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Follies of Empire

April 22, 2026

Dear CCI Friends,

Please consider the article and the video below in light of these questions: is the EU activerly obstructing the possibility of peace in Ukraine and is it actively campaigning for an all-out war with Russia?  

Patrick Lawrence, Ian Proud and Richard Sakwa make the case that that is indeed what is going on in Europe, unbelievable as it seems.  Professor Sakwa’s historical perspective is particularly disturbing; the war hysteria that is becoming more and more evident in Europe today is eerily, disturbingly like what we know occurred there in the lead-up to World War I.  

Please let us know how all of this strikes you.

Two Theatres, One War

“What animates these two confrontations such that to understand our moment we must see Ukraine and Iran as two theaters of a single war?”

https://consortiumnews.com/2026/04/18/patrick-lawrence-iran-ukraine-two-theaters-of-non-wests-single-war-for-parity/

“Excluding Russia from the West Caused the Ukraine War”

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