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  •  | White phosphorus fired by Israeli army to create a smoke screen is seen on the Israel Lebanon border in northern Israel November 12 2023 REUTERSEvelyn Hockstein | MR Online

    Gaza breakdown: 20 times Israel used U.S. arms in likely war crimes

    Originally published: Responsible Statecraft on August 26, 2024 by Stephen Semler (more by Responsible Statecraft) (Posted Aug 29, 2024)

    If the Biden administration is truly concerned about the loss of innocent Palestinian life in Gaza, it can stop Israel’s atrocities by denying it the tools it needs to commit them.

  •  | VC is busting the Military Industrial Complex | MR Online

    How VC is busting the Military Industrial Complex — for its own benefit

    Originally published: Responsible Statecraft on January 15, 2024 by Shana Marshal (more by Responsible Statecraft) (Posted Jan 16, 2024)

    Didn’t think there could be anything worse than the existing defense bureaucracy? This next-gen is a real killer.

  •  | Germany gets a new antiwar party this time on the left | MR Online

    Germany gets a new antiwar party, this time on the left

    Originally published: Responsible Statecraft on November 15, 2023 by Molly O'Neal (more by Responsible Statecraft) (Posted Nov 18, 2023)

    Its appeal depends largely on whether voters agree that Berlin’s economic woes can be blamed on the country’s Ukraine war policy.

  •  | Weapons cargo bound for Ukraine is loaded onto a C 17 Globemaster III during a security assistance mission at Dover Air Force Base Delaware Aug 19 2022 The Department of Defense is providing Ukraine with critical capabilities to defend against Russian aggression under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cydney Lee | MR Online

    How weapons firms influence the Ukraine debate

    Originally published: Responsible Statecraft on June 1, 2023 by Ben Freeman (more by Responsible Statecraft) (Posted Jun 08, 2023)

    ‘Experts’ from defense industry funded think tanks are flooding the media, pushing for more arms without disclosing their benefactors.

  •  | Operational Detachment Alpha ODA | MR Online

    Make no mistake, the U.S. military will continue to thrive after Afghanistan

    Originally published: Responsible Statecraft on August 16, 2021 by Douglas Macgregor (more by Responsible Statecraft) (Posted Aug 17, 2021)

    There are too many careers and too much money tied to American power projection. So expect it to shift, not recede from the stage.

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    Calling Putin a ‘killer’ with ‘no soul’ is not exactly diplomatic finesse

    Originally published: Responsible Statecraft on March 18, 2021 by Anatol Lieven (more by Responsible Statecraft) (Posted Mar 22, 2021)

    Meanwhile, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the “killer” jab a “very bad statement by the U.S. president,” ​that indicated “he doesn’t want to normalize relations.”

  •  | Russian President Vladimir Putin ID1974Shutterstock and President Joe Biden Stratos Brilakisshutterstock | MR Online

    Biden’s retaliatory cyberattacks against Russia are folly

    Originally published: Responsible Statecraft on March 11, 2021 by Anatol Lieven (more by Responsible Statecraft) (Posted Mar 16, 2021)

    More importantly, the planned action reflects two very serious errors in judgement, which left unchecked, could increase in scope under the new Biden administration.

Monthly Review Essays

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    1. Introduction The predominance of US economic, political and military power in the world was established at the end of the Second World War.1 With just 6.3 percent of global population, the United States held about 50 percent of the world wealth in 1948. As the only power which had used nuclear weapons on civilian […]

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