More: USA
Foreign Policy: ‘Biden’s State Department needs a reset’
The Biden administration took office vowing to put diplomacy at the center of U.S. foreign policy, yet it has relatively few diplomatic achievements to...
Can Emmanuel Macron Make Europe Great Power?
In a mid-January speech addressing France’s next six-year defense strategy, President Emmanuel Macron unveiled ambitious plans to boost defense spending by more than a...
The De-Dollarization of World Economy: Xi-Putin Agreement, Saudi Arabia’s Shift to Yuan
The global economy has been dominated by the US dollar as the world's reserve currency for decades, but recent developments have raised questions about...
The Economist: USA vs China – the relationship has become more hostile than ever
The atmosphere in Beijing just now reveals that the world’s most important relationship has become more embittered and hostile than ever, notes “The Economist”.
In...
Gen. Šedivý on Ukraine war: “We underestimated the whole situation because we were not prepared for it”
The former Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Czech Republic, General Jiřím Šedivý, in an interview with CZ Defense, said...
China understands that Russia has single-handedly taken on the “collective West”
To be sure, the timing of Xi’s state visit in the middle of the war in Ukraine messaged the highest importance that China attaches...
Is ICC’s warrant a moment of truth for Russia?
The International Criminal Court has issued a war crime warrant for Putin. Leaders of strong states do not receive such warrants because strong leaders...
Putin’s Neo-Realism: Is Russia Paving the Way for a New World Order in Asia-Pacific?
Authors: Rezya Agnesica Helena Sihaloho and Muhammad Firmansyah*
The collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s became a turning point for a new order...
Foreign Affairs: What sanctions on Russia can and cannot achieve
“U.S. policymakers began planning major sanctions on Russia in late 2021” (before the beginning of Ukrainian conflict!), recognizes ‘Foreign Affairs’.
Over the past decade, economic...
De-dollarization is gaining momentum
Brazil and China have reportedly struck a deal to ditch the U.S. dollar in favor of their own currencies in trade transactions.
The announced deal...