CNN reports, WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian detention in prisoner swap for convicted arms dealer: WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian detention, President Joe Biden said Thursday. A source familiar with the matter tells CNN that the swap involves convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. The swap did not include … Read more
The Daily Beast reports, Russians Terrified by Putin’s Bunker Mentality as He Turns 70 With His Finger on the Nuclear Button: Only a handful of people know the exact location where President Vladimir Putin is celebrating his 70th birthday in St. Petersburg on Friday, but critics say he spends more and more of his time … Read more
For the first time in three years, due to the Covid-19 global pandemic, the United Nations General Assembly was welcomed to New York today with speeches from world leaders. At U.N. General Assembly, Biden calls for support for Ukraine, condemns Putin’s ‘reckless’ nuclear threat: In an impassioned speech at the United Nations General Assembly on … Read more
Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger concocted the Madman Theory of threatening excessive force, which included the specter of nuclear force in Vietnam. Nixon’s Nuclear Specter – The Secret Alert of 1969, Madman Diplomacy, and the Vietnam War: In their initial effort to end the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger attempted to lever concessions from … Read more
Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked, unlawful invasion of Ukraine is not going well almost five months into this war. Oh sure, the media reports on how Russian troops are grinding out a war of attrition to secure the Donbas region, but at a heavy cost to both sides. The international sanctions are taking hold, Russia must be … Read more