Russia

The South Caucasus, a strategic crossroads where global and regional powers vie for influence, has undergone a dramatic realignment. Turkey and Israel have expanded their regional roles with Azerbaijan’s foreign policy growing more assertive. These shifts, aligned with U.S. efforts to isolate Iran, are eroding Tehran’s traditional foothold in the...

Glenn Diesen, Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway and author of The Ukraine War and the Eurasian World Order, discusses the upcoming Trump-Putin talks on Ukraine in Alaska – a meeting Ukrainian President Zelensky was not invited to. Trump recently acknowledged NATO’s role in starting the proxy war, and...

Roger McKenzie, the International Editor of the Morning Star and author of The Rebirth of the African Phoenix, joins the show to discuss the significance of Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré attending Russia’s Victory Day celebrations in Moscow alongside world leaders, including China’s Xi Jinping. McKenzie argues that Traoré’s visit...

Prof. Glenn Diesen of the University of South-Eastern Norway and author of The Ukraine War & the Eurasian World Order, joins the show to discuss the state of the Ukraine war three years after Russia’s incursion. Diesen argues the US, recognizing its NATO expansion strategy in Ukraine has failed, is...

Sevim Dağdelen, MP in the German Bundestag and foreign policy spokesperson for the Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) party, joins the show to break down the stakes of Germany’s upcoming election on Sunday. As Elon Musk promotes the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an “anti-systemic” force, Dağdelen delves into his...

Some right-wing pundits and politicians are coming out against US support for the Ukraine war, arguing that taxpayer dollars ‘should not be going to those Ukrainians’ but should be spent at home. Brian Becker of the ANSWER Coalition says that while it’s true the war has ‘overstretched’ resources for working...

Newly released treaty negotiation documents show that Ukraine and Russia were very close to ending the war—more than two years ago, in April 2022. But U.S. imperialists and NATO have worked with and strengthened the right-wing in Ukraine to achieve their long-term goals in the region, including endless war, no...

While world leaders prepare to convene in Switzerland for a “peace summit” ostensibly called to advance peace in Ukraine despite excluding Russia from the meeting, Brazil and China have proposed an alternative. Both countries released a joint statement calling for an international peace conference with equal participation from both Russia...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday as the US continues to prop up the stalling Ukraine war that has killed tens of thousands. Despite the US funneling close to $175 billion into the proxy war, Ukraine is facing significant military setbacks, a renewed offensive from Russia,...

ISIS-K, an offshoot of ISIS called Islamic State in Khorasan, claimed responsibility for the March 22 attack at the Crocus City Hall concert hall outside Moscow that killed 133 people. While US officials were quick to put the blame on ISIS, Russia’s President Putin claimed that the attackers were aided...