Links — 20 Jan 2022 AM

AntiWar
Breathe Easier: Blinken, Lavrov Meet Friday
Ray McGovern
https://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2022/01/19/breathe-easier-blinken-lavrov-meet-friday/

Gilbert Doctorow
Anthony Blinken and the Intellectual Bankruptcy of the Biden Administration

Gilbert Doctorow

https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2022/01/20/anthony-blinken-and-the-intellectual-bankruptcy-of-the-biden-administration/

Asia Times (jumping the shark)
NYT equates China’s health workers with Adolf Eichmann
John V Walsh, until recently a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School
https://asiatimes.com/2022/01/nyt-equates-chinas-health-workers-with-adolf-eichmann/

Digressions&Impressions
Michael Polanyi on the collapse of liberalism and the Rise of Fascism: Religion and Liberty
Eric Schliesser | Professor of Political Science, University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

https://digressionsnimpressions.typepad.com/digressionsimpressions/2022/01/michael-polanyi-on-the-collapse-of-liberalism-and-the-rise-of-fascism.html

Zero Hedge (this is what passes for US foreign policy)
Biden: "My Guess" Is Russia Will Invade Ukraine: "I Don't Know If Putin Decided What He Wants To Do"
Tyler Durden

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/biden-my-guess-russia-will-invade-ukraine-i-dont-know-if-putin-decided-what-he-wants

The Reactionary
Americans for War-Is the Ukraine/Russia conflict a US foreign policy goal?
Techno Fog

https://technofog.substack.com/p/americans-for-war

Reminiscence of the Future
America Needs War.
Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues.

http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/01/america-needs-war.html

Common Dreams
Anti-War Veterans Group Issues Its Own 'Nuclear Posture Review'
Jessica Corbett

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/01/19/anti-war-veterans-group-issues-its-own-nuclear-posture-review

Politico
Germany’s pivot from America
Matthew Karnitschnig

https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-pivot-from-america/

Sputnik International (US facing real competition)
China Fast Developing Space Capabilities Represent 'Pacing Challenge' for US, Pentagon Says
https://sputniknews.com/20220119/china-fast-developing-space-capabilities-represent-pacing-challenge-for-us-pentagon-says-1092380288.html

US Speaks About Russia's Alleged Invasion of Ukraine to Cover Its Provocations, Moscow Says

https://sputniknews.com/20220120/us-speaks-about-russias-alleged-invasion-of-ukraine-to-cover-its-provocations-moscow-says-1092389879.html

Responsible Statecraft — Quincy Institute “Putin faces no real threats from the Left, only from the Right [hardliners]”

Diplomats & experts: negotiate, or expect ‘drastic escalation’ by Russia

Anatol Lieven

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/01/20/diplomats-experts-negotiate-or-expect-drastic-escalation-by-russia/

TASS
No comment on Communists’ idea of recognizing DPR, LPR before Duma’s verdict — Kremlin
https://tass.com/politics/1390849

Russia, Belarus forced to respond to NATO buildup at shared borders, says diplomat

Russian troops near Ukraine’s border just reaction to West’s arms supplies to Kiev — envoy

https://tass.com/defense/1390743

Open Culture
How Karl Marx Influenced Abraham Lincoln and His Position on Slavery & Labor
Josh Jones

RT
CIA comments on claims that most ‘Havana Syndrome’ cases caused by foul play – media

https://www.rt.com/news/546610-havana-syndrome-cia-report/