U.S. allies should rethink their allegiance to an aggressive but declining superpower
Jul 11, 2023 07:37 am UTC| Politics
In its pursuit of permanent global domination, the United States has pushed the world towards unnecessary conflict, especially via its two-decade war on terror. American allies could dissuade the U.S. from its tendency...
Why is NATO expanding its reach east to the Asia-Pacific region?
Jul 11, 2023 06:52 am UTC| Politics
Since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, NATO meetings and summits have been receiving significantly more attention compared to previous years. And there are several big-ticket items on the agenda at the upcoming summit in...
Putin's Ukraine war keeps yielding dividends -- but not for him
Jun 28, 2023 00:30 am UTC| Economy
On June 23, 2023, 16 months into Russias war with Ukraine, Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Russias now disbanded potent mercenary fighting force and a protégé of Russian President Vladimir, turned his troops on...
China and the US are talking again – so, where does the relationship go from here?
Jun 21, 2023 07:24 am UTC| Insights & Views
A potentially significant meeting took place in Beijing this week when Chinese President Xi Jinping met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinkens visit to Beijing was ostensibly to meet his Chinese counterpart,...
Jun 21, 2023 07:19 am UTC| Politics
In what is more than likely to turn out to be an attempt at escalation in the confrontation between Nato and Russia over the war in Ukraine, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev argued recently on his Telegram channel...
Jun 19, 2023 06:25 am UTC| Politics
What does the Ukraine war have to do with Brazil? On the face of it, perhaps not much. Yet, in his first six months in office, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva now in his third nonconsecutive term ...
Ukraine war: what international law says about the Russians fighting against their own country
Jun 16, 2023 06:02 am UTC| Politics
In the weeks before Ukraines counteroffensive and as Ukraines military activity in Russian-occupied areas of its country increased in intensity there have been reports of attacks on the other side of the border directed...
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