AUTHOR
Scott Ritter
38 ARTICLES
Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of 'SCORPION KING: America's Suicidal Embrace of Nuclear Weapons from FDR to Trump.' He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, served in General Schwarzkopf's staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991 to 1998 served as a chief weapons inspector with the UN in Iraq. Mr Ritter currently writes on issues pertaining to international security, military affairs, Russia, and the Middle East, as well as arms control and nonproliferation.
The CIA never comes to Russia in peace
Ratcliffe’s Moscow visit may be framed as routine, but it came from an agency still deeply involved in killing Russians and guiding Ukraine. CIA Director...
NATO is spending itself into oblivion
If bloc members continue to ramp up their spending, they will eat themselves from the inside, and Russia won’t have to lift a finger. On...
America lost the Iran war, but Americans are being sold a victory
This is the ‘Hormuz Effect’ – the ultimate symbol of the decline of the American dream. The US-Iran War is officially over. After months of...
Cuba could be the bite Trump can’t chew
Fresh threats and shaky pretexts may tempt Washington to use force, but any assault on the island risks turning into a costly fiasco. With much...
The US administration lost a patriot and truth-teller in Tulsi Gabbard
As DNI, she brought candor and integrity to intelligence – but in a White House that prizes loyalty, facts became a liability. Once the darling...
Russia has never tried to dictate any narrative to me, unlike the West
The FBI has pursued a policy of harassment however, over ongoing work for RT. As the US government works overtime to stigmatize any journalism possessing...
Why did it take Russia so long to realize Donbass was worth fighting for?
As its military operation enters a critical stage, the question of why it took Moscow eight years to intervene remains a sensitive topic. On May...
Scott Ritter: Russia’s victory over Ukraine is drawing near
In a war of attrition, grinding the enemy down is just the first part. Stretching what remains until it breaks is how you finish...
Helping Crimea recover from decades of Ukrainian misrule is a tough but necessary challenge
Deliberate neglect, followed by a blockade and now war have failed to break the resolve of the peninsula’s inhabitants. As the Russian military operation against...
How the Chechen miracle kick-started the Russian ‘Path of Redemption’
In my recent visit, I met with people who once fought a bitter war against Moscow, but are now the country’s fiercest defenders. Over the...
