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Posted by: John Phoenix The failed Ukrainian counteroffensive, the Israel-Hamas war, and other events have marked a turn away from US hegemony Scott Ritter @RealScottRitter@ScottRitter Compound image by RT ©  Andrey Bortko / Sputnik;  Djibo Issifou/picture alliance via Getty Images, Per-Anders Pettersson via Getty Images;  US Navy via AP, Jack Guez / AFP The year 2023 was a banner year for change, underscoring the reality of a world transforming away from American hegemony toward the uncertainty of a yet-to-be-defined multilateral reality. This transformation was marked by many events – here are the five most important ones. The failed Ukrainian counteroffensive Perhaps the most-hyped event of the year, Ukraine’s much-anticipated spring/su...

Posted by: John Phoenix In my recent visit, I met with people who once fought a bitter war against Moscow, but are now the country’s fiercest defenders Scott Ritter @RealScottRitter@ScottRitter ©  Scott Ritter Over the course of 24 days – from December 28 to  January 20 – I was able to take in the sights and sounds of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, as these two cities celebrated both the New Year and Russian Orthodox Christmas (I also got to experience the freezing cold of the Russian winter, which was very much part of the experience!) I viewed my winter sojourn in Russia as an extension of the journey I began in May 2023, when I embarked on a mission of trying to discover the country's essence in a manner that could be made discernible to my fello...

Posted by: John Phoenix Deliberate neglect, followed by a blockade and now war have failed to break the resolve of the peninsula’s inhabitants ©  Scott Ritter As the Russian military operation against Ukraine approaches its third year, the focus on the ongoing conflict has allowed another anniversary to go relatively unnoticed – it’s now around ten years since the violent events in Kiev’s Maidan square that put in motion the circumstances which precipitated the current conflict. Over the course of five days, from February 18 to 23, 2014, neo-Nazi provocateurs from the Svoboda (All Ukrainian Union ‘Freedom’) Party and the Right Sector, a coalition of far-right Ukrainian nationalists who follow the political teachings of Stepan Bandera and the Organization of Ukrai...