Links — 14 Jan 2022 AM

Dances with Bears ("Lavrov is announcing that Russia today knows the US intention is to go to war; and that Russia is prepared and is already on war footing on all fronts.")
IS GENEVA 2022 MUNICH 1938 WITHOUT CHAMBERLAIN’S PIECE OF PAPER? HOW TO READ THE US PAPER FOR PEACE FOR OUR TIME
John Helmer

http://johnhelmer.net/is-geneva-2022-munich-1938-without-chamberlains-piece-of-paper-how-to-read-the-us-paper-for-peace-for-our-time/

Unherd
What the West gets wrong about Putin
Harald Malmgren, geopolitical strategist, negotiator and former aide to Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford

https://unherd.com/2022/01/what-the-west-gets-wrong-about-putin/

The National Interest

How Russia Views the Ukraine Crisis

Lawrence Korb is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a former Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration.

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-russia-views-ukraine-crisis-199241

AntiWar

Antony Blinken and a Gun at Your Head

Ted Snider

https://original.antiwar.com/Ted_Snider/2022/01/11/antony-blinken-and-a-gun-at-your-head/

Axios
U.S. accuses Russia of preparing "false flag" operation to attack Ukraine

Zachary Basu

https://www.axios.com/russia-ukraine-false-flag-invasion-8a2fd6fe-57f4-4fa7-9798-b5347f5f6bfc.html

TASS (deployment of military hardware)
Top diplomat explains how Russia sees its military-technical response to security threats

https://tass.com/defense/1388331

TASS (splitting Europe)
Lavrov says Washington uses NATO just to retain influence over West

https://tass.com/world/1388291

TASS
Kiev’s problems with citizens stem from unconstitutional takeover — Russian top diplomat

https://tass.com/politics/1388405

Middle East Eye
Qassem Soleimani's assassination has backfired on the US and Israel
Marco Carnelos

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/iran-us-israel-qassem-soleimani-assassination-backfired

God' Spies

Our Rolling Civil War

Thomas Neuburger

https://neuburger.substack.com/p/our-rolling-civil-war

Russian and Eurasian Politics
Thoughts on a Still Murky Kazakhstan Crisis
Gordon M. Hahn | Expert Analyst at Corr Analytics, http://www.canalyt.com and a Senior Researcher at the Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies (CETIS), Akribis Group

Los Angeles Times
1 in 3 Americans now ‘alarmed’ by climate change. Why aren’t our leaders?

Editorial

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-01-13/americans-more-worried-climate-change

Asia Times

China, Russia and US in fifth-gen fighter export war

Gabriel Honrada 

https://asiatimes.com/2022/01/china-russia-and-us-in-fifth-gen-fighter-export-war/

RT
China claims to know true motive behind UK ban on Huawei (kneecap Chinese tech industry)
https://www.rt.com/news/546055-ex-minister-us-told-uk-ban-huawei

Independent Media Institute
Why Xinjiang Has Been a Touchy Subject in China for Centuries
Brittani Banks

https://independentmediainstitute.org/publisher-portal/?article_id=9413

SouthFront
Japan Risks Turning Into NATO Staging Ground Akin To Ukraine
https://southfront.org/japan-risks-turning-into-nato-staging-ground-akin-to-ukraine/

Zero Hedge
BlackRock's Assets Top $10 Trillion On Biggest Quarterly Inflow Since 2015
Tyler Durden

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/blackrocks-assets-top-10-trillion-biggest-quarterly-inflow-2015