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Biden’s Choice of ‘Hawkish’ Victoria Nuland for State Department Position is Ominous, Analyst Robbie Martin Warns - 12 October 2021|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi As fears of a New Cold War between the United States and the Russian Federation persist the incoming administration of Joe Biden appears to be signalling that it won’t be changing course from the well-travelled path of an aggressive foreign policy, a geo-political documentary filmmaker tells Mohamed Elmaazi.
Biden’s Plan to ‘Carve Up’ Iraq Into Three Statelets Has Proven Disastrous, Iraqi Sociologist Explains - 2 March 2021|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi US President Joe Biden recently launched airstrikes in Syria, claiming that they were in response to attacks on US-led occupation forces within Iraq. In a detailed interview, Iraqi sociologist Sami Ramadani explains that if the current trajectory of US policy doesn’t change, Iraq will face more destruction and destabilisation.
Stella Moris releases latest update in Julian Assange’s case via her CrowdJustice page - 16 February 2021|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi Stella Moris has published her latest update in the legal case of her fiancé Julian Assange. In her post Moris also called for continued support to aid with the WikiLeaks founder’s defence against the US government’s attempts to overturn Judge Baraitser’s discharge of the extradition order.
NATO-Linked Think Tank Proposes Biden Adopt Venezuela-Style ‘Regime Change’ Policies Towards Belarus - 16 February 2021|Sputnik|Mohamed Elmaazi The Biden administration should be massively boosting its funding to opposition groups in Belarus while increasing sanctions on the country in order to force out the current government, according to a discussion hosted by the highly influential Atlantic Council.
US-Russia Nuclear Treaty Only First Step in Ensuring ‘Future Existence of Our Species’ Professor Kuznick says - 1 February 2021|Sputnik|Mohamed Elmaazi The total number of nuclear weapons that Russia and the US can possess was limited by New START, signed between the two countries in 2010. The treaty would have expired on 5 February 2021, had the Biden administration not agreed to extend it for another five years.
Honduras Joining Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty A Success Amid ‘Insane’ US-Driven Arms Race, Expert Says - 29 October 2020|Sputnik|Mohamed Elmaazi Honduras is the fiftieth country to join the UN’s nuclear weapons ban treaty. The fact that this occurred amid intense pressure from the US government to undermine the treaty makes it both a “remarkable” and “ironic” development, according to the founder of American University’s Nuclear Studies Institute .
Over 150 Lawyers ‘Condemn’ Denial of Julian Assange’s ‘Right to a Fair Trial’ in Open Letter - 17 August 2020|Sputnik|Mohamed Elmaazi The potential extradition of the WikiLeaks publisher to the US and his treatment whilst in the UK “sets a risky precedent for the entire democratic world”, according to legal experts who have signed on to a detailed open letter to the British Prime Minister.
Nuking of Japan Was ‘Totally Unnecessary’ and Didn’t End World War II, US Historian Explains - 7 August 2020|Mohamed Elmaazi The historical record shows that it was the entry of the Soviets into the Pacific theatre that brought the Second World War to a close, and the idea that atomic weapons ended the war is a “myth”, unsupported by the evidence, expert in 20th century history Peter Kuznick says.