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Senior British Military Officer Warns Against Escalation into Nuclear War

General Sir Richard Sherriff, Britain’s former top NATO commander, has called the Ukraine situation the most perilous that Europe has seen

By Rainer Apel · Feb 22, 2022

US and Canada

Leaks Say U.S. Is Preparing Financial Sanctions Against Russia

The U.S. administration has prepared an initial package of sanctions against Russia, that includes barring U.S. financial institutions from processing

By Rainer Apel · Feb 21, 2022

Strategic War Danger ·Paid

West Damaged Itself by Not Taking Putin's 2007 Proposals Seriously

In a commentary for RT, Canadian Russia specialist Paul Robinson says the West was warned by Putin in his 2007 Munich Security

By Rainer Apel, Paul Gallagher · Feb 21, 2022

Strategic War Danger

British Archive Find Shows West Originally Assured There Would Be No NATO Expansion

Working on a comparison of the current strategic crisis to the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, U.S. historian and political scientist

By Rainer Apel · Feb 19, 2022

Strategic War Danger ·Paid

Russia Expects West To Launch New Sanctions on Whatever Pretext

Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed a press conference following talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Feb. 18. “Sanctions will be imposed

By Rainer Apel · Feb 19, 2022

Collapsing Imperial System ·Paid

Germany Must Change Course, or It Risks Prolonged Blackouts

A sudden, prolonged power outage would have catastrophic consequences in Germany. “Unfortunately, we in Germany are not sufficiently prepared for the consequences

By Rainer Apel, Claudio Celani · Feb 17, 2022

Strategic War Danger ·Paid

Lafontaine: Europe Now Needs Politicians Like DeGaulle and Willy Brandt

As the German Chancellor arrived in Moscow for talks there today, former senior Social Democrat Oskar Lafontaine, who became co-founder in

By Rainer Apel · Feb 15, 2022

Strategic War Danger ·Paid

No Health Care for Those Who Might Survive a Nuclear Strike

With a look at the total lack of protection of human lives in a potential nuclear war, a new report by the

By Rainer Apel · Feb 14, 2022