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      A woman holding her child looks at U.S. soldier in Iraq in 2008

      The Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine

      As we mark the 20th anniversary of the devastating Iraq invasion, let us join with those around the world calling for immediate peace negotiations to end the brutal Ukraine war while we also help build a genuine rules-based international order.

      Medea Benjamin
      Nicolas J.S. Davies
      Mar 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 for most of the Global South to see the war in Ukraine through the same prism as U.S. and Western politicians.

      While the U.S. was able to strong-arm 49 countries, including many in the Global South, to join its "coalition of the willing" to support invading the sovereign nation of Iraq, only the U.K., Australia, Denmark and Poland actually contributed troops to the invasion force, and the past 20 years of disastrous interventions have taught many nations not to hitch their wagons to the faltering U.S. empire.

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      An Iraqi woman shouts "Don't shoot!" as US soldiers detain her family

      Blood Does Not Wash Away Blood

      Why we owe future generations our renunciation of all war and our continued vigilance to save this planet from further grief and destruction.

      Kathy Kelly
      Mar 14, 2023

      The extraordinary March 10, 2023 announcement that China’s top diplomat, Mr. Wang Yi, helped broker a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran suggests that major powers can benefit from believing that, as Albert Camus once put it, “words are more powerful than munitions.”

      This concept was also acknowledged by General Mark Milley, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff who said on January 20th, 2023, that he believes Russia's war in Ukraine will conclude with negotiations rather than on the battlefield. In November of 2022, asked about prospects for diplomacy in Ukraine, Milley noted that the early refusal to negotiate in World War One compounded human suffering and led to millions more casualties.

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      A Ukrainian soldier of an artillery unit fires towards Russian positions outside Bakhmut in November of 2022

      Pushing for Regime Change in Russia Implies an Embrace of Endless War in Ukraine

      It goes without saying that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is wrong, violates the UN Charter, and cannot be justified under international law. Yet still we must ask: where is the path towards ending this conflict and the horrors being faced by Ukrainians?

      Alexandra Boutri
      C.J. Polychroniou
      Mar 12, 2023

      Is it Russian imperialism or great-power politics that explains Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? And how likely is it that we could see regime change in Moscow? Moreover, do ideological labels matter in today’s political climate? C. J. Polychroniou tackles these questions in an interview with the French-Greek journalist Alexandra Boutri. He contends that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major war crime but that the ongoing war is rooted in NATO’s eastward expansion and associated with the game of great-power politics. As for those who compare Putin to Hitler and call for regime change in Russia, Polychroniou argues that such claims and demands are both absurd and dangerous.

      Alexandra Boutri: Let me start by asking you to share with me your views about an international relations topic that has dominated headlines for the past year, namely, the Russia-Ukraine war. Does it have its roots on Russian imperialistic aggression, which is the general view among most mainstream pundits, including many on the Left, or is it something more complicated than that?

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