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Militarized Japan and the Biden-Kishida Summit Signal Moment in the New Cold War

January 18, 2023 Joseph Gerson

By Joseph Gerson This article was originally published in Common Dreams. Across the Indo-Pacific, as well as in the escalating Ukraine War, humanity stands an accident or miscalculation away from the calamity of nuclear war. “Japan in December adopted a set of three security and […]

Washington’s New National Security Strategy: Seeking to Reinforce U.S. Hegemony

November 18, 2022 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Originally published in Common Dreams The catastrophic Ukraine War is about much more than Ukraine. As the recently released U.S. National Security Strategy tells us, “The post-Cold War era is definitely over, and competition is underway between the major powers to shape what […]

The Global NATO Alliance, the European Left, and the Crack in Everything

July 12, 2022 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson It is no secret that the United States and NATO are engaged in a proxy war with Russia, perhaps to be fought to the last Ukrainian. In June, as heads of state gathered in Madrid for the Alliance’s annual summit, I joined […]

Committed and Colorful, 30,000 Join Madrid Protest Against NATO Summit

June 28, 2022 Joseph Gerson

Encouraging and impressive was the demonstration of almost 30,000 peace activists from Madrid and Spain and supported by smaller delegations from many NATO countries. The unanimous opinion was that NATO and the international militarization associated with it provoked the confrontation with Russia. That’s why the […]

NATO ships exercise with Romanian Navy in the Black Sea, 2019. Photo: NATO

The Ukraine War and the World’s Increasingly Dangerous Geopolitical Landscape

June 9, 2022 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson *First posted in Common Dreams* Russian President Vladimir Putin’s devastating and illegal invasion of Ukraine, launched in large measure to compensate for strategic vulnerabilities caused by NATO’s expansion, has triggered the most tumultuous and potentially dangerous transformation of the geopolitical disorder since […]

Ukraine Negotiations: No Fly Zone, Nukes, Neutrality, and Disarmament

March 29, 2022 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson *This is an updated version of an article originally published in Common Dreams* Regardless of whether we agree with him or not, President Biden’s statements that Vladimir Putin cannot remain in power and that Putin is a war criminal have compounded already […]

Ethnolinguistic map of Ukraine (Image by Yerevanci on wikimedia commons)

Common Security Approaches to Resolve the Ukraine and European Crises

January 24, 2022 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson This article was first published January 23, 2022 by Abolition 2000 and has not been updated to reflect recent developments — Editor, Feb. 24, 2022 We have been bombarded by news reports and announcements from President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken […]