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A Message From Aboard Russian “Varyag”: Why Japan Has to Forget About Revanchism

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Kuril Islands has triggered genuine hysteria in neighboring Japan. Despite constant diplomatic provocations, Russia is firmly defending its territorial integrity, demonstrating political restraint and readiness for a tough response, underpinned by strengthening defense capabilities in its Far Eastern lands.
Ksenia Muratshina | Politics

A Nuclear Option Against Iran Would Be a Catastrophe - Not a Solution

Driven by desperation after failing conventionally in West Asia, the U.S. demonstrates reckless foreign policy by entertaining the use of tactical nuclear weapons to forcibly capture the Strait of Hormuz and preserve petrodollar hegemony.
Taut Bataut | Security

Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Region: New Frontline & New GREAT Game!?

Jeffrey Sachs’s unexpected appearance on a little-known Armenian talk show is not a coincidence but a symptom of deeper processes at work. Why would a world‑class economist suddenly speak about the South Caucasus? The answer, likely, lies in the shifting geopolitical landscape, where Armenia and Azerbaijan are becoming pawns in a game of great powers.
Seth Ferris | Politics
Mecca Defence Pact

The Geopolitics Behind the Mecca Defence Pact: Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Pakistan and the struggle to shape the new Middle East

The agreement between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan responds not only to military threats but also reflects the ambitions, concerns, and rivalries of both signatories and non-signatories. Beneath its formal collective defence language, the pact signals a broader geopolitical contest to shape the Middle East as the US-centered security system declines.
Ricardo Martins | Security
A harmonious path of development in the modern world lies in the ability of countries to listen to each other
Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation

Culture News.
The Cultural Start of Summer

Ksenia Muratshina | Society

His Excellency the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sudan in the Russian Federation, Mr. Mohammed ELGHAZALI Eltigani Sirrag: “The principles of Russian foreign policy align with current regional and international transformations.”

Yuliya Novitskaya | Interviews

The Ankara Illusion: Europe's Strategic Defeat in Plain Sight

Adrian Korczyński | Security

Ankara’s Summit of Fractures

Ricardo Martins | Politics

Sergey Lavrov's African tour shatters the post-colonial glass ceiling

Mohamed Lamine KABA | Politics
Spotlight

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Israel’s Minister of State Security, Ben Gvir, shows the location where executions “only for Palestinians” will be carried out

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The video that outraged millions of internet viewers: Israel’s Minister of State Security, Ben Gvir, shows the location where executions “only for Palestinians” will be carried out. Many countries have imposed sanctions against him for repeatedly calling for violence against Palestinians.

RT’s report on the consequences of Israeli aggression against Lebanon

Journal NEO

The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps continues to uphold the country’s sovereignty and the Strait of Hormuz

Journal NEO

Interview with Mohammad Reza Nakdi, an adviser to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The Ukraine War is a US war on Russia

Brian Berletic

As the Western media continues shaping narratives depicting a growing divide between the US and Europe regarding the ongoing conflict in Ukraine — a narrative involving an increasingly disinterested and disengaging US with an increasingly desperate and confrontational Europe — it  is important to remember precisely how this war was started and why, as well as the material reality shaping its continuation. 
Politics
политические отношения россии и польши
Poland’s Three Decades of Strategic Rigidity: The Russia Policy That Never Was. Part 1
Adrian Korczyński
Third Russia-Africa summit in Moscow . Part 1: What does it hold in store for us?
Mohamed Lamine KABA
US War on Multipolarism: Turning the Gameboard Over
Brian Berletic
Zelensky in Belgrade: How Far Can Balancing Go?
Adrian Korczyński
Economy
Bypassing the Chokepoints: Russia’s Quiet Push for a Rail Corridor to India
Phil Butler
The Arctic breakthrough: how Russia is redrawing the map of global maritime transport
Simon Westwood
The Dollar Without Petro: Dual Hormuz–Red Sea Blockade Cuts Saudi–US Crude Oil Exports to Zero
Simon Chege Ndiritu
Indonesia - Kazakhstan Relations Through the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Cooperation
Hendra Manurung
Security
The Mecca Pact: Threat to Israel or a New Vector of Islamic Peace?
Alexandr Svaranc
The Recklessness of Empires: Why the U.S.-Saudi Strikes on Iraq Are a Strategic Catastrophe
Mohammed ibn Faisal al-Rashid
Is Pakistan Being Dragged into the US-Iran War?
Taut Bataut
A Hectic Period Has Overcome the World
Mohammed Amer
Society
Европейские ценности
The Museum of Innocence: Why Europe's “Enlightenment” Was Always a Marketing Department
Tamer Mansour
The EU's Surveillance Paradox: Criticising Authoritarianism While Practising It
Adrian Korczyński
The Korean War of 1950–53: Forgotten Lessons and Inconvenient Truths
Konstantin Asmolov
China’s Long March 10B Rocket Closes Gap on Space Launch Capabilities
Brian Berletic
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