Links — 1 August 2022 Part 1

The Postil Magazine
The Hidden Truth about the War in Ukraine (backgrounder. Baud shows that from the beginning, shortly after the collapse of the USSR, the Western objective has been to cancel Russia.)

https://www.thepostil.com/the-hidden-truth-about-the-war-in-ukraine

Ukraine: Weapons or Peace? A Conversation with Jacques Baud

https://www.thepostil.com/ukraine-weapons-or-peace-a-conversation-with-jacques-baud

Jacques Baud, a former colonel of the General Staff, ex-member of the Swiss strategic intelligence, and specialist on Eastern countries. He was trained in the American and British intelligence services. He has served as Policy Chief for United Nations Peace Operations.

One World

A Major Russian Businessman Envisions Economic Ties With India Replacing European Ones

Andrew Korybko, American geopolitical analyst and independent journalist based in Moscow, and member of the expert council for the Institute of Strategic Studies and Predictions at the People’s Friendship University of Russia

https://oneworld.press/?module=articles&action=view&id=3136

Turcopolier 
” … Ukraine ‘Potentially Winning Decisively’ Over Russia.” (Does Col. Lang have a case of confirmation bias?)

https://turcopolier.com/ukraine-potentially-winning-decisively-over-russia/

“Taiwan is not an easy island to invade.” (Defending Taiwan is a worse logistical challenge for the US.)

https://turcopolier.com/taiwan-is-not-an-easy-island-to-invade/

Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.) 

India Punchline
China is still playing the long game on Taiwan
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador

https://www.indianpunchline.com/china-is-still-playing-the-long-game-on-taiwan/

Moon of Alabama
On The 'Woke' Flight To Taiwan

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/08/on-the-woke-flight-to-taiwan.html

JDS
Ukraine Is the Latest Neocon Disaster

Jeffrey D. Sachs | University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed The Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016. He is also president of the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network and a commissioner of the U.N. Broadband Commission for Development. He has been adviser to three United Nations secretaries-general and currently serves as an SDG advocate under Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/m6rb2a5tskpcxzesjk8hhzf96zh7w7

The Vineyard of the Saker
Brandon shifts the narrative on Banderastan
The Saker

http://thesaker.is/brandon-shifts-the-narrative-banderastan/

Al Mayadeen

Donetsk being cleared of Ukrainian mines banned by Geneva Convention

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/donetsk-being-cleared-of-ukrainian-mines-banned-by-geneva-co

Aaron Maté
NATO-backed network of Syria dirty war propagandists identified (The Guardian)

https://mate.substack.com/p/nato-backed-network-of-syria-dirty

RT — Question More (Russian state-sponsored media)
World re-entering the coal age – IEA

https://www.rt.com/business/559857-coal-demand-expected-to-grow/

MSN
JPMorgan says Russia has had little problem rerouting its oil exports, meaning the expected plunge in production never happened

Harry Robertson, Business Insider

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/jpmorgan-says-russia-has-had-little-problem-rerouting-its-oil-exports-meaning-the-expected-plunge-in-production-never-happened/ar-AA106k67

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
French Volunteer: I Witnessed Bucha Frame-Up

https://sputniknews.com/20220801/french-volunteer-i-witnessed-bucha-frame-up-1098000423.html

TASS (Russian state media)
West seeks to impose global war on mankind, says Russian intel chief [Sergey Naryshkin]

https://tass.com/politics/1487305

Defense One
House’s ‘Irregular Warfare’ Provision Risks Unintended War

Katherine Yon Ebright, Brennan Center For Justice

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2022/08/houses-irregular-warfare-provision-risks-unintended-war/375178/