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Gilbert Doctorow

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Samantha Power and Sir Andrew Wood: where are they...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/09/29

I am aghast at the Israeli actions in Lebanon, culminating a couple of days ago in the assassination of the thirty years plus leader of Hezbollah in downtown Beirut. The ‘collateral damage’ of that assassination measured in terms of dozens if not hundreds of civilians who died in the apartment block below which the Hezbollah … Continue reading Samantha Power and Sir Andrew Wood: where are they now with respect to Israeli atrocities in the neighborhood? →

Russia’s revised nuclear doctrine per latest speech...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/09/27

Gilbert Doctorow My news today will be brief due to reduced internet access. But I believe the essence is of highest importance since it concerns a very detailed restatement of Russian thinking about deterrance that followed from U.S. and British plans to give Kiev unlimited use of their long range missiles to strike theRussian heartland … Continue reading Russia’s revised nuclear doctrine per latest speech by Vladimir Putin →

Europe’s authoritarian, unelected ruler, Ursula von...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/09/21

In his farewell event on Thursday hosted by the German Marshal Fund in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg came as close to denouncing European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen as you can in Euro-speak before journalists whom he knew would be weighing his every word. As The Financial Times put it, Stoltenberg made … Continue reading Europe’s authoritarian, unelected ruler, Ursula von der Leyen, in a growing dispute with NATO leadership →

A pause for vacation and upcoming autumn events

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/09/20

Dear readers, Please note that I will be on vacation for two weeks from 22 September to 5 October. During this time, I will on some days have no access to the internet. Accordingly, I will not be doing any interviews, and will post articles on this site only if major international developments should occur. … Continue reading A pause for vacation and upcoming autumn events →

‘Judging Freedom’: edition of 19 September

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/09/19

Hand on heart, I especially recommend today’s discussion with Judge Andrew Napolitano because we looked very closely at current threat levels in the war that have been misrepresented by some of my peers and colleagues in alternative media. I explain here how and why they are not using properly the analytical tools at our disposal, … Continue reading ‘Judging Freedom’: edition of 19 September →

Dumb as they come: Scholz and Pistorius on...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/09/07

For well over a year, we have known that Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock is a disgrace to the government she serves. The lady is not smart enough to flip hamburgers at McDonalds let alone sit in the federal cabinet and make pronouncements bearing on war and peace. She will never live down … Continue reading Dumb as they come: Scholz and Pistorius on procurement of new missile defense systems →

Far Eastern Economic Forum: perhaps the least covered...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/09/06

Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Mongolia at the start of this week drew the attention of U.S. and European media. The BBC and, I assume, other broadcasters put on screen video clips of the honor guard reception for the Russian President. However, nearly all coverage was directed at one very specific aspect of the visit: … Continue reading Far Eastern Economic Forum: perhaps the least covered international event by Western major media this week →

‘Judging Freedom’: edition of 5 September

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/09/05

Today’s discussion of the grim situation surrounding Kiev’s misadventure in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation that it invaded nearly a month ago was leavened by video clips from the latest surreal Congressional hearings into alleged misbehavior by the Russian global broadcaster RT. Indictments of Americans said to be in the pay of RT … Continue reading ‘Judging Freedom’: edition of 5 September →

Iran’s Press TV: was the communications training...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/09/04

This past summer was atypical. Perhaps the stock brokers could enjoy vacation time on the beaches, but journalists remained on the job to cover the never-ending flow of ‘breaking news’ from the Russia-Ukraine war and from West Asia, where latest reports on Israeli genocide in Gaza were intermixed with news suggesting an imminent outbreak of … Continue reading Iran’s Press TV: was the communications training institute in Poltava a legitimate military target for Russian attack

A radio interview this morning with WABC, New York

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/09/03

In introductory remarks to readers of his 2018 book War With Russia? Professor Stephen Cohen explained that unlike his previous publications the given volume was not written but spoken. What he meant was that nearly the entire book consisted of transcripts of his weekly radio broadcasts on ‘The John Butler Show’ on New York’s WABC. … Continue reading A radio interview this morning with WABC, New York →

