Stephen Bryen
Not Your Grandfather’s NATO
NATO, once a simple defensive alliance, now faces a crisis. Today, NATO is a huge multinational alliance of 32 countries, far larger and covering vastly more territory than the original 12 countries. In raw numbers, it has a potential military force of 3.5 million people and covers 25.07 million square kilometers (15.58 million square miles) […]
Video: The Disappearing Ukraine War
In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine after a series of demands and counter demands among Moscow, Kiev, Washington, and several European countries. The US provided Ukraine with weapons, more than $100 billion in aid, and political support including an invitation for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to appear before Congress. The military and political battles were front […]
Ukraine Attacks Europe’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant
Ukraine has attacked the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (NPP), the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, located in southeastern Ukraine on the shore of the Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper river. Western media have mostly ignored the attack, and neither the State Department nor the White House had anything to say about it thus far. NATO […]