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Can Russia’s Security-for-Resources Model Defeat Terrorism in West Africa?
The Confederation of Sahel States (Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger) increasingly use a security-for-resources barter model for fighting against growing terrorism in West Africa....
Russian Strike on Kyiv-Area Ammunition Depot Kills 37 in Massive Blast
At least 37 people died after a Russian drone attack on an ammunition depot near Kyiv, which caused a large explosion. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy...
Nuclear Escalation Scenarios: Impact Of American and Russian “Firebreak” Theories on Israeli Security Doctrine
“Theory is a net. Only those who cast, can catch.”- Karl Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1959)
In assessing Israel’s nuclear deterrence and escalation...
The Russia-China-North Korea defense partnership
Understanding global geopolitics is complicated and challenging, especially today. Governments have complex relationships with each other at both the bilateral and multilateral levels. This...
Who Is Buying Africa? The Geopolitical Race for Influence, Resources and Power
With geopolitical situation heightening, the world's players are strategically expressing their interest in Africa, and African countries are also choosing their development partners. Many...
Russia Warns UK Could Become Target After Ukraine Uses British Missiles
Russia has warned that it may target British military sites in Ukraine and elsewhere in response to Ukrainian attacks inside Russia using British cruise...
Frozen Russian Assets, Take Two: What Europe’s Revived €210 Billion Plan Means for Ukraine, Belgium and the Euro
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€210bn (frozen Russian assets Brussels wants to mobilize) · €90bn (fallback EU loan already agreed) · €23.1bn (Ukraine's funding gap even with that...
There’s No Neutral Sensor Left in the Arctic — Here’s What That Means for NATO and China
On 6 June 2026, the NATO research vessel Alliance slipped out of La Spezia, Italy, bound for the High North. Its mission, Task Force...
Russia Expresses Readiness in Normalising Relations between ECOWAS and the Alliance of Sahel States
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ghana's Foreign Minister Samuel O. Ablakwa, after an intensive strategic consultation aimed at raising bilateral relations from vision...
Can Russia’s “New Ideas” Bring the Ukraine War Back to the Negotiating Table?
Russia is prepared to consider new proposals for ending the war in Ukraine, but Moscow says any settlement must account for what it describes...