skip to main | skip to sidebar

Ad Orientem

is the blog of an Orthodox Christian and is published under the spiritual patronage of St. John of San Francisco. Topics likely to be discussed include matters relating to Orthodoxy as well as other religious confessions, politics, economics, social issues, current events or anything else which interests me. © 2006-2025

Sunday, March 23, 2025

On Foreign Affairs

The ‘Free World’ Is Gone and There’s No Turning Back

Canada, May I Introduce You to Ukraine?

Trump’s Lust for Canada Echoes Putin’s Lust for Ukraine

Trump’s expansionism threatens the rules-based order in place since second world war

The strong will do what they will, and the weak will suffer what they must (reposted)
Posted by John (Ad Orientem) at 1:39 PM
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Labels: canada, Donald Trump, European Union, Foreign Affairs, imperialism, NATO, Russia, Ukraine

1 comment:

Fr Nathan Thompson said...

Thanks for posting these collections of articles. I really appreciate it.

3/24/2025 1:12 PM

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


St. John of San Francisco

Today's Feasts & Saints (New Calendar)

  • Orthodox Church in America

Today on the Old (Julian) Church Calendar

Loading...
Contact John (Ad Orientem)

Guidelines for Comments

Please read my Guidelines For Comments before posting. They are mostly common sense. But as my grandmother was wont to observe, "sense" is not as common as it used to be.
  • Advice for inquirers and those thinking about the Orthodox Church

Orthodox Information & Resources

Orthodox Information & Resources
  • A Critique of Old Calendarist Ecclesiology
  • A Defense of “Closed” Communion
  • About Orthodox Christianity
  • Against Contraception
  • Ancient Faith Radio
  • Caution: Schismatic and Bogus "Orthodox" groups
  • Christianity or the Church?
  • Death to the World: The Last True Rebellion
  • Did the Orthodox Church Leave the Catholic Church?
  • Divorce & Remarriage in the Latin West: A Forgotten History
  • Eighteen Centuries of the Orthodox Church- (1899)
  • Essential Orthodox Beliefs
  • Fasting Discipline of the Church
  • Fasting for Non-Monastics
  • Filioque by Fr. Thomas Hopko
  • Filioque II
  • On Church and Tradition
  • On Closed Communion
  • On Evangelicals & Holy Tradition
  • Orthodox Christian Information Center
  • Orthodox Christian Network- Including video and audio resources
  • Orthodox Christianity.net
  • Orthodox Coffins
  • Orthodox Parish Directory
  • Orthodox Publications
  • Sacramental Validity According to Sts. Basil and Augustine
  • Sola Scriptura: An Orthodox Perspective
  • St. Mary Magdalene - The parish through which I entered the Church
  • St. Pachomius Library - A living Encyclopedia of Orthodoxy
  • The Basic Principles of Attitude to the Non-Orthodox
  • The Catechism of St. Philaret
  • The Church Is Visible and One: A Critique of Protestant Ecclesiology
  • The Divine Liturgy: A patristic meditation
  • The Magisterium of the Orthodox Church
  • The Monastery of Pantocrator of Melissochori
  • The Non-Orthodox: The Orthodox Teaching on Christians Outside The Church
  • The Official Website of the Russian Orthodox Church
  • The Orthodox Church in America
  • The Rudder- 24hr Orthodox liturgy and chant
  • Tips for first time visitors to an Orthodox Church
  • Western Rite Information
  • Western Rite Orthodoxy
  • Western Rite Vicarate (AOANA)
  • Yes, the Jehovah's Witnesses are a cult.
  • Zizioulas: Lessons on Christian Dogmatics
  • Zizioulas: On the Unity of the Church of the First Three Centuries

