Here are the game links:

https://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=406621

https://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=406622

Will pm with passwords. Thanks all.

Another idea per either scenario, if NATO were to decide that they had to act with force: a surprise offensive into eastern Belarus. Certainly not ideal, but not directly attacking Russia. Hold Belarus hostage until Russia stops? Threatening Russia without directly threatening Russia?? Sounds scary....

What do you think the West's reaction would be if Russia were to drop a nuke on Kiev? No clue. I imagine the West is currently talking loudly amongst themselves (so it's sure to be overheard by Russian intelligence) about what their response "will" be. What the response will actually be.... A massi...

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It's been a minute since I played last and a couple gunboats sound like a good time. Who wants to play? 50 :points:, 75% RR, 36hr, DSS, classic map. The "Lusthog" style of play means attempting to go for the win by any/all means! No draws allowed until a true stalemate line is formed and all survivi...

The US has confirmed two separate helicopter attacks in Belgorod, Russia. Thursday Ukraine hit an ammunition depot, Friday an oil depot. First known strikes on Russia soil since the invasion began.

https://youtu.be/ISMSIMF-pyY

The negotiations seem to making positive progress.

Has Biden's approval gone up? Yeah. Went from 39% to 46% according to the poll I read (maybe Gallup?). One from Pelosi who sounded like she'd downed a bottle of gin an hour before, one from Harris sounding like she was giving a briefing on the war to the under 5s, and a couple from Biden sounding v...

An import interview with Zelensky by CNN: "I'm ready for negotiations with him. I was ready for the last two years. And I think that without negotiations we cannot end this war," he told CNN's Fareed Zakaria. "I think that we have to use any format, any chance in order to have a possibility of nego...

It was a half-hearted effort, but perhaps the Biden Administration played it that way, knowing a Russian was inevitable. Germany's U-turn on defense spending/Nord 2, a more cooperative EU, and a spike in approval ratings back home (despite increasingly worsening inflation) are all positive diplomati...

A couple news nuggets: Russia claims to have used a hypersonic missle for the first time in Ukraine. Ukraine claims to have killed a 5th Russian general in an air strike. And a question: What did everyone think of NATO's deterrence strategy pre-invasion? Personally, I've never seen the US so open wi...

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cherokee-delegate-house-representatives-treaty The American Indian tribe came upon a long forgotten clause while researching the 1835 Treaty of New Echota: they can appoint a delegate of their choice to the US House of Representatives. They triggered the clause in 20...

Perhaps the most realistic ceasefire solution resembles a modified version of the Minsk agreements? Ukraine formally ceding territory, especially the lines drawn by Russia in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, is unlikely. Establishing new lines of control and buffer zones is achievable. Sign a formal...

The United States strikes not only at Russia but also at Europe. The NATO war against Yugoslavia in 1999 was a means of destabilizing the European Union. I kept seeing the Yugoslavia conflict mentioned when reading about Russian perceptions of the current conflict. NATO's intervention in a Russian ...

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has emerged as the key mediator for indirect talks between Zelensky and Putin. His experience cultivating a diverse collation in Israel to oust Benjamin Netanyahu might be helpful... I'm still skeptical Zelensky accepts anything ceding territory in the current ...

Volunteers > MIGs The planes are a terrible idea. No need to waste your brave pilots on suicide missions. The chance of meaningful impact is zero due to Russian air defense systems. Then what is the courage of these pilots? Sitting behind a simulator? )) This is the essence of NATO. And the Western...

I doubt that NATO allows the MiGs to get airborne before reaching Ukraine. Once across, it's open season. Russian intelligence officers amongst the refugees will certainly be on the lookout.

Maybe they've come up with a clever work around...

Meanwhile some US commentators are describing the EU as a new super power... A 'trilateral world' they say Lol :lol: A little to reliant on 'Merican firepower and boots to qualify as a "Superpower" And with reports of another Russian general killed in action, continuing military aid (not to mention...

China specifically is not in a rush. They were a world power before the US had spread across the continent, and they will be again. The 200 years in between have not been kind, but they can afford to bide their time and not get into a war which could set them back a few decades. Putin leading a dec...

I believe the official stance is that Taiwan is China, and China is part of Taiwan... Did they ever sign an agreemnent after the civil war? The PRC is the recognized government of both (Taiwan is part of China). No official agreement in between the two. The fighting stopped in the '50s when the US ...