NATO expansionism
Progressives in Europe call for ceasefire in Ukraine

As the war in Ukraine crossed two years, progressives are calling for a ceasefire and for negotiations to end the conflict

Threat of war looms over Europe as NATO drill goes full-throttle

Steadfast Defender 2024, the biggest NATO drill since the end of theCold War, involving more than 90,000 military personnel from 31 member countries and Sweden is underway in Europe

Nordic countries surrender their historic neutrality and sign military deals with the United States

In less than a month, the US has signed three separate defense agreements with countries like Sweden, Finland, and Denmark, to ramp up the militarization in the Nordic region

NATO Vilnius summit NATO summit in Vilnius set to escalate militarism across the world

The 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania will be attended by leaders of its 31 member countries, along with Ukraine, Sweden, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand

Ukraine's NATO bid Biden walks back on Ukraine’s NATO accession

The heart of the matter is that Biden realizes that the ongoing Ukrainian offensive is heading for a train crash and the decimation of Kiev’s remaining army

Ukraine war death toll Ukraine war tolls death knell for NATO

Logically, the option open to the US at this point would be to disengage. But that becomes an abject admission of defeat and will mean the death knell for NATO, and Washington’s transatlantic leadership goes kaput

Turkey recalibrates its role in the region

Rania Khalek of BreakThrough News talks about the recent political maneuvering by Turkey around the NATO membership of Finland and Sweden, and its revival of relations with Saudi Arabia

Biden tweaks Ukraine narrative

The sombre tone of the US President’s words in the New York Times op-ed is in sharp contrast with his own intemperate and tendentious past remarks

Mapping Faultlines: NATO is fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian

Two months into the war in Ukraine, NewsClick’s Prabir Purkyayastha talks about what has clearly become a conflict between NATO and Russia

Mapping Faultlines: Is there scope for de-escalation?

NewsClick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the various axes of the Russian advance in Ukraine, the impact of sanctions on Russia, and the possibilities of an off-ramp for all parties

Mapping Faultlines: Amid spree of anti-Russia sanctions, questions loom over NordStream

In this episode of Mapping Faultlines, NewsClick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the situation in Ukraine after Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk Republics

Western democracies have mutated into propagandists for war and conflict

It is more than a century since Edward Bernays, the father of spin, invented “public relations” as a cover for war propaganda. What is new is the elimination of dissent in the mainstream.