Diplomacy

The Tragic U.S. Choice to Prioritize War Over Peacemaking

April 4, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Diplomacy, War and Peace

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, April 3, 2023 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. – Matthew 5:9 In a brilliant Op-Ed published in the New York Times, the Quincy Institute’s Trita Parsi explained how China, with help from Iraq, was able to mediate and resolve the deeply-rooted conflict between Iran[…]

China’s Prestigious Middle East Deal May Soon See Challenges

March 23, 2023 UNAC Editor China, Diplomacy, Iran, Saudi Arabia

by Bernhard, published on Moon of Alabama, March 13, 2023 What I like about this article is that it’s thesis is that a will to peace can create peace. The mediator need not be an enforcer if the achieved agreement is based on the legitimate interests of the negotiating parties. The role of the mediator is primarily to reveal these[…]

The Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine

March 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War, Diplomacy, Imperialism, Iraq, Militarism, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Hypocrisy, US Politics

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, March 15, 2023 March 19th marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq. This seminal event in the short history of the 21st century not only continues to plague Iraqi society to this day, but it also looms large over the current crisis in Ukraine, making it impossible[…]

G20 Fails to Agree on Joint Statement

March 11, 2023 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Global Alliances, India, Political Analysis

by Ahmen Adel, published on BRICSInfo, March 6, 2023 The meeting between the foreign ministers of G20 members in New Delhi on March 1-2 became a farce because Western countries wanted to focus on no other issue but the war in Ukraine. Western countries were not willing to discuss any other topics, such as the interaction between G20 member states,[…]

Ukraine War: Those Who Fail to Call for Negotiations, Fail to Understand the Dangerous Predicament that Faces Our Planet!

January 28, 2023 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Statement, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy

U.S. Peace Council Statement U.S. Peace Council January 25, 2023 At no time since the Cuban missile crisis has our world has been so close to disaster. As the war in Ukraine approaches its first anniversary, it is being increasingly transformed by the Biden administration and the “collective west” into a war between NATO and Russia. The danger of turning[…]

Progressive Caucus Reversal Shows U.S. Congress Alows No Antiwar Voice

November 6, 2022 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, US Politics

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, November 1, 2022 The cynicism of “Congressional Progressive Caucus” Democrats was exposed in their humiliating retraction this week of a letter sent to President Joe Biden calling on him to engage in direct diplomacy with the Russian government. After the backlash from Congressional Democrats, including some signers of the statement, in less than[…]

With Its Doomsday Clock Set at 100 Seconds to Midnight, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Calls for Escalating U.S. Aggression Against Russia

February 16, 2022 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Nuclear Weapons, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

By Roger D. Harris, Published on Black Agenda Report, February 16, 2022 The venerated Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is not a formation that peace advocates can support. Its recent statements on the US manufactured Ukraine crisis are supportive of US/NATO imperialism. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists emerged after World War II as a voice for peace by some of[…]

Third International Trade Union Forum:Comments by Ajamu Baraka

September 15, 2019 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Featured, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, September 11, 2019 There can be no workers’ rights without peace and social justice. “War and militarism are class issues.” Black Alliance for Peace national organizer and Black Agenda Report editor Ajamu Baraka delivered the following remarks to the International Trade Union Forum in Solidarity with Workers and People to Break the[…]

A Stumble at Hanoi, but Negotiations Remain on the Agenda

March 8, 2019 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Economic Blockade, Korea

by Gregor Elich, Published on Zoom In Korea, March 4, 2019 President Trump’s hasty decision to pull the plug on the Hanoi Summit ahead of schedule came as a stunning surprise. The feeling of disappointment in those who were hoping for success contrasted with the sense of relief in the U.S. foreign policy establishment, which remains steadfastly opposed to any[…]

On the Brink with Russia in Syria Again, 5 Years Later

September 14, 2018 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Featured, Political Analysis, Syria

White Helmet activists in Khan Sheikhoun made a video of themselves collecting evidence at the site of the execution of the supposed sarin gas attack. It is notable that they are not wearing adequate protective gear. By Ray McGovern, originally published on Consortium News, September 12, 2018 he New York Times, on September 11, 2013, accommodated Russian President Vladimir V.[…]