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Berlin and Paris ‘missing in action’ as EU lacks leadership in defence -Report
A lack of leadership by countries such as Germany and France and narrow industrial interests keep Europe from boosting defence cooperation as warranted by...
Thinking About the Unthinkable, Again
In 1962, Herman Kahn riveted the US defense community with a book titled Thinking About the Unthinkable. Far ahead of its time, the American...
Rethinking of the Wagner’s crisis from a historical perspective
Although the Wagner crisis ended in less than 40 hours in Russia, the world was shocked and divided politically and intellectually. Various comments on...
India to hold Virtual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Meeting
"Secure" - this is the theme of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit that will be chaired by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on...
China and others grapple with understanding what the Wagner Group revolt means
The sigh of relief in a swath of land stretching from China to Africa’s Atlantic coast was audible when Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch...
Africa’s moment of truth after Russia’s mutiny
The short-lived rebellion in Russia last weekend has raised uncertainty about the future of Moscow’s military influence in Africa, where the mercenary Wagner Group...
NATO exercise ‘Sea Breeze’ with Ukraine moves from Black Sea waters to UK
An annual Black Sea exercise that has frequently drawn Russia’s ire resumed this week after a year hiatus, thousands of miles away from its...
Somnambulism On the Cusp of Existential Suicide
A taciturn man, Calvin Coolidge the 30th President of the United States (1923-1929) was given the nickname "Silent Cal". It is said that when...
A cook who challenged a chef
Russia has been watching the play “Prigozhin against Shoigu” since last year. Despite multiple media attacks on the Russian Ministry of Defence, public and...
What History Could Have Taught Putin About the Loyalty of Mercenaries
Just a few years ago, the prospect of a mercenary chief seriously challenging the leader of a major power in the 21st century would...