Source link Tehran’s retaliatory attack may not have caused much destruction, but it was far from a failure On the night of April 14, Iran and its proxy forces launched a series of cruise missile and kamikaze drone strikes on Israeli territory. The attacks did not come as a surprise. Tehran had warned that it […]
Source link The collapse of the middle class is driving the abandonment of a system we believed was here to stay We can already see that modern states are facing such serious challenges that foreign policy is being subordinated to domestic considerations everywhere. This is true of Western countries, Russia, China, India, and everyone else. […]
Source link The cost to the West of supporting Kiev continues to rise, meaning Moscow’s best option is to wait From time to time, people ask why Russia is not acting more decisively in Ukraine, and why it appears to be dragging its feet. Some say it’s out of weakness, others suspect some secret agreements […]
Source link New Delhi has followed Beijing’s strategy to attract EV manufacturers, but subsidies and tax cuts may not be enough – India’s real strength lies elsewhere India is rapidly turning into a hotspot for electric vehicles with Elon Musk‘s Tesla reportedly looking at sites for a $3 billion manufacturing facility, and Korean auto giants […]
Source link The EU and US are strangling the Balkan country because they believe it’s too similar to Russia Modern international politics, as practiced by Western countries, sometimes take on a completely absurd character. Recently, the Political Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved the membership of the self-proclaimed Republic […]
Source link The imagined threat of Moscow being about to march on Western Europe is a very lucrative idea for warmongers and arms dealers NATO’s peddling of a “Russian threat” is reaching telethon levels of relentlessness – worse than a house alarm salesman in TV advertisements talking up the scary burglar. Poland’s top general, Wieslaw […]
Source link Trade, energy, security and more – Russia and African countries have multiple avenues for cooperation and a long journey ahead In June 2023, a delegation of seven African leaders traveled to St. Petersburg on a self-styled “peace mission” where they met President Vladmir Putin in an effort to explore possibilities for mediating in […]
Source link The self-deception practiced by journalists writing about the country is leading to dire consequences Western media coverage of every Russian election is bad. But this time it was even worse than usual. Instead of lashing out at the incompetence on display, it’s more constructive to explore why rational discussions about the country continue to appear impossible. […]
Source link The Sahel States’ newly formed joint forces will be effective only if a complex approach is taken by the three nations By Egountchi Behanzin, founding president of the international organization African Black Defense League, spokesperson for the Pan-African Brothers, political analyst, and Pan-African activist The Sahel states have been facing numerous security challenges […]
Source link The final day of the Russian presidential election coincides with the anniversary of the utterly meaningless move against the incumbent One year ago, on 17 March 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued two politically important – to put it neutrally – arrest warrantsone for Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the other for […]
Source link The Western European bloc’s representatives no longer try to understand those who disagree with them, instead they deliver lectures dripping in arrogance A recent incident in which a group of ambassadors from EU states refused to attend a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov perfectly encapsulates the state of European diplomatic culture […]
Source link Some officers seem to have forgotten which country they are sworn to defend – and they are really bad at deception, too Since Russia has revealed that on February 19 high-ranking Luftwaffe officers discussed – on a basically open conference platform – how German Taurus cruise missiles could strike Russian targets (let’s call […]
Source link The French president is trying to exercise minds in Western Europe to understand that they can no longer rely on the US as a security guarantor Emmanuel Macron alarmed the “collective West” this week by speculating that NATO forces could be openly deployed in the Ukraine conflict zone. Over the following three days, […]
Source link With Macron refusing to rule out a troop deployment, and a leaked conversation between German officers, more escalation is certain French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have disagreed publicly over how to support Ukraine – which has been ruthlessly deployed by the West as a geopolitical proxy – in its conflict […]
Source link Washington’s evangelical desire to re-create the world in its own image has hit a roadblock because not everyone wants to be converted China is the world’s largest economy, in terms of purchasing power. It occupies a well embedded space in political affairs, and seeks greater involvement in international security issues. Meanwhile, it also […]