Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin (photo from 2018). US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have officially begun negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Whatever the territorial solutions, they will not resolve the entire dispute. It will probably persist beyond peace. Three problems overlap: 1— NATO’s expansion to the East and…

Well, thank you, and thanks to all the gathered delegates, luminaries, and media professionals. Thanks especially to the host of the Munich Security Conference for being able to put on such an incredible event. We’re, of course, thrilled to be here. We’re happy to be here. One of the things that I wanted to talk…

Voltaire, International Newsletter is a weekly newsletter on international politics. It features 10 to 15 pages of contextualized, sourced news items. Its aim is to enable you to follow the decline of the unipolar world and the emergence of a multipolar system. The newsletter is published in several languages. Several foreign ministries from different countries…

• US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said during a visit to NATO headquarters that the war between Ukraine and Russia “must stop.” The Trump administration is now focused on securing its own borders and preventing China’s expansion. Speaking to the Contact Group for the defense of Ukraine, Secretary Hegseth also said that European troops…

The defeat of the Khazarian comedian Zelensky and the inauguration of Trump 2.0 have catalyzed the beginning of a new tripolar world order between the United States, Russia and China [1] and have proven right the already historic speech of Tsar Vladimir Putin 18 years ago at the Munich Security Conference (MSC), where he had advocated…

Voltaire, International Newsletter is a weekly newsletter on international politics. It features 10 to 15 pages of contextualized, sourced news items. Its aim is to enable you to follow the decline of the unipolar world and the emergence of a multipolar system. The newsletter is published in several languages. Several foreign ministries from different countries…

Former Israeli Defense Minister General Yoav Gallant acknowledged on 7 February on Channel 12 that he had ordered the IDF on 7 October 2023 to apply the "Hannibal Directive". According to him, it was implemented in some places, but not in others [1]. In extreme situations, this protocol provides for killing Israelis rather than letting them…

On the occasion of the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, on December 7, 2024, re-elected President Donald Trump meets his unelected counterpart from Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron. President Donald Trump had announced that he would resolve the Ukraine conflict in a matter of days, then acknowledged that…

Voltaire, International Newsletter is a weekly newsletter on international politics. It features 10 to 15 pages of contextualized, sourced news items. Its aim is to enable you to follow the decline of the unipolar world and the emergence of a multipolar system. The newsletter is published in several languages. Several foreign ministries from different countries…

• US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a plan to take over the Gaza Strip and forcibly expel its Palestinian population was met with widespread outrage, with even the US closest allies rejecting the idea as unacceptable and illegal. • During a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump said: “We’ll…

This article follows “Misinterpretations of the Evolution of the United States (1/2)”, by Thierry Meyssan, January 28, 2025. In 1838, 4,000 to 8,000 Cherokees died of cold, hunger or exhaustion on the “Trail of Tears.” Under the Indian Removal Act, they left the East Coast of the United States to Europeans and agreed to travel…

Voltaire, International Newsletter is a weekly newsletter on international politics. It features 10 to 15 pages of contextualized, sourced news items. Its aim is to enable you to follow the decline of the unipolar world and the emergence of a multipolar system. The newsletter is published in several languages. Several foreign ministries from different countries…