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Gilbert Doctorow

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New truce possibilities in Gaza: a step to peace? Or...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/07/04

New truce possibilities in Gaza: a step to peace? Or a sidestep to war in Lebanon? I am appreciative of the opportunity I was given by WION, India’s premier English-language global broadcaster, to speak briefly this morning about the current state of affairs in the Gaza war, from where there are reports that a cease … Continue reading New truce possibilities in Gaza: a step to peace? Or a sidestep to war in Lebanon? →

Russia’s Next Moves: today’s edition of Judging...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/07/03

It was an honor and a pleasure to join Judge Napolitano in a twenty minute or so discussion of latest developments on the Russian front and more broadly on European politics and the Middle East crisis, as we did today. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_p2jwaPrmM The youtube account of Judging Freedom today announces that its subscriber list has … Continue reading Russia’s Next Moves: today’s edition of Judging Freedom with Andrew Napolitano →

Come the Revolution! or What goes around comes around

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/07/02

Paris, 1780, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Excerpt from the chapter “ Monseigneur in the city” Military officers destitute of military knowledge; naval officers with no idea of a ship; civil officers without a notion of affairs; brazen ecclesiastics, of the worst world worldly, with sensual eyes, loose tongues, and looser lives; … Continue reading Come the Revolution! or What goes around comes around →

Today’s edition of Judging Freedom: Russian retaliation

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/27

My discussion with Judge Andrew Napolitano earlier today focused on what retaliation we may expect from Russia for what the Kremlin says is America’s direct responsibility for the 23 June missile attack on beachgoers in Sevastopol, Crimea that instantly took the lives of eight including two small children and severely injured 150. Are the United … Continue reading Today’s edition of Judging Freedom: Russian retaliation →

Documentary film on life and self-sacrificing...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/27

Russian prime time television is not entirely devoted to news from the front lines in the Ukraine war, or news about terrorist devastation of civilian targets perpetrated by the ‘Kiev regime.’ Besides the inevitable ‘serials’ which play out femme fatale intrigues set in Hollywood-style glamorous real estate, there can also be thought provoking programs of … Continue reading Documentary film on life and self-sacrificing patriotism of Gennady Zyuganov, Russia’s Communist Party leader

Sputnik Globe on the EU’s decision to assign profits...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/26

The announcement a day ago by EU High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrel that the Union has formally approved assigning the several billion dollars in interest and other revenue produced by frozen Russian state assets now held in Belgium to its “Peace Fund” for purposes of arming Ukraine has been met with glowing enthusiasm … Continue reading Sputnik Globe on the EU’s decision to assign profits on frozen Russian assets to arming Ukraine →

Press TV on the Iran – Bahrain rapprochement

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/25

I make it a rule to accept invitations to discuss some new and important international events only when I have some expertise in the subject at hand. Stick to your knitting! is my operating principle. Sometimes I have to bend that rule a bit, but then only when my aria from another opera makes sense … Continue reading Press TV on the Iran – Bahrain rapprochement →

The Freeman Report, TNT Radio: Vote for Nigel Farage!...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/25

It was a pleasure to participate yesterday in a live on-air chat with James Freeman, former UK Member of Parliament, on his radio cum video taped political discussion show. The link to the full one hour plus program is here: https://tntvideo.podbean.com/e/gilbert-doctorow-robert-oulds-on-the-freeman-report-with-james-freeman-24-june-2024/ My segment of the program begins at the 15-minute point. I particularly valued the … Continue reading The Freeman Report, TNT Radio: Vote for Nigel Farage

How are the US-made ATACMS missiles being used by...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/24

Yesterday, in Sevastopol, Crimea we saw how Kiev is using the Wunderwaffen tactical, ground-to-ground 300-km range ballistic missiles known by the acronym ATACMS which the United States has been delivering to them. In the past week, Washington lifted all restrictions on how the Ukrainians use these weapons, although that is a bit of disinformation in … Continue reading How are the US-made ATACMS missiles being used by Ukrainian forces? →

Jake Sullivan and the ‘softening up operation’

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/23

A day ago, I wrote about the introductory remarks of presenter Vyacheslav Nikonov on his Thursday night edition of The Great Game when he reminded his audience that 22 June is Russia’s Memorial Day and connected the price in lives paid in 1941-1945 for national survival with the price now being paid on the front … Continue reading Jake Sullivan and the ‘softening up operation’ →

