News for the international mind.

Tag: weapons of mass destruction

This Happened – March 20: Iraq Invasion Begins

Post author By
Post date March 20, 2024

Updated March 20, 2024 at 11:30 a.m The United States invaded Iraq on this day in 2003 under the pretext of Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). The Bush administration argued that Saddam Hussein’s regime posed a threat to U.S. national security and to the stability of the Middle East. However, no WMDs were […]

Tags international law, international law violation, invasion, iraq, iraq 2003, iraq invasion, iraq invasion 2003, iraq war, saddam hussein, saddam hussein's regime, un, weapons of mass destruction, wmds

Geopolitics Russia-Ukraine War

Kaliningrad Revisited: Where Putin’s Nuclear Threat Is Most Chilling

Post author By
Post date May 12, 2022

An Iskander-M missile system during a demonstration show in 2017 Sorokin Donat/TASS via ZUMA

Vladimir Putin has put his nuclear forces on alert — a shock for many, but even more so for those just across the Polish border from Kaliningrad where Russian nuclear missiles are stationed, and aimed at European capitals from Warsaw to Berlin.

Tags batlic sea, geopolitics, kaliningrad, nato, nuclear missiles, nuclear weapons, russia, ukraine crisis, war, weapons of mass destruction, world affairs

Exit mobile version