Orthodox Blogs

Orthodox Blogs
  • Notes on Arab Orthodoxy
    Veneration of St Gregory Palamas in the Melkite Catholic Church
    2 hours ago
  • Orthodox Arts Journal
    Windows to the Divine: Orthodox Icons – an Interview with Seraphim O’Keefe
    16 hours ago
  • Glory to God for All Things
    St. Olga of Alaska, Pray for Us!
    19 hours ago
  • Fr. Ted's Blog
    Our Love is Based on God’s Love
    22 hours ago
  • Orthodox History
    New Translation: St Raphael Against the Papacy
    1 week ago
  • Orthodox History
    New Translation: St Raphael Against the Papacy
    1 week ago
  • Good Guys Wear Black | Discerning Your Vocation In The Orthodox Church
    Orthodox Priest’s Tips for New Deacons
    2 weeks ago
  • Byzantine, Texas
    On the canons
    4 months ago
  • Fr. John Whiteford's News, Comments, & Reflections
    St. John of Shanghai, the Moscow Patriarchate, and Other Local Orthodox Churches
    5 months ago
  • Orthodox Christian Theology
    Pope Leo III: Defender of the Filioque?
    6 months ago
  • Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
    A Clear Vision of Eternity
    6 months ago
  • Again and Again
    Stories
    8 months ago
  • Lux Christi
    Slowly but surely, I’m moving
    11 months ago
  • MYSTAGOGY
    1 year ago
  • Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy
    How “Nous” Became a Trojan Horse For Secularism, and Why it is So Difficult to Translate
    2 years ago
  • Energetic Procession
    The Four Horsemen of Palamism
    2 years ago
  • Second Terrace
    on the loss of Kallistos
    2 years ago
  • Orthodox Synaxis
    Lithuania, Ukraine, and the Moral Authority of the Patriarch of Moscow
    3 years ago
  • News | Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE
    Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch Visits Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Hama
    3 years ago
  • Православие.Ru — Orthodox Christianity
    Quarantine measures for churches extended until August 21 in Greece
    4 years ago
  • OrthodoxNorthwest
    Page Break with Lovely Sunset Silhouette of St Spiridon Cathedral in Seattle with the Space Needle in the Background
    5 years ago
  • Straight from the Heart
    A Brief Word about Eternal Punishment
    7 years ago
  • Orthodox Christianity / OrthoChristian.Com
Show 10 Show All

Non-Orthodox Blogs

Non-Orthodox Blogs
  • Aleteia.org
    5 Countries facing famine, including Sudan, Palestine, Haiti
    3 hours ago
  • Fr. Z's Blog
    19 June 325 – Adoption of the Nicene Creed
    7 hours ago
  • TitusOneNine
    (Church Times) ‘Horrific’ violence in Nigeria turns to murder
    13 hours ago
  • The Orthosphere
    American Philosemitism
    16 hours ago
  • The New Liturgical Movement
    Corpus Christi 2025
    17 hours ago
  • Religion Clause
    Recent Articles of Interest
    19 hours ago
  • Pastoral Meanderings
    I resemble that remark. . .
    23 hours ago
  • Gottesblog - Gottesdienst
    Throwback Thursday: The Unknown Sin?
    23 hours ago
  • RORATE CÆLI
    Two Traditional Pastors Removed in Under Three Years - Is This What Pastoral Care Looks Like?
    1 day ago
  • OnePeterFive
    The Catholic Struggle Against Same-Sex Attraction
    2 days ago
  • Edward Feser
    The U.S. should stay out of Israel’s war with Iran (Updated)
    2 days ago
  • Eclectic Orthodoxy
    Jordan Daniel Wood on Christian Afterlife Beliefs
    4 days ago
  • Just Genesis
    Some Hebrew Were Troglodytes
    1 week ago
  • As the sun in its orb
    Habemus Papam – 2005
    5 weeks ago
  • Erick Ybarra – Credo Ut Intelligam
    50% off on all my courses today (see link)
    1 year ago
  • ON COPTIC NATIONALISM في القومية القبطية
    HAPPY NATIVITY TO ALL FRIENDS, FOLLOWERS & READERS OF THIS BLOG!
    2 years ago
  • Eastern Christian Books
    Muslim Converts to Greek Orthodoxy
    2 years ago
  • Whispers in the Loggia
    For Brooklyn, “Columbus” Day Comes Early – In NY Homecoming, Pope Taps Brennan to Succeed “The Czar”
    3 years ago
  • Timotheos Prologizes
    What's wrong with the 2019 Prayer Book?
    6 years ago
Show 10 Show All

