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Legitimacy in countries that are “democracies” (formally, at least) comes from the support of the masses. Logically, one would expect that the ruling parties and/or coalitions would have the most support. However, as everything in the political West has essentially turned on its head, particularly in recent times, the very concept of “democratic” rule now seems to have lost its meaning. While the mainstream propaganda machine likes to call Russian President Vladimir Putin a “dictator”, despite his approval rating hovering around 85-90%, they fail to explain how it is possible that so many EU/NATO “leaders” have had negative public approval for […] #Europe #Featured #Government Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/how-legitimate-are-western-leaders/?feed_id=12671

Washington intends to advance billions of dollars in aid to Kiev using the profits from Russia’s frozen assets as loan guarantees in anticipation of Donald Trump’s return to the White House next January. However, the West is once again short-sighted as the economic aggression will further evaporate the trust non-Western countries have in Western financial institutions. According to the Financial Times in an article titled “G7 warms to plan for Trump-proofing Ukraine aid,” the group made up of Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom is expected to discuss a plan at the June summit on how […] #UkraineWar Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/05/g7-wants-to-help-trump-proof-ukraine-using-profits-from-frozen-russian-assets/?feed_id=11891

by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher A secret meeting took place in December in the Saudi Arabian capital between the United States, Ukraine, its G7 allies and a small group of countries from the Global South to try to drum up support for Kiev’s conditions for resolving the conflict with Moscow. Russia was not invited to the meeting, and China decided not to send a representative, reported Bloomberg, whilst Brazil stressed any such meeting must have a Russian presence. According to Bloomberg, the meeting’s secrecy was intended, in part, to make participating countries feel more comfortable joining, as it was […] #Featured #Government #UkraineWar #WarZone #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/01/west-frustrated-by-global-souths-refusal-to-abandon-russia-in-secret-us-g7-meeting-on-ukraine/?feed_id=8104