Nothing to worry about? South Korea sounds the alarm

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/21

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday’s Financial Times informed readers about the red carpet that was rolled out for Vladimir Putin at his various stops in and around the North Korean capital during his two-day stay there. They spoke of the Russian folk songs which local artists performed in Putin’s honor. They mentioned that … Continue reading Nothing to worry about? South Korea sounds the alarm →

Judging Freedom: Discussing Vladimir Putin’s latest...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/20

Judging Freedom: Discussing Vladimir Putin’s latest moves on a 3-dimensional chessboard The diplomatic feats of the Russian Foreign Service in the past week are stunning. One thinks immediately of the way they neutralized the Zelensky-Jake Sullivan-Tony Blinken would be propaganda blitz in Switzerland. But the feats of the Commander in Chief sitting in the Kremlin … Continue reading Judging Freedom: Discussing Vladimir Putin’s latest moves on a 3-dimensional chessboard →

Russia will consider dispatch of F16s to Ukraine as...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/19

There are many elements in the agreements signed today by the Russian and North Korean leaders following their 5 hours of one-on-one talks and 90 minutes of talks with the participation of their government delegations. Needless to say, these consequential agreements on an ‘All-encompassing Strategic Partnership’ were not the product of this one day, but … Continue reading Russia will consider dispatch of F16s to Ukraine as aggression that activates its mutual defense agreement with

Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow’s multi-front military...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/12

The arrival today in Havana of the small Russian naval task force led by the frigate Admiral Gorshkov has attracted media attention around the world, and I was not particularly surprised to be invited by WION, India’s premier English language global broadcast to comment on what they consider to be Russia’s latest escalation in their … Continue reading Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow’s multi-front military posturing / WION Pulse →

Rigor mortis on the Western front: a brief comment on...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/10

Rigor mortis on the Western front: a brief comment on the EU Parliament elections The results of the parliamentary elections across the 27 member states of the European Union have been published this morning. They are not complete and final, but they are highly indicative of how it all ends. The front-page diagram of The … Continue reading Rigor mortis on the Western front: a brief comment on the EU Parliament elections →

Russia’s ‘News of the Week’ explains Putin on the...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/09

Russia’s “News of the Week” explains Putin on the “asymmetric response” to Western missiles fired from Ukraine This evening’s edition of Vesti nedeli hosted by Dmitry Kiselyov, the chief of Russian state news programming had a five-minute segment in which he explained what exactly Putin could have meant in his remarks on Russia’s “asymmetric” response … Continue reading Russia’s ‘News of the Week’ explains Putin on the ‘asymmetric response’ to Western missiles

Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/07

In the opening days of this year’s St Petersburg International Economic Forum, there were a number of signs that the Kremlin is taking a much tougher line in its relations with the West than hitherto in response to the war mongering rhetoric that has come out of Western Europe in the past week. France, the … Continue reading Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0 →

“Judging Freedom” on the Russian retaliatory scenario

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/07

It was an honor to join Judge Andrew Napolitano yesterday on his widely watched program “Judging Freedom” to discuss the possible escalatory scenarios for Russian retaliation over a missile strike on its heartland coming from Ukraine but de facto directed by the West. The scenario which I sketched there, namely the first strike on Kiev, … Continue reading “Judging Freedom” on the Russian retaliatory scenario →

Interview in the latest edition of “Redacted”...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/06

In the past several days there has been considerable discussion in the media, both mainstream and alternative media, with respect to warnings from the Kremlin that it will consider any missile strike on its heartland from Ukraine using long range missiles supplied by the West to be attacks by the U.S., British, French suppliers and … Continue reading Interview in the latest edition of “Redacted” exploring Russia’s likely retaliation to a missile strike on its heartland →

Sputnik Globe on the likelihood of Ursula von der...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/06/06

I recommend a well-researched article published in Sputnik Globe discussing the chances of von der Leyen remaining in office as European Commission president following the Europe-wide elections that end this coming Sunday, 9 June. In a word, her chances are slim. That is the good news. The bad news is that if voted out, it … Continue reading Sputnik Globe on the likelihood of Ursula von der Leyen being ousted after the elections of 9 June →

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