The Trump administration does not seek peace with Russia – that is the most rational inference to draw from the conduct of the second Trump administration and, in particular, from the administration’s repeated demands that Russia ‘freeze’ a conflict that it regards as an existential threat. Dimitri Lascaris speaks with John Helmer, the longest serving foreign correspondent in Russia, about Trump’s latest theatrics in negotiations over the Ukraine war. According to Helmer, the real ‘brains’ behind Trump’s foreign policy are two little known neocons, A. Wess Mitchell and Elbridge Colby. What Mitchell and Colby envision is that the United States will reign supreme through a ‘grand protection racket’.
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John Helmer is an Australian-born journalist and foreign correspondent who has been based in Moscow since 1989. He has advised government leaders in multiple countries and contributed to publications like the Australian Financial Review, focusing on Russian business and politics. Helmer runs the website Dances With Bears and has published several books on political topics.
Dimitri Lascaris is a journalist and lawyer. As a lawyer, he specializes in class action litigation, international law and human rights. He was a member of the shadow cabinets of the Green Parties of Canada and Quebec. In 2020, he ran for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada and came in second. He is also the founder and editor of the YouTube channel Reasons 2 Resists with Dimitri Lascaris.
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