NBC News reports, Ukraine aims for a peace summit by the end of February, foreign minister says: KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s foreign minister said Monday his government is aiming to have a peace summit by the end of February, preferably at the United Nations with Secretary-General António Guterres as a possible mediator, around the anniversary … 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
History strongly suggests that the Russo-Ukraine war will not be contained to Ukraine. I have said before that we are witnessing the early days of World War III, as countries make alliances and maneuver for strategic advantage in what they see as an inevitable conflict between democratic Western governments and the autocratic terrorist state of … Read more
The NATO Alliance has been very clear that it has no Article V mutual defense obigations to a NATO non-member state, and it will not militarily intervene in Ukraine unless – perhaps, maybe – Russia uses chemical or tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine. This is a higher bar than both the United Nations and NATO … Read more
An alarming United Nations report released Tuesday said global temperatures are on track to rise as much as 3.9°C by the end of the century, meaning only drastic and unprecedented emissions reductions can stave off the most devastating consequences of the climate crisis. ‘The science is screaming’: UN report warns only rapid and transformational action can stave off global … Read more