ZELENSKY AND EUROPEANS MEET WITH TRUMP ON UKRAINE
Following on the successful August 15 Alaska summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, at which concrete steps toward ending the Ukraine war were discussed, Trump held a series of meetings today at the White House with acting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and with a gaggle of seven European leaders, who […]
AFTER THE ALASKA SUMMIT, MOVE FOR ASIA-PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT IS A MOVE FOR WORLD PEACE
Economic development is not an add-on, but the content for peace and security. The Trump-Putin Alaska Summit on August 15, at which specifics were agreed upon for follow-up work on resolving the Ukraine conflict, also poses the prospect for Asia-Pacific mutual development, a critical contribution to the world potential for peace and security. This perspective […]
PRESIDENT TRUMP “HAS ALL THE CARDS” TO PLAY WITH PUTIN – EUROPE HAS NONE
Europe’s perpetual reliance on the US in global affairs was bound to implode at a certain point. The increasing isolation of Europe from the US-led efforts to broker a peace deal with Russia to end the Ukraine conflict shines the light on an age-old truism, which goes as follows: “In politics, there are no permanent […]
DON’T BE AN ARMCHAIR PESSIMIST: STAND UP AND ORGANIZE
“Global Britain” (which includes a good slice of American politicians, media, and intelligence operatives) is in a full mobilization in every imaginable domain (and some we don’t want to imagine) to sabotage the Alaska meeting between the leaders of the two nuclear superpowers scheduled for this Friday, August 15. Typical is the Wall Street Journal’s take: “Russia […]
WAR CANNOT BE A MEANS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION: ENDING THE ‘ANGLOSPHERE’
As this Friday’s summit meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Donald Trump of the U.S. approaches, the British Empire and NATO are working to prevent peace from breaking out. The United States and Russia have significant shared interests that go beyond ending the conflict in Ukraine. “When you are meeting in Alaska on […]
TRUMP’S UNIPOLAR TARIFFS MAKE THE US LOOK LIKE “A MONKEY PLAYING WITH A GRENADE” – EXPERT
President Donald Trump’s yo-yoing foreign policy continues to cause unprecedented ructions in international relations, with his sudden adoption of a hard stance against Russia the latest example of the dreaded unpredictability in diplomacy. One expert has likened President Trump’s cantankerous approach to foreign relations to a “monkey playing with a hand-grenade”. In a typical flip-flop […]
UKRAINE WILL PAY A HEAVY PRICE FOR ILL-ADVISED DRONE ATTACKS ON RUSSIA’S AIRBASES
In a much-anticipated telephone call this week, US President Donald Trump was at pains explaining to his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, that Washington absolutely had nothing to do with Ukraine’s astoundingly provocative drone attacks on five Russian airbases. The airbases, attacked simultaneously, house Russia’s strategic bomber fleet. The attacks appear to put a spanner in […]
GERMAN CHANCELLOR MERZ FLIRTS WITH DANGER IF HE PRODUCES LONG-RANGE MISSILES AGAINST RUSSIA
German-based anti-war civil society organization, the Schiller Institute, has made an impassioned plea to the country’s new Chancellor Friedrich Merz to refrain from dragging Germany into a direct war with Russia. Renowned peace campaigner and founder of the Schiller Institute, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, made a call for sanity to prevail after Chancellor Merz announced that Germany […]
WHO BENEFITS FROM ZELENSKY’S VISIT?
What is the essence of a foreign policy that does not rally the nation around a common goal, and instead divides the populace right down the middle, leaving a bitter taste and uncertainty? The visit by the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to our capital this week has caused a much greater harm to the national […]
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY’S REMARKS ON HIS STATE VISIT TO SA
“Today it is an honour for me to be on my first visit to your country, and even more so on the eve of Freedom Day. This is a holiday that reflects the main values of your people and connects us with you. Our desire for freedom, our desire for independence, for equality and respect […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA’S REMARKS ON OFFICIAL VISIT BY THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE
“It is my distinct honour to receive President Zelenskyy and his delegation at the Union Buildings. This Official Visit reflects our shared commitment to enhancing our bilateral relations for the mutual benefit of our peoples. This is a historic visit. This is the first time the Head of State of Ukraine is visiting South Africa in […]
ZELENSKY ABRUPTLY CANCELS PART OF HIS VISIT TO SA, RETURNS TO UKRAINE
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has cut short his visit to the Republic of South Africa and is returning to Ukraine after a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Ukrainian media said. “The Ukrainian Foreign Minister will hold all necessary meetings in South Africa,” Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on his Telegram channel. He arrived in Pretoria […]