There is still hope if the U.S. withdraws from its insistence on sustaining the war to weaken Russia and defeat Putin.
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The Ukraine war has also had direct effects on climate change that will continue even after the fighting ends.
Activists are calling for diplomacy and demanding that world leaders steer us away from a nuclear precipice.
There’s no certainty negotiations would result in peace, but as Chomsky says, there is only one way to find out: Try.
The expansion of NATO to include the newly created Indo-Pacific “sentinel states” is proof the U.S. empire doesn’t rest.
NATO countries are overemphasizing Russia or China as enemies though threats to democracy seem to be primarily internal.
Antiwar activists are condemning NATO’s decision, saying it “will not make the world safer.”
As Western powers continue to pour weapons into the region, critics argue that diplomacy is the only way to end the war.
Policymakers are not concerned with security for the vast majority of the world’s population, says Noam Chomsky.
Finnish political scientist Heikki Patomäki analyzes internal dynamics shaping Finland and Sweden’s turn toward NATO.