Politics Economics Culture & Miscellaneous Blogs

Politics Economics Culture & Miscellaneous Blogs
Don't blame me... I voted for George (the Third)
  • Political Calculations
    Outside the Box Thinking: Flying Cars
    14 minutes ago
  • SCOTUSblog
    Announcement of opinions for Friday, June 20
    4 hours ago
  • Shorpy Historical Photos
    Mexican Gulf: 1901
    16 hours ago
  • TheCollector
    5 Important Schools of Philosophy in Ancient Rome
    1 day ago
  • Jane Austen's World
    Pride and Prejudice “Peacock” Edition
    4 days ago
  • Cruising The Past
    Caviar Always – Cruise Ship Menus from the Past
    2 weeks ago
  • LibertarianChristians.com RSS Feed
    Man: Sub-Creator—A Basis of Liberty
    3 weeks ago
  • Wall Street On Parade
    Senator Chris Murphy Charges that Trump “Has Opened a Channel for Bribery”
    3 weeks ago
  • Wanted On Voyage
    TRUE NORTH TWINS: R.M.S. NEWFOUNDLAND & R.M.S. NOVA SCOTIA
    2 months ago
  • Ethics Forum
    Philosophers Needed to Navigate the AI Revolution
    2 months ago
  • All Things Georgian
    The Beautiful Mrs Graham
    2 months ago
  • Royal World
    I stand with Canada
    3 months ago
  • The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
    Bullying, power and control: why people believe in conspiracy theories and how to respond
    3 months ago
  • Byzantine Blog
    BBC’s Chronicle – The Fall of Constantinople
    1 year ago
  • A conservative blog for peace
    Thanks, Father Sam. RIP.
    2 years ago
  • Edwardian Promenade
    PERIOD DRAMA ALERT: THE PORTER
    3 years ago
  • Midwest Conservative Journal
    THEOLOGY LESSON
    4 years ago
  • THE MONARCHIST
    Surpassing of Francis Joseph
    5 years ago
  • Ocean Liner Blogger
    Famous Four Stackers: SS France
    5 years ago
  • radical royalist
    Message from HRH The Prince of Wales to the people of Australia
    5 years ago
  • self-evident
    Prediction Markets and the Kelly Criterion, Part 5
    6 years ago
  • ROYAL RUSSIA
    Nicholas II Conference. Colchester, England. 27 October 2018
    7 years ago
  • City Journal
Show 10 Show All

Miscellaneous Sites of Interest

Miscellaneous Sites of Interest
  • A History of Money and banking in the United States
  • A Monarchist Reading List
  • Ad Orientem - A War Story
  • Ad Orientem - When Orthodox is not
  • Ad Orientem on the Birthers
  • Ad Orientem on the crisis in the Episcopal Church
  • Ad Orientem on the Death Penalty
  • Byzantine History Podcasts
  • City Journal- Conservative reflections on urban America
  • Crypto-currency
  • Debunking Kennedy Conspiracy Nonsense
  • Debunking Titanic Conspiracy Theories
  • Dying of Money
  • Gentleman's Gazette
  • Guide to Domestic Life & Budgeting (1823)
  • Jacobite Heritage
  • John Tallis London Street Views 1838-40
  • Life in the late Georgian period
  • Marriage Law in Late Georgian England
  • Metal, Money, and the Measurable Value of Gold
  • Nicolás Gómez Dávila
  • Permanent Portfolio Discussion Forum
  • Portfolio Visualizer
  • QAnon
  • Refdesk: Information on anything
  • Republicans Against Trump
  • Sky News Live (UK)
  • The Bogleheads Forum
  • The Cato Institute
  • The Mises Institute of Economics
  • The NY Tribune Online 1842-1866
  • The NY Tribune Online 1866-1922
  • The Scientific American Handbook of Travel (1910)
  • The Tontine Coffee House
  • Traditional Anglican Resources
  • US Debt Clock
  • What is the Permanent Portfolio?
  • When Money Dies
  • Wikipedia
  • Wikipedia (in Latin)
  • Wrath of Gnon

The Blog Yard

The Blog Yard
Where the best blogs go when they die...

