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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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Death Spiral

By Dr. Michael Brenner The multilayered tragedy unfolding in Israel/Palestine has us all transfixed. But not inert. Our emotions and…

Defeat

By Dr. Michael Brenner Introduction The United States is being defeated in Ukraine. One could say that it is facing…

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[Part 2 of 2] Russia holds the bayonet, and Europe keeps pushing Ukrainians right into it. For nearly 3 years the West has been shovelling Ukrainians into their early graves by all but making sure that there would be no peace agreements between Kiev and Moscow. To add insult to injury, NATO is engaging in one of the worst proxy-wars since the Vietnam War in the name and of "justice." What a sick joke. As if it isn't the same NATO—Washington first and foremost—that is responsible for breaking international law and the norms of non-intervention in the very first place. This is the second part of an interview with Professor Rein Müllerson, an Estonian former Professor of International Law at Tallinn University and one of Eastern Europe's greatest international legal experts, who even was an advisor to Michael Gorbachev before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Professor Müllerson's 2014 Essay: "Ukraine: Victim of Geopolitics" https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmu011 Another great essay: "E Pluribus Unum – A dangerous concept for the world since not always those who are not like us are against us" https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-law-open/article/e-pluribus-unum-a-dangerous-concept-for-the-world-since-not-always-those-who-are-not-like-us-are-against-us/89A41EDBEF3E2892892F03BE5B837DE2
Europe's HYPOCRISY Keeps Destroying Ukraine | Prof. Rein Müllerson
[Part 1 of 2] Academic freedom in the Collective West is going the same route as freedom of expression in general. It is now the freedom to repeat the empty phrases of the establishment, or else the system will crack down. Sadly, even the most accomplished of western academics are not save from the censorship machinery. Today I’m talking to one of Eastern Europe’s most accomplished academics and public thinkers. I’ve got with me Dr. Rein Müllerson, the former President of the Law School of Estonia’s Tallinn University. Rein got his PhD in 1985 form the Law Faculty of Moscow University and went on to become one of the heads of the Institute of State and Law in Moscow and a direct advisor to Michael Gorbachev. In 1988, the USSR nominated Rein as a member of the UN Human Rights Committee and, after the collapse of the state, he became Estonia’s first Deputy Foreign Minister. Later he became a Professor at King’s College London and held several other academic positions across Europe. Sadly, in September this year, Tallinn University stripped Dr. Müllerson of his Emeritus Professor status because he attended the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum in Russia.
Estonian Professor CANCELED For Attending Conference In Russia | Prof. Rein Müllerson
While Collective West propaganda would love to make you believe that China is in a hard alliance with Russia, and the only reason Moscow has not yet capitulated to the might of NATO and Ukraine is the immoral support of China (and now also North Korea) to the dictator in the Kremlin, reality is much more complex. China has in fact been remarkably neutral toward the Russo-Ukraine war, and it did so for good reasons. Dr. Yu Bin is Professor Emeritus at Wittenberg University and a dedicated scholar on Russia-Chinese relations. In this talk delivered at the 2024 Neutrality Conference he explains why China should be thought of as a "principled neutral" that remains at arms-length distance from both the Collective West AND Russia. For the past 25 years, Dr. Yu Bin published quarterly updates to the relationship between the two countries. You can follow his scholarship here: https://cc.pacforum.org/relations/china-russia/
China Is WINNING The West's Civil War 2.0 | Prof. Yu Bin
The two instruments of power that allow peoples to commit unspeakable crimes are weapons on the one hand and narratives on the other. The technology to eradicate entire civilisations, and the self-glorifying, other-demonising stories that morally convince the perpetrators that their crimes are in fact great deeds of humanity. What we are seeing in Gaza, sadly, is only the latest genocidal incarnation of Euro-American crimes against humanity that they have been accustomed to implementing around the globe for the past half of a millennium. What is new though is that the crime is not only out in the open for the entire world to see, but that a majority of the people are not buying into the ludicrous justification of the colonial genocider anymore. The Collective West is finally losing narrative control on the outside and—slowly—on the inside, too. Today I'm talking to an expert on the creation and perpetuation of narratives, the literary-studies scholar Dr. Aghogho Akpome from the University of Zululand, South Africa. Hailing originally from Nigeria, Dr. Akpome obtained his PhD in English literary studies from the University of Johannesburg. He closely studies the nexus between narratives, colonialism, and identity, so today we want to talk a bit about Africa and the global struggle over narratives. Follow Dr. Akpome's academic work through his ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4538-360X
West Losing NARRATIVE CONTROL After 500 Years Of Global Genocide | Prof. Aghogho Akpome
[Part 2 of 2] By late 2024, it is clear that Ukraine is losing the shooting war with Russia, and the Washington-Burssels Axis its Proxy-War against Moscow. But winning militarily does not mean that Russia can also successfully restore peace with Ukraine again. On the contrary, there are many historical examples, form the war against Napoleon to the way it won the Second World War, in which out of victory Russia will reap the next decade-long confrontation on the European continent. How can that be forestalled and how can Europe be brought back to a lasting peace after so much trust has been destroyed? Dr. Glenn Diesen, who is a professor at the University of Southeast Norway and an associate editor at the Journal “Russia in Global Affairs”. Glenn's YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCZFCDIHTe9HGxtIuVDpBz7g Glenn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/glenn_diesen?s=21&t=87TK9_S8NP1en27PdGkSyQ Glenn's Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com
Russia WON the War. But Can It WIN The Peace? | Prof. Glenn Diesen
[Part 1 of 2] BRICS does not oppose the West, it opposes Block-Mentality. That's where this movement is the largest threat to the "with us or against us" mindset of NATO since the Nonaligned Movement. BRICS doesn't play along in this game of friends and enemies and is willing to cooperate with anyone, as the Turkish example shows. Hence the game of the West of trying to build up an external bogieman won't work. Listen to Professor Glenn Diesen explain this fundamental shift in the way the international system is working. Glenn's Video with Vladimir Putin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yild468_J9w Dr. Glenn Diesen is a professor at the University of Southeast Norway and an associate editor at the Journal “Russia in Global Affairs”. Glenn's YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCZFCDIHTe9HGxtIuVDpBz7g Glenn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/glenn_diesen?s=21&t=87TK9_S8NP1en27PdGkSyQ Glenn's Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com
The "Rest" DOESN'T CARE Anymore About The West's Block-Mentality | Prof. Glenn Diesen
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