Guest Analyses
Boomerang Sanctions
by Ghassan Kadi, for the Saker Blog Do Western sanctions have any chance of achieving their objectives? Perhaps we need to look back at history and see how the earliest
Of skirmishes, wars and parasites
By Naresh Jotwani for the Saker Blog It is extremely difficult to relate general statements about human nature to very specific present-day situations. If one is close to the scene,
‘Remaining in the EU means peace’ – Ukraine explodes that Bourgeois Bloc idea
By Ramin Mazaheri for The Saker Blog For many years Europeans have said the European Union was the only way to have peace on the continent. I always had a
Cutting Through the Fog Masking ‘a New Page in the Art of War’
By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and widely cross-posted The non-government in Kiev is simply not allowed by the Empire to negotiate anything. By now what we may
Snapshot
By Fred Reed for the Saker Blog Everybody and his goat are talking about the Ukraine. Why not me? You might ask, But Fred, what do you know about it?
The GRU has exposed dangerous Ukrainian plans
by Batko Milacic for the Saker Blog During his daily briefing early on March 9, the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, General Igor Konashenkov, said that Russian troops had seized documents
The opinion of a professional about the special operation in Ukraine (MUST READ!)
Note by the Saker: one of our readers today sent me a very interesting document in Russian. First, I thought “more of the same” (5th columnist stuff) but then I
The Face of Western Civilization
By Francis Lee for the Saker Blog It is interesting to note how the collective west has reacted to the present and ongoing events in Eastern Europe – namely, in
Russian judo tears the West apart
By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and cross-posted with The Cradle The battlefield is drawn. The official Russian blacklist of hostile sanctioning nations includes the US, the EU,