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Spoiled with Options, Putin Spares a Ladder

9:40 23.05.2025

Spoiled with Options, Putin Spares a Ladder

Following Trump-Putin’s phone call, international media was awash in reactions that ranged from hammering the panic button for what they see as an act of US withdrawal to scoffing in derision for what they perceive to be a lack of substantive outcome. However varied their perceptions and thus reactions may …

How will Russia play America's charade of peace?

13:12 09.05.2025

How will Russia play America's charade of peace?

As Trump continues to swing back and forth on a pendulum oscillating between mediating and walking away from the so-called peace talks, the world, or at least those yet to be fatigued, swings along with him. In this drawn-out peace charade, it is easy to forget the origin of the …

Elephants Trumpet at Russia’s Arctic Forum

11:38 16.04.2025

Elephants Trumpet at Russia’s Arctic Forum

Atop Murmansk, the world’s largest city north of the Arctic Circle, 1,300 participants from 21 countries gathered to discuss the socioeconomic potential of the region, including multilateral mechanisms for cooperative discovery and efficient development of the Arctic’s rich natural resources. In a panel dedicated to international cooperation and the environment, …

Trump-Zelensky Hollywood a Stern Reminder to all Vassals

11:55 04.03.2025

Trump-Zelensky Hollywood a Stern Reminder to all Vassals

Since Trump’s sonorous return to the White House, America’s resuscitated talks with Russia have dominated the geopolitical spotlight until the White House floor was mopped clean with Zelensky as a punitive cue to all vassals. The internationally televised mockery of Zelensky before an arranged flock of American media was the …

America’s Sugar and Spice Do Not Make for Everything Nice

11:32 03.03.2025

America’s Sugar and Spice Do Not Make for Everything Nice

Since Trump’s sonorous return to the White House, America’s resuscitation of talks with Russia has hogged the geopolitical limelight. With a couple of meetings and calls underway between the parties, the only thing that came close to the hullabaloo of Trump’s reverberant return has been the limited cheers emanating from …

Is a Third Term in the Cards for Trump?

14:02 12.02.2025

Is a Third Term in the Cards for Trump?

“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,” mandates the 22nd Amendment, even as loopholes fray at its seams with the increasing tease from none other than Donald Trump. With four years being a short time in the political realm of governance, the two-time …

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