimate head of Ukraine, was able to walk in and chat. I guess it was worth it because Carney consequently flushed another $4.3 billion of taxpayer money down the Ukraine Read more
The path to WWIII in Europe extends back to WWII, and in some respects much farther. We characterize our understanding of wars as due to single events such as the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand as the cause of WWI. This simplistic thinking hides the large numbers of issues and small Read more
Patrick Lancaster is an independent war videographer living in Donetsk in the Donbas area of Russia. He regularly records videos from the Russian front lines in the Ukraine conflict. He has a YouTube chammel called Patrick Lancaster. In his videos, he has interviewed civilians in areas where they have deliberately Read more
The Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk region of Russia caught everyone by surprise except possibly the Americans. US satellite data which has been used by the Ukrainians throughout the war may have been essential for planning the operation. My sources suggest Ukraine may have staged this attack for PR and Read more
There is a group of individuals, most of whom I believe are in Eastern Europe, who actively follow the Ukraine conflict. They range from pro-Ukrainian to non-partisan to pro-Russian sources. Some of them specialize in mapping the territorial changes in the conflict on a daily basis. I follow two whom Read more
I first encountered Prof. John Mearsheimer in a video early in the Ukraine conflict. I had begun assembling background of US/NATO/Russia relations and agreements going back to the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact. One must do this to understand the current conflict. As a professor of history and an authority Read more
I have bookmarked a number of issues without publishing them. This gives the links to important and provocative actions by NATO and its members over the last two months. They are in no particular order. What has been under discussion for a while is now a fait accomplie: G7 Leaders Read more
This series of short takes on particular topics was designed to capture what I consider are important developments on a short term or daily basis. It was a couple of months ago that Macron announced that France would send military personnel to the Ukraine, This was done to a small Read more
Yesterday, Russia reported two terrorist attacks on its territory. The first, an attack on Orthodox and Jewish places of worship in the Republic of Dagestan, was committed by an unidentified terrorist organization: Death Toll In Dagestan Terror Attack Rises To 20 Killed, Russians Fear More To Come. The second was Read more