Edition No101 | 23-02-2025 - It’s been a week that has upended the foreign policy world and seen an acceleration towards what some of us have suspected for several years – that the old post WW2 international order is dead. It’s norms and stability only live one as a zombie concept in the minds of the myopic and timid class of managers that lead us, and who cannot imagine such a scenario or what must replace it. Not only that, but the gamekeeper has turned poacher, as the US seeks to align itself with Russia, an openly militaristic state run by a dictator for 30 years, hooked on wars, genocide, mass torture, rape and which revels in its role as global terrorist and pariah. This week saw the repetition of Russian talking points nearly word for word by Trump. There can be few who hold any lingering doubts about Trump's view of the war against Ukraine. He has openly praised the leader of the aggressor nation and sought to blame the victim for starting the war and not ending it all this time. Night is day, black is white – you get the idea. Where doubts have now surfaced is whether the US will continue to provide weapons or aid to Ukraine, and even if it may start aiding Russia instead. His comments on Wednesday put old doubts to rest and triggered this slew of new ones. Less than three years ago Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a standing ovation in Congress for resisting Russia's invasion. This week American’s newly elected leader lashed Zelenskyy verbally, calling him a ‘dictator’ and accusing him of corruption. That is rich coming from Trump, the master of failed business ventures and scams too numerous to list. And who’s boss, I mean partner Elon Musk is busy rinsing the federal government of funds and grants. Or the man they praise – Valdimir Putin who has never faced a truly competitive election, and for his 25 years in office has never run a free and fair campaign for reflection. How do we know Trump knows Zelenskyy is not a dictator? He’s not tried to crawl up his arse hole yet. Note, that Trump has never levelled any serious criticism at Putin ever. Literally not once. ----------SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISERA project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to Ukraine's front-line towns.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------LINKS:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36wn949jxnohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqjn74gdwzohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9vx01evp9o----------SILICON CURTAIN LIVE EVENTS - FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN 10 Events in 10 months - Advocacy for a Ukrainian victory with Silicon Curtainhttps://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasOur first live events this year in Lviv and Kyiv were a huge success. Now we need to maintain this momentum, and change the tide towards a Ukrainian victory. The Silicon Curtain Roadshow is an ambitious campaign to run 10 events in 10 months (at a minimum). We may add more venues to the program, depending on the success of the fundraising campaign. https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasWe need to scale up our support for Ukraine, and these events are designed to have a major impact. Your support in making it happen is greatly appreciated. All events will be recorded professionally and published for free on the Silicon Curtain channel. Where possible, we will also live-stream events.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------