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Neutrality and Nonalignment in International Relations

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Neutrality Studies is an international academic research project, for the study of neutrality as a concept in international relations, sociology, international law, diplomacy, political science, security, and history.

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Turkmen Neutrality: A Way to Survive

On December 12, 2023, Turkmenistan celebrated the 28th anniversary of its neutrality. Since the UN General Assembly adopted a special…

Georgia in the New Balance Of Power

Morality and international politics do not mix easily. For good reason. War is the distinguishing trait of relations among states….
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„Fighting to the last Ukrainian“ — the US and European core strategy on the Ukrainian battlefield — was always predicated on their abhorrence for both, Russian AND Ukrainian lives. Using the men and women of one former Soviet Republic to eradicate as many as possible of another, is a neocon dream come true. The glee with which a recent New York Times articles speaks about the „ingenious ways“ in which the US has enabled Ukrainians to kill Russians, and how their own losses on the battlefield are due to Ukrainian incompetence (rather than Russian military abilities) shows how insanely racist the entire proxy war narrative is constructed. These attitudes are not new at all, and are a core-driver of US proxy warfare. Today I’m talking to Rob Urie, an artist and political economist. His book Zen Economics is published by CounterPunch Books and he regularly publishes on the Counter Punch online magazine as well as on his own Substack. Links: Rob's book “Zen Economics”: https://www.counterpunch.org/product/zen-economics/ Rob's Substack: https://substack.com/@roburie
Revealed: The Insane Imperial Racism of US Proxy Warfare | Rob Urie
Today I’m talking to Dr. Geoffrey Roberts, an Emeritus Professor form the University College Cork, in Ireland. Geoff is a British historian, biographer, and political commentator, a specialist in Russian and Soviet foreign and military policy, and an expert on Stalin and the Second World War. His most recent work is the book titled “Stalin's Library: A Dictator and his Books.” Geoff is one of the critical western historians who also dears to speak his mind when it comes the War in Ukraine, something that he has been critisized for strongly. So, today we want to discuss Ukraine and academic Freedom in the West.
Stalin Biographer EXPOSES Ukraine-War Lies | Dr. Geoff Roberts
If someone offered you money to write about the "heroic deeds" of war criminal in the Balkans, would do you so? Do you think people would fall for it? Well, here's the thing: one man's war criminal is another man's war hero... Joe Tripician is an Emmy award-winning Producer / Writer / Director and a Published Author. His work has been broadcast across America, Europe and Japan, has shown at the Cannes Film Festival, and is part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Joe also once was paid good money to produce a hagiography of Franjo Tudjman, the Croat leader during the Yugoslav wars. Today we discuss the ins and outs of his experience as being a paid propagandist for a darling of the western narrative about the Balkan Wars. Links: Joe’s memoir “Balkanized at Sunrise”: https://www.amazon.com/Balkanized-at-Sunrise-Joe-Tripician/dp/0557494516/ Joe’s documentary (in production) “I Was a Paid Propagandist” Trailer: https://vimeo.com/693242604 Donation link: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/joetripician/25 Joe’s website: https://joetripician.com Follow Joe on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/joetrip.bsky.social
Propagandist For Balkan War Criminal REVEALS West's Dirty Secrets | Joe Tripician
Genocide has no speed limits nor time constrains. The two-year long slaughter of the Palestinians in Gaza is but the latest phase of a Holocaust that has been going on for nearly a century. The deliberate and collective plan to erase an entire people physically, culturally, and even strike them from the historical record is much older than "October 7". The complete destruction of this ancient Arab civilisation is systematic and perpetrated not only by the Israelis. It's the effort of white-settler colonial Europeans to pull off just one more time the annihilation of an indigenous population the way the European's exterminated already three other continents. Today I’m talking to Craig Mokhiber, the former Director of the human rights office at the UN Headquarters in New York, who in October 2023 quit the agency publically, over the already unfolding artrocities in Gaza and what most of us today recognize as the beginning of the Gaza Genocide. Craig's Article: https://mondoweiss.net/2025/04/yemen-is-acting-responsibly-to-stop-genocide-and-the-u-s-is-bombing-them-for-it/
Ex-UN Official Reveals True Scope of Gaza Genocide Plans | Craig Mokhiber
Today I’m talking to Patrik Baab, one of Germany’s best and most critical international journalists. Mr. Baab is the author of the German-language bestselling book “On Both Sides of the Front,” in which he shares his experiences traveling to the Donbas. He also worked for many years as an editor for the North German Broadcasting Company (NDR) and he used to work as a lecturer at two universities. Patrik Baab’s publications can be found here: https://patrikbaab.de/ https://www.buchkomplizen.de/buecher/politik/geopolitik/auf-beiden-seiten-der-front.html https://www.buchkomplizen.de/buecher/hintergrund-verlag/propaganda-presse.html https://www.zeit-fragen.ch/archiv/2025/nr-4-4-maerz-2025/fuenf-kriege-in-einem https://www.buchkomplizen.de/buecher/medien/recherchieren.html https://www.buchkomplizen.de/buecher/politik/im-spinnennetz-der-geheimdienste.html https://www.buchkomplizen.de/mediensystem-und-oeffentliche-sphaere-in-der-krise.html https://shop.tredition.com/booktitle/Staatsfeind/W-662-481-128
German War Journalist REVEALS Realities in Ukraine | Patrik Baab
2025 might well become for Ukraine what 1944 was for Finland, the year of capitulation. But look at what came after that for the nordic nation: 80 years of development and prosperity. Surrenders like those of Japan or the capitulation of Finland are anything but catastrophes. Unless we are talking about a war of annihilation, surrenders are the end of mass-violence and inevitably the beginning of a new chapter. In Europe and in Asia we have many examples of successful surrenders, in which "letting go" of an old regime in the ned re-started nations and set them toward prosperity in the future. And if you are not sure about that, just ask any German if he/she would prefer their nation had not lost WWII. Finland is a particularly important example for Ukraine. Not only are the political parallels striking, but the potential political settlement will almost necessarily look similar. To discuss this, I'm talking today with Dr. Tuomas Malinen, an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Helsinki and an outspoken critic of his country’s NATO integration. Tuomas’ Substack: https://mtmalinen.substack.com
The Finnish Example Is The BEST Option For Ukraine | Dr. Tuomas Malinen
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