Feb 24, 2022 20:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views
As some Western observers have feared, Russian President Vladimir Putin has just proved that his aggression toward Ukraine was never really about NATO. In a speech on Feb. 21, 2022, Putin recognized the occupied...
Feb 24, 2022 20:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
Vladimir Putins recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent has escalated Russias slow annexation of Ukrainian territories. This is a violation of international law, according to Marija Pejčinović Burić, secretary...
Ukraine: world financial markets have not broken sweat since the Russian escalation – why?
Feb 23, 2022 22:21 pm UTC| Economy Insights & Views
The economic consequences of armed conflicts have received widespread attention at least as far back as when John Meynard Keynes wrote about them in 1919 in relation to the first world war. Yet as the world braces for a...
Why Vladimir Putin is so confident in his Ukraine strategy – he has a trump card in China
Feb 23, 2022 22:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The Beijing Winter Olympics will be remembered not just for Chinas efforts to impress the world amid criticisms of its human rights record. The games were also held against the backdrop of the most dramatic escalation of...
Feb 23, 2022 22:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a provocative address that could be construed as a pretext to war, claimed on Feb. 21, 2022, that all of Ukraine belongs to Russia and formally recognized the independence of two...
Ukraine: what would a Russian invasion actually look like? These are the three most likely scenarios
Feb 18, 2022 08:13 am UTC| Politics
Despite suggestions to the contrary from the Kremlin, Ukraine remains surrounded by Russian troops, both along its long border with Russia and from within occupied Crimea. The Russian Federation has deployed land, air and...
What are false flag attacks – and could Russia make one work in the information age?
Feb 18, 2022 08:10 am UTC| Politics
In the past few weeks, U.S. officials have warned several times that Russia plans to create the appearance of an attack on its own forces and broadcast those images to the world. Such a false flag operation, they alleged,...
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