... transformed world order where cooperation prevails over confrontation.
Why Were Diplomatic Relations Broken?
Andrey Kortunov:
Unpacking Trump’s Proposals for Ukraine
The diplomatic rupture between Washington and Moscow began in 2016 with U.S. accusations of Russian interference in the presidential elections. Tensions escalated further in 2018 when the U.S. expelled Russian diplomats over allegations of poisoning a former Russian intelligence officer in the United Kingdom. However, the breaking ...
If China has entered a period of economic stagnation, the leadership or government will remain patient and remind people of their collective mission to restore the prosperity and brightness of China, using political and psychological means
No one denies China’s great influence on world economy. However, after the Covid pandemic and the Russo-Ukraine conflict, many started to question the continued growth of China’s economic might. After Donald Trump’s election, nearly every nation thought that...
... for their words. Now, the response has arrived, and the EU is left bewildered, asking:
“Why us?”
But beyond personal grievances, there is a deeper ideological pergence at play. In many ways, Vance’s critique of the Europeans echoed the same accusations that the settlers of the New World leveled at the Old Continent centuries ago: tyranny, hypocrisy, and parasitism. The rejection of European political traditions laid the ideological foundation for the American state three hundred years ago. ...
In parrying these security threats, it is important for Russia not to engage in a quantitative and tit-for-tat arms race but to respond asymmetrically, a strategy that has often proven successful in the past
Over the past few years, public attention in Russia and abroad has focused on an unprecedented debate within Russian expert and political circles regarding the possible use of nuclear weapons in the context of the armed conflict in Ukraine. In 2024, this debate centered on amendments to Russia’s...
... Agreement implementation and international monitoring is not very reassuring, and the line of contact today is much longer than it was back in 2015. To put together a well-trained and properly equipped international monitoring mission of tens of thousands uniformed men and women would be next to impossible, at least within the time framework suggested by the US Administration. Needless to say, Russia would hardly accept a EU/NATO peacekeeping mission on its territory.
Territorial compromises
Trump ...
... countries – Britain, Germany and France. All of them have gone through a slow but inevitable erosion of their role in world politics. All of them are now performing, in one way or another, tasks to accomplish even the most ill-contrived goals of the USA. None of them receive anything for this that could contribute to the survival of their statehood and population, either at the tactical or strategic level. Moreover, their economic benefits from such a humiliated position are becoming increasingly ...
The West has caught the continent in a neocolonial trap – it needs new partners
Africa’s tragic plight serves as a grim reminder of what happens when geography and history conspire against a region. Often referred to as the cradle of humanity, the continent remains plagued by poverty, instability, and conflict. Despite its immense natural and human potential, Africa has yet to break free from its historical chains or overcome the geographical hurdles that have held it back.
Addressing Africa’s...
Eighty years after Yalta, here’s why it can’t be repeated
Eighty years ago, on February 4, 1945, the Yalta Conference brought together the leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition to lay the groundwork for the post-war world order. This was a landmark event that shaped global relations for decades. While the Helsinki Final Act of 1975 marked another milestone, it was an extension of Yalta’s principles rather than a new foundation. Since the end of the Cold War, however, there have been no binding agreements...
... responsible for finance and procurement of the defense department, were behind the arms supplies to Hamas.
In Israel, back in June 2023, there were concerns that weapons supplied to Ukraine could be used in the Middle East. In an interview with the Jerusalem Post, Benjamin Netanyahu reported that Western anti-tank weapons intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces had been spotted on the borders of Israel.
The Hamas attack of 2023 confirmed the validity of Tel Aviv's mistrust of Kyiv. The Palestinian ...
... superpowers. Furthermore, at request, ASEAN has been open to dialogue and cooperation with Taiwan. Most ASEAN member nations have a representative office of Taiwan on their soil for trade and people-to-people exchanges, education and mobility reasons.
ASEAN-USA Collaboration for Inclusion of Special Needs People
According to the Pew Research Center in 2022, there were about 42.5 million people in the United States with a disability, which is about 13% of the civilian non-institutionalised population. This ...