Gone But Not Forgotten

  • Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment
    Obituary of a very failed Pontificate
    2 weeks ago
  • The Esoteric Curiosa
    Austria's "Man With A Future" ~ A Fly On The Wall For An 1898 View Of The Foreign Minister Who Gets Things Done!
    1 year ago
  • The Deacon's Bench
    CNA: Rochester bishop requested Sheen beatification delay
    5 years ago
  • Wilson Revolution Unplugged
    A Dozen Years
    6 years ago
  • Orthodox in the District
    At the Crucible of History: The Centenary of the Romanov Family’s Murder
    6 years ago
  • The Anti-Gnostic
    Moving day
    7 years ago
  • The Mad Monarchist
    MM Mini View: Kings of Portugal (Part III)
    7 years ago
  • Midwest Conservative Journal
    MY FELLOW AMERICANS
    8 years ago
  • The Crescat
    Ten Years is a Long Run…
    9 years ago
  • Vivificat!
    Another Instance of Post-Resurrection Docetism in the Breviary
    10 years ago
  • Visibilium
    Christ Is Risen!
    10 years ago
  • Pithless Thoughts
    How to Do Shameless?
    10 years ago
  • Unqualified Reservations
    Hiatus
    10 years ago
  • Kyrie, Eleison!
    Oh, So THAT'S What You're Talking About!
    10 years ago
  • The Catacomb Chronicles
    No time to blog
    11 years ago
  • Bad Vestments
    HABEMUS...SOMETHING OR OTHER
    12 years ago
  • Royal Portraits
    David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii
    13 years ago
  • A Morbid Fascination
    Oroville Pioneer Cemetery, Oroville, California
    13 years ago
  • Eirenikon
    A request
    14 years ago
  • Central Pennsylvania Orthodox
    Glorious Nativity
    15 years ago
  • Western Orthodoxy
    Orthodox Benedictine Monastery Receives Favorable Media Coverage
    15 years ago
  • Hallowedground
    Ite Missa Est. Alleluia! Alleluia!
    16 years ago
  • Cathedra Unitatis: Predecessor of Eirenikon
    Moving Day
    17 years ago
  • Pontifications
    Disbelieving the Predestinarian God
    17 years ago
Show 10 Show All

