Vladimir Putin

A new coalition of anti-war socialists has formed in Russia.听Socialists Against the War Coalition speak out against the war in their manifesto.

Thirty years since the collapse of the听Soviet Union and听the end of the Cold War听the promised听peace and听harmony has been illusive, writes William Briggs.

The Washington insider crowd was absolutely outraged and appalled by Donald Trump鈥檚 performance at Helsinki, Juan Cole notes, as he violated all the principles of American hawkishness.

Trump sat next to Vladimir Putin, leader of a rival power, signaling that Russia is a peer. He sided with Putin over the assessments of the CIA, the National Security Agency and other US intelligence organizations.

US President Donald Trump made a fool of himself when he stood next to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that鈥檚 not the only thing he did in Europe. An editorial in US , abridged below, says the left needs to keep its eye on the deeper threat.

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Hardly a day goes by without much of the mainstream media concentrating on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections. This includes any news about the various investigations into the question, much blowhard opinionating by talking heads, charges that Russia sought to collude with Donald Trump鈥檚 campaign, and more.

It is probably true that Russia would seek to influence US politics to the extent it thought it could. But to keep a sense of proportion, we should recall that the world鈥檚 foremost 鈥渕eddler鈥 in other people鈥檚 politics and elections is Washington itself.

New international talks aimed at ending the Syrian conflict may be unlikely to succeed, but they do mark shifts in the alignment of competing forces.

The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted on December 31 to support a ceasefire in Syria that started the previous day. The latest round of international peace talks are scheduled for January 23 in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana.

When Donald Trump is sworn in as president on January 20, he will take over the running of the US intelligence agencies 鈥 the CIA, FBI, NSA etc 鈥 that have brought charges to discredit the outcome of his election.

The Electoral College has rubberstamped Trump鈥檚 election and Congress has ratified it. The storm over allegations of Russian听interference in last year鈥檚 elections will pass as The Leader takes charge and cleans house in these agencies.

But there are some things that should be noted about this brouhaha.

Russia's initiation of air strikes in Syria on September 30, a year after a US-led coalition began air strikes in Syria 鈥 both officially targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) 鈥 began the latest round of speculation of a 鈥渘ew Cold War鈥 with Russia and its allies pitted against the US and other Western imperialist powers.