Zelensky previously lied that Russian missiles had hit Poland, trying to pull NATO into the war
- Security guarantees are dangerous as they create incentives for Zelensky to restart the war to trigger a direct NATO-Russia war, which is the only way to reconquer lost territories
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs (clip 26.02.2025) EU Stands Alone Against Diplomacy and Negotiation Efforts
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X1t80zwH-qI
Gilbert Doctorow: Trump Outmaneuvers Europe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctECp3q28RY
The Downfall of Diplomacy... and Zelensky?
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/trump-and-zelensky-clash-in-the-oval
Pepe Escobar: BRICS versus the Unipolar World Order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fy9NMiDxho
Absolutely brutal treatment of Zelensky in Washington!
- This is very different from the "Churchill branding" he is used to in Europe. He is accused of crimes against his people, propaganda etc.
The US disciplines its European vassals as Rubio refuses to meet Kallas and Trump argues the EU was created to "screw" the US:
- This path to irrelevance was predictable as the Europeans made themselves frontline states in a redivided Europe, accepted to reduce ties with other centres of power, and became excessively dependent and subservient to the US
- Many people warned against this path, yet they were silenced with accusations of being "pro-China", "pro-Russian" etc. When Biden destroyed Europe's energy infrastructure and cannibalised European industries, the first impulse in Europe was to cover for Washington and blame Russia. Any criticism was smeared as spreading "Russian propaganda". This is the pathetic death of the EU
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/the-militarisation-of-scandinavia
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Jeffrey Sachs: EU Panics as Peace Breaks Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPYbXKDxsZ8
Brian Berletic (clip 20.02.2025): US-Russia Relations - A Peaceful Turn or a Strategic Pause?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI2oeeD2XVA
Top Trump negotiator Steve Witkoff argues that NATO provoked Russia to invade Ukraine: NATO expansion "became a threat to the Russians"
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US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth warned that unfettered idealism undermines security by ignoring reality. I outlined why in this article almost a year ago:
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/destroying-ukraine-with-idealism
The US adjusts to a multipolar world by negotiating peace with Russia to pull it away from China, accepting the Ukraine proxy war has been lost, and beginning to pivot from Europe to Asia
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/ukraine-war-and-us-hegemony-have
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs at the EU Parliament:
- The EU's decades-long subservience to the US has left it with absurd war narratives rather than a foreign policy
Trump pacifies possible disruptions by Starmer & Macron
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/gilbert-doctorow-trump-outmaneuvers
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio explains the position of the White House regarding what led to the clash in the Oval Office:
- Trump was pushing to start diplomacy, which was seen to be rejected aggressively and disrespectfully by Zelensky
Coordinated messaging for narrative control is good propaganda, but this is just lazy copy/paste
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Zelensky said it is not possible to negotiate with Putin. However, Ukrainian Ambassador Chalyi, who participated in peace talks with Russia, confirms Putin "tried everything" to reach a peace agreement in early 2022 (before the US & UK sabotaged the peace to get a long war)
- Arguing that it is not possible to negotiate with Russia is smeared by our political-media establishment as being "pro-Russian"/"anti-Ukrainian". However, by pretending there is no path to peace, then the only alternative is a war that destroys Ukraine. The lies and "virtuous hatred" are designed to promote a long war with the idea that weapons are the path to peace and diplomacy is treason
The Europeans will accuse the US of betraying Ukraine. The real betrayal happened with the coup in 2014, co-opting Ukraine's intelligence services in a covert war, support for cultural and political oppression, sabotage of Minsk, sabotage of the 2019 peace mandate, sabotage of Istanbul, and other betrayal the media has refused to report on. Ukraine was made into a frontline state against the will of its people, knowing that Russia considered NATO in Ukraine an existential threat and would destroy Ukraine to prevent it. After sabotaging negotiations, our political leaders refused any diplomacy as they watched hundreds of thousands of young men die and argued that weapons are the path to peace. Our media smeared all criticism and opposition as "Russian propaganda". There is a difference between standing with Ukraine and sacrificing Ukraine in a proxy war. Their moral slogans and accusations of betrayal rings hollow as they have no love for Ukraine in their hearts, only hatred of Russia.
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Zelensky is mocked for not wearing a suit
- Macron & Starmer went to Washington to get the US entangled in the war, and to warm up Trump for Zelensky. Instead, Zelensky was scolded, humiliated and insulted
- Many feared Trump would get pulled into the war, instead Washington’s ambiguity toward Zelensky is permanently over
The EU continues on its path to irrelevance:
- Kaja Kallas, the hawkish EU chief diplomat who does not believe in diplomacy, went to meet Marco Rubio in Washington. There, Rubio informed her that he did not have time for her.
We discussed War and Peace on a Ukrainian political program
- Diana Panchenko was Ukraine's "Journalist of the Year" in 2020
- Guests: John Mearsheimer, Glenn Diesen & Pavel Shchelin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfW5aZJW96s&t=4255s
The US was traditionally an off-shore balancer avoiding a physical presence on the Eurasian continent as the US would exhaust its resources and encourage other great powers to collectively balance the US (instead of each other)
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/is-american-empire-ending
EU on the Brink: Will Europe Collapse or Adjust to Multipolar Realities?
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/eu-on-the-brink-will-europe-collapse
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs criticises EU warmongering and calls for a return to reason
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The historic speech by Vance is still discussed in the media, but mostly in the form of derogatory labels: "Trumpist", "Putinist", "anti-European", "Christian fundamentalism" etc. Reading the newspapers is interesting as you learn about the narrative being sold. However, what are the counter-arguments to Vance on specific issues such as cancelling the election results in Romania? Here is the full speech:
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My presentation at the excellent Lay Down Your Arms conference in Oslo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKgIsYQpXg8
I was interviewed by China's Global Times about the US-Russian efforts to end the proxy war in Ukraine
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202502/1328788.shtml
Unable to reform away from militarised bloc politics, the Political West fragments as interests diverge in a multipolar world
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/end-of-the-political-west
