The argument in the axiom is simple and persuasive. Information is a powerful weapon at all times, but especially so during war. All parties in a conflict, governments in particular, seek to show themselves in a favourable light and make claims about the moral justifications for their own actions and the moral inferiority of their…
THE BALD MAN has not moved for more than three years. She arrived to take on a cargo of sunflower oil on the day before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and, along with 28 other foreign-owned vessels, has been trapped in the port of Mykolaiv, some 60km from the front line, ever…
When you make a pact with the devil, he always comes back to get his due. I wish Volodymyr Zelensky had remembered this before getting into a confrontation with Russia. Had that been the case, his country would have saved itself from ruin. What the Ukrainians are subject to today is the result of a…
It all started at the annual Munich Security Conference, which is usually a quiet affair and dominated by defence ministers, diplomats, security analysts and policy wonks as they engage in dialogue to peacefully resolve conflicts around the world. It’s been like this for 60 years, restricted initially to members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization…
North Korean television viewers had a treat just after New Year’s Day. The state broadcaster aired “72 Hours”, a new film, according to NK News, a North Korean-focused news site. The movie tells the story of the first three days of the Korean war and how the conflict was started by the evil South. (In…
BETWEEN 2016 AND 2022, Western diplomats and journalists frequently asked Ukrainian officials what Ukraine was prepared to concede to Russia for peace. This was more than mere curiosity. It was the tip of a policy iceberg submersed in the belief that peace could be achieved by sacrificing Ukrainian interests to Russia. Look at the headlines…
Polish PM Donald Tusk and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (not pictured) attend a press conference at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in Warsaw, Poland, on January 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused Russia on Wednesday (January 15, 2025) of planning acts of sabotage worldwide that included “acts of…
(L-R) U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov attend a Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting on September 6, 2024 at the U.S. air base in Ramstein, southwestern Germany. | Photo Credit: AFP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Friday with top United States military leaders and more…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Ukraine’s Foreign Minister was in China on July 23 for talks on how officials there might help end the war with Russia, whose ties with Beijing have grown stronger since the conflict began. China presents itself as a neutral party in the war and says it…
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on July 19 he had spoken by telephone with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky, and pledged to end the European country’s war with Russia. “I appreciate…
