Diplomacy

Marco Rubio’s Diplomatic Attack on South Africa is Punishment for Standing Up to Israel

March 19, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, International Institutions, International Law, South Africa, US Foreign Policy, US Government Action, US Hypocrisy

by Ziad Motala, published on Mondoweiss, Marh 15, 2025 The Trump administration’s extraordinary and unprecedented move to effectively expel South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool was done for one reason: South Africa had the audacity to hold Israel accountable for the Gaza genocide. In an extraordinary and unprecedented move, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has declared South African Ambassador[…]

Putin Praises Friendly Russian-US Negotiations in Riyadh

February 22, 2025 UNAC Editor Anti-War, Diplomacy, Imperial Wars, Russia, Ukraine, US Government Action, US Politics

by Sputnik, published on Defend Democracy, February 20, 2025 We don’t often get to read/hear what Putin has to say directly. It is particularly important when we don’t entirely trust our own leaders that we are familiar with the story from both sides. [ jb] ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he had[…]

U.S. rejects China’s Proposal to Ban First Use of Nuclear Weapons

May 21, 2024 Judith Bello Asia, China, Diplomacy, Nuclear Weapons

by John Wojcik, Mark Gruenberg and Ben Chacko, published on People’s World, May 16, 2024, The U.S. has dismissed Chinese calls for a no-first-use treaty between nuclear weapons states, saying it has questions about China’s “sincerity.” The outright dismissal of China’s proposal followed a major speech in which Biden announced radical tariffs of up to 100 percent, on steel imports[…]

US-Backed Roll of the Dice Leaves Ukraine in Worse Crisis

September 1, 2023 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Europe, NATO, Political Analysis, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, August 16, 2023 Based on Biden’s own definition of U.S. war aims, his policy is failing, and it is hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers, not Americans, who are paying the price. President Biden wrote in the New York Times in June 2022 that the United States was arming Ukraine to “fight[…]

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[…]

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[…]

Peace Talks Essential as War Rages on in Ukraine

September 6, 2022 UNAC Editor Cold War, Diplomacy, Russia, Ukraine, US Meddling in Europe

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, September 5, 2022 Six months ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. The United States, NATO and the European Union (EU) wrapped themselves in the Ukrainian flag, shelled out billions for arms shipments, and imposed draconian sanctions intended to severely punish Russia for its aggression. Since then, the people of Ukraine have been paying a[…]

How Could the U.S. Help to Bring Peace to Ukraine?

April 28, 2022 UNAC Editor NATO, Russia, Ukraine, United Nations, US Hypocrisy, War and Peace

by Nicolas J. S. Davies, published April 27, 2022 I am publishing this article as a counterpoint to one I published recently that says there will be no possibility of a negotiated end to this war. I do think that the US could facilitate a negotiated end to the war by merely desisting from blocking a negotiated conclusion to the[…]

Activist Explains Why Anti-war Movement Wants U.S. out of Ukraine

March 1, 2022 UNAC Editor Action!!, Protest, Russia, U.S. Aggression, U.S. Budget, Ukraine

by Staff, published on Fightback News, February 27, 2022 Minneapolis, MN – Fight Back! News interviewed Meredith Aby-Keirstead, a founding member of the MN Anti-War Committee, on February 27 for her anti-war perspective on the crisis in the Ukraine and the proxy war developing between the U.S./NATO and Russia. Fight Back!: Why should Americans join with the anti-war movement right[…]

Ukraine: The Tip of the Spear for the Imperialist Project

February 16, 2022 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Imperialism, Ukraine

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Towards Freedom, February 14, 2022 We have serious concerns that the accelerated drive to militarization and war by the United States and its allies dramatically unfolding with the crisis in Ukraine might very easily escalate to the point that it could threaten global humanity. In their mad drive to advance their geostrategic interests to the[…]