Blog Archive

  • ▼  2025 (111)
    • ►  June (7)
    • ►  May (18)
    • ►  April (18)
    • ▼  March (16)
      • Various for 3/31
      • On the rule of law
      • Various for 3/26
      • Various...
      • On Foreign Affairs
      • Pope Francis to return to the Vatican
      • Worth a read...
      • 95 Years Ago
      • Sunday of Orthodoxy
      • Great Compline with Canon of Repentance, Clean Thu...
      • Hours, Typica, Presanctified Liturgy, for Clean We...
      • Memory Eternal
      • Midnight Office and Matins, 1st hour for Clean Tue...
      • Great Compline with Canon of Repentance for Clean ...
      • Forgiveness Sunday
      • Ooops
    • ►  February (31)
    • ►  January (21)
  • ►  2024 (239)
    • ►  December (20)
    • ►  November (19)
    • ►  October (19)
    • ►  September (15)
    • ►  August (14)
    • ►  July (25)
    • ►  June (9)
    • ►  May (22)
    • ►  April (21)
    • ►  March (26)
    • ►  February (25)
    • ►  January (24)
  • ►  2023 (190)
    • ►  December (30)
    • ►  November (33)
    • ►  October (15)
    • ►  September (17)
    • ►  August (11)
    • ►  July (11)
    • ►  June (9)
    • ►  May (12)
    • ►  April (13)
    • ►  March (14)
    • ►  February (13)
    • ►  January (12)
  • ►  2022 (153)
    • ►  December (17)
    • ►  November (12)
    • ►  October (13)
    • ►  September (16)
    • ►  August (8)
    • ►  July (12)
    • ►  June (12)
    • ►  May (13)
    • ►  April (15)
    • ►  March (12)
    • ►  February (14)
    • ►  January (9)
  • ►  2021 (239)
    • ►  December (21)
    • ►  November (11)
    • ►  October (14)
    • ►  September (22)
    • ►  August (20)
    • ►  July (12)
    • ►  June (20)
    • ►  May (18)
    • ►  April (13)
    • ►  March (22)
    • ►  February (38)
    • ►  January (28)
  • ►  2020 (246)
    • ►  December (29)
    • ►  November (16)
    • ►  October (14)
    • ►  September (17)
    • ►  August (16)
    • ►  July (14)
    • ►  June (22)
    • ►  May (16)
    • ►  April (27)
    • ►  March (24)
    • ►  February (27)
    • ►  January (24)
  • ►  2019 (228)
    • ►  December (15)
    • ►  November (26)
    • ►  October (26)
    • ►  September (14)
    • ►  August (22)
    • ►  July (17)
    • ►  June (3)
    • ►  May (23)
    • ►  April (23)
    • ►  March (10)
    • ►  February (25)
    • ►  January (24)
  • ►  2018 (217)
    • ►  December (18)
    • ►  November (20)
    • ►  October (26)
    • ►  September (18)
    • ►  August (13)
    • ►  July (12)
    • ►  June (13)
    • ►  May (20)
    • ►  April (15)
    • ►  March (19)
    • ►  February (23)
    • ►  January (20)
  • ►  2017 (174)
    • ►  December (15)
    • ►  November (18)
    • ►  October (12)
    • ►  September (4)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  July (14)
    • ►  June (15)
    • ►  May (17)
    • ►  April (17)
    • ►  March (30)
    • ►  February (13)
    • ►  January (17)
  • ►  2016 (311)
    • ►  December (16)
    • ►  November (40)
    • ►  October (40)
    • ►  September (33)
    • ►  August (17)
    • ►  July (30)
    • ►  June (27)
    • ►  May (23)
    • ►  April (19)
    • ►  March (25)
    • ►  February (18)
    • ►  January (23)
  • ►  2015 (349)
    • ►  December (25)
    • ►  November (24)
    • ►  October (38)
    • ►  September (18)
    • ►  August (13)
    • ►  July (25)
    • ►  June (25)
    • ►  May (25)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  March (38)
    • ►  February (59)
    • ►  January (55)
  • ►  2014 (483)
    • ►  December (48)
    • ►  November (43)
    • ►  October (25)
    • ►  September (31)
    • ►  August (4)
    • ►  July (37)
    • ►  June (31)
    • ►  May (43)
    • ►  April (41)
    • ►  March (62)
    • ►  February (55)
    • ►  January (63)
  • ►  2013 (858)
    • ►  December (64)
    • ►  November (57)
    • ►  October (56)
    • ►  September (50)
    • ►  August (87)
    • ►  July (112)
    • ►  June (66)
    • ►  May (102)
    • ►  April (84)
    • ►  March (74)
    • ►  February (79)
    • ►  January (27)
  • ►  2012 (1395)
    • ►  December (50)
    • ►  November (95)
    • ►  October (123)
    • ►  September (106)
    • ►  August (97)
    • ►  July (134)
    • ►  June (124)
    • ►  May (119)
    • ►  April (139)
    • ►  March (125)
    • ►  February (134)
    • ►  January (149)
  • ►  2011 (1402)
    • ►  December (113)
    • ►  November (129)
    • ►  October (154)
    • ►  September (97)
    • ►  August (63)
    • ►  July (88)
    • ►  June (122)
    • ►  May (138)
    • ►  April (96)
    • ►  March (144)
    • ►  February (92)
    • ►  January (166)
  • ►  2010 (887)
    • ►  December (108)
    • ►  November (108)
    • ►  October (109)
    • ►  September (84)
    • ►  August (72)
    • ►  July (52)
    • ►  June (91)
    • ►  May (78)
    • ►  April (91)
    • ►  March (62)
    • ►  February (23)
    • ►  January (9)
  • ►  2009 (388)
    • ►  December (27)
    • ►  November (49)
    • ►  October (60)
    • ►  September (26)
    • ►  August (21)
    • ►  July (36)
    • ►  June (42)
    • ►  May (41)
    • ►  April (25)
    • ►  March (19)
    • ►  February (17)
    • ►  January (25)
  • ►  2008 (156)
    • ►  December (21)
    • ►  November (15)
    • ►  October (12)
    • ►  September (24)
    • ►  August (10)
    • ►  July (26)
    • ►  June (16)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (10)
    • ►  January (18)
  • ►  2007 (306)
    • ►  December (15)
    • ►  November (17)
    • ►  October (17)
    • ►  September (25)
    • ►  August (20)
    • ►  July (24)
    • ►  June (36)
    • ►  May (38)
    • ►  April (27)
    • ►  March (45)
    • ►  February (23)
    • ►  January (19)
  • ►  2006 (330)
    • ►  December (29)
    • ►  November (36)
    • ►  October (38)
    • ►  September (48)
    • ►  August (24)
    • ►  July (14)
    • ►  June (35)
    • ►  May (58)
    • ►  April (48)

Copyright & Permissions

Unless otherwise noted all written material on this blog is copyrighted by the blog owner. All rights are reserved except as stated below.

I generally have no problem with someone quoting Ad Orientem unless it's for commercial purposes or something that's copyrighted other than by me (in either which case kindly ask first). In all cases please be polite and include attribution and a link. Remember good netiquette.

A conscientious effort is made to respect the rights of others when quoting or displaying their work on this blog. As a general rule only excerpts are posted with a link to the original source. Common sense exceptions may include instances where it is believed in good faith that the content falls within the public domain or where the quoted content is so brief that excerpting is not practical.

Atom / RSS