Dialogue Works’: edition of 3 September

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/09/03

In forty-five minutes of conversation, earlier this evening, host Nima Alkhorshid and I covered a lot of ground, and it would be unreasonable to go into detail here when a full transcript will likely become available for posting within the coming 24 hours. Of course, the Kursk invasion was a major part of our chat … Continue reading Dialogue Works’: edition of 3 September →

Moscow: Three villages seized in eastern Ukraine //...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/08/31

I offer below the link to a two-man panel discussion on Press TV of Iran which I shared with John Bosnitch, a Canadian who seems to be undeterred by the authoritarian, heavy handed government in Ottawa and speaks his mind in a refreshing manner against the Washington narrative. https://www.urmedium.net/c/presstv/130630

Россия не белая и пушистая: Russia is not white and...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/08/31

Several times I have said on the Judging Freedom program that “Russians are not bunny rabbits.” By this I was reminding my peers and the audience at large that Russia is not a country of chumps, as for example Paul Craig Roberts has been saying for some time in his critiques of what he considers Mr. Putin’s … Continue reading Россия не белая и пушистая: Russia is not white and furry →

Zelensky’s silence on F-16 crash raises eyebrows |...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/08/30

Zelensky’s silence on F-16 crash raises eyebrows | WION Fineprint Responding to requests for comment on breaking news from major broadcasters is fast becoming a 24/7 task. I do not complain, because preparing for each of these chats is stimulating and takes me into ever wider concentric rings of the Russian-Ukrainian war. A couple of … Continue reading Zelensky’s silence on F-16 crash raises eyebrows | WION Fineprint →

Judging Freedom, 29 August edition: Lavrov means...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/08/29

Today’s discussion with Judge Andrew Napolitano was far-ranging, though with U.S. responsibility for the Kursk invasion at its center. If the Russians perceive the Kursk operation as a U.S. invasion of their country, then for what eventualities are they now preparing? What does he mean when Sergei Lavrov suggests as he did a couple of … Continue reading Judging Freedom, 29 August edition: Lavrov means business! What is the bee presently in the Russian bonnet? →

The James Freeman Report, TNT Radio: will the U.K....

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/08/29

The question above was the main point I wished to address in this radio chat with the former Member of Parliament, James Freeman, who is a well-known radio host in the TNT family, based in England. Sadly for James, I never did answer his questions about how the US built stealth missiles JASSM might change … Continue reading The James Freeman Report, TNT Radio: will the U.K. be erased from the map by a Russian nuclear attack? If so, why? →

‘Dialogue Works’ edition of 28 August 2024: Kursk and...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/08/28

In today’s 40-minute chat with host Nima Alkhorshid, we reviewed many of the issues I raised in my latest analytical article entitled “For Russia, recovering Kursk is no walk in the rose garden.” I was particularly appreciative of the possibility to explain the methodological errors I perceive in most of my peers in the “dissident … Continue reading ‘Dialogue Works’ edition of 28 August 2024: Kursk and U.S. preparations for a first, decapitating nuclear strike against Russia

A call to techies for assistance

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/08/27

Dear All, A couple of days ago, I gave an interview to the Russian private television channel NTV who asked me to comment on the ongoing construction of a permanent military base in Lithuania by and for the German armed forces. They asked how threatening this provocative move may be to Russian security, and I … Continue reading A call to techies for assistance →

For Russia, recovering Kursk is no walk in the rose...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/08/27

In my last appearance on Judging Freedom, Judge Napolitano asked me whether the Ukrainian invasion of the Kursk region would be ended by the time of our next chat, two days from today. The implicit assumption behind this question is that the Russians were doing so well destroying all the NATO-supplied tanks, personnel carriers and … Continue reading For Russia, recovering Kursk is no walk in the rose garden →

Russia as the ‘Noah’s Ark’ for Westerners seeking...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/08/25

Over the past couple of weeks, I have received several messages from readers of these pages asking for advice with respect to prospects for resettling in Russia with their families. They have each alluded to a presidential edict recently signed by Vladimir Putin offering a warm welcome to foreigners who seek refuge from the unacceptable … Continue reading Russia as the ‘Noah’s Ark’ for Westerners seeking refuge from the excesses of “Liberal Democracy” and “Transhumanism” →

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