More: Russia
Legal Precedents and Personal Exceptions: How Sanctions Lists Are Losing Their Former Rigidity
Amid the ongoing confrontational rhetoric between Russia and the West, there is an increasing number of instances in which individuals targeted by sanctions achieve...
Power at the Brink: Looming Leadership Crises in China and Russia
In recent decades, both Russia and China have increasingly concentrated power in the hands of their respective leaders — Vladimir Putin in Russia and...
Trump: Expectations, reality, and everything in-between
US President Donald Trump has been superactive with all the hyperbole that was expected. More executive orders have been issued than ever before in...
Why Putin Decided to Invade Ukraine: A War for Ego, Not Russian Interests
As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, discussions about a potential armistice, and even cautious hopes for peace, have begun, fueled by...
Europe’s Defence Industry: On the Brink of Transformation?
The evolving shift in United States’ (US) foreign policy has triggered Europe’s most significant defence recalibration since the fall of the Berlin Wall. President...
Scrambling For Peace
Scrambling to end the war in Ukraine, President Trump finds himself on one side trying to get the Russians (i.e. Vladimir Putin) to agree to...
BRICS’ Game-Changing Blockchain Payment System: The Future of Global Transactions
The new BRICS payment system, primarily initiated by China and Russia, also known as “BRICS Pay,” is a planned independent and decentralized payment messaging...
Opportunities and Threats of the North-South Corridor (INSTC) for Iran
In today’s interconnected world and the ongoing transition to a new global order, trade corridors are not only vital arteries of the global economy...
Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry Negotiating for Russia’s Return to International Sports
Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry has opened a new era, the pride for women fighting for higher employment status and portrayed women's advancement, and Africa's rising...
Manoeuvring Uncertainty: Ukraine’s Security Guarantees in the Trump Era
Donald Trump and the EU have been at odds over Ukraine. The EU and Biden administration failed to greenlight the NATO membership action plan...