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How Russia’s Policy in the Middle East and North Africa is Changing After February 24

U.S. President Joe Biden has now visited the Middle East, and this week, President of Russia Vladimir Putin also pays a visit to Iran,...

BRICS – How Will the Organisation Get a ‘Second Wind’?

BRICS, which was rapidly gaining momentum in the first decade of its operation, has, expectedly, over the past few years faced a certain crisis...

A Game of Brinkmanship: Pelosi’s Taiwan visit and what China is likely to do

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan could not have come at a more interesting juncture- Pelosi greeted flashing cameras at...

Russia and Iran in Syria: A Competitive Partnership?

Authors: Igor Matveev and Yeghia Tashjian* Russia’s ongoing special military operation in Ukraine has sparked broad and intensive debates about future modalities of the relations...

Drones and transport could reshape Eurasian geopolitics

When US intelligence asserted that Iran was selling hundreds of combat drones to Russia, it was signalling more than Iranian support for Vladimir Putin’s...

Chabahar – The Ace Up Tehran’s sleeve

A convergence of interests (read: opposition to the U.S.) is bringing Iran, China and Russia closer together than ever. As their relations with the...

Toward a China-Russia axis?

China and Russia spent the last decade strengthening their mutual trade, political and military ties, developing energy infrastructure in Russian territory and uninterruptedly consolidating...

Is ‘NATO-ization’ of Finland the end of ‘Finlandization’ in Europe?

The brutal Russia-Ukraine war threatening to go on for “as long as it takes” is believed to be why Finland and Sweden sought NATO...

Asian and Pacific Countries Preparing for the Far East Forum

China, India, Vietnam and a number of  Asian and Pacific countries are already gearing up for the 7th Eastern Economic Forum scheduled to take...

Russia Struggles to Appear On Africa’s Horizon

As popularly known to African leaders, Russia has thousands of decade-old undelivered pledges and several bilateral agreements signed with individual countries, yet to be...

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Signed an Independence Pact. Westminster Still Holds Every Legal Card

The September 14 Cardiff memorandum is a coordinated pressure...

Riyadh Asked for Direct Protection and Washington Said No — That Answer Is the Story

By offering Saudi Arabia intelligence and targeting help but...

Jigjiga Detentions Raise Questions Over Saudi-Backed Military Training in Somalia

The detention of newly trained Somali soldiers in Ethiopia's...

China Tightens Capital Controls the Same Week It Calls the Yuan’s Rise “Irreversible”

TODAY'S NUMBERS: $126.4bn (BRI engagement, H1 2026, a record) ...
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