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Peace, But At What Price? The Struggles to Secure Ukraine’s Future
As of July 20th, 2025, debate over security guarantees for Ukraine has become central focus of ongoing peace discussions following the Trump-Putin Summit in...
Alaska Summit: Vladimir Putin’s Media Triumph
The summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025,...
Trump has won the strategic game of the next hundred years
On August 15, 2025, the “fateful” meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart took place in Alaska. The meeting marked the...
Alaska Without a Deal: The Trump–Putin Summit and the War That Won’t End
The much-hyped Alaska meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded with no ceasefire, no agreement, and no concrete pathway...
Ceasefire Still Elusive, But Dialogue Gains Momentum After Alaska Meeting
Summary: Friday’s Summit between Putin and Trump in Alaska concluded without a ceasefire agreement, though President Trump described the talks as progressive and promised...
China’s Tightrope: Navigating the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
The People's Republic of China is adopting a deliberate and sustained approach to expanding its soft power and global influence. Eyeing a growing militarized...
The impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war on the post-Soviet space
The intensification of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022 marked a new and serious phase following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. This war...
Trump Eyes Role as Russia-Ukraine Peace Broker — and a Nobel Prize
The United States' strategic decision to draw a roadmap and set the conditions for normalizing the political situation between Russia and Ukraine deserves a...
Trump and Putin in Alaska: A Summit Steeped in History, Energy and Strategy
With U.S.–Russia relations strained by the war in Ukraine and ongoing sanctions, and a global energy market still shaped by both nations’ oil and...
Trump, Peacemaker or Dealmaker? Alaska Will Tell
For all the controversy that trails him, Donald Trump has a record of inserting himself into geopolitical standoffs and sometimes lowering the temperature. During...