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Europe and security guarantees for Ukraine

11:46 20.12.2024 Alexander Gusev

Europe and security guarantees for Ukraine

Despite the fact that during the July 2024 NATO summit in Washington, 23 member countries and Japan, which joined them, decided to provide security guarantees to Ukraine, in Europe itself, active discussions on this issue continue unabated. I think that each time a firecracker explodes during the pre-Christmas week, ordinary …

Zelensky – does Trump really need him?

9:04 16.11.2024 Denis Baturin

Zelensky – does Trump really need him?

Photo: AP The interregnum period in the United States may bring turmoil to Ukraine. Not only is the time of lucrative tours of Europe and North America for the illegitimate Zelensky apparently over, save for just few and far between trips, but no one has freed him from his obligation …

Apocalypse of Our Time: Servants of the Devil Before the Court of History

23:59 23.08.2024 Konstantin Dolgov

Apocalypse of Our Time: Servants of the Devil Before the Court of History

The first two articles of the cycle, “Apocalypse of Our Time: The Face and the Underbelly of Western Culture and Civilization” and “Apocalypse of Our Time: Alter Ego of the Third Reich,” appeared in International Affairs Vol. 69, No. 6 (2023), pp. 30-57. I would like to express my sincere …

The South Caucasus in Washington’s playbook

11:30 13.08.2024 Alexander Ananiev

The South Caucasus in Washington’s playbook

On the last day of July, a number of news agencies reported that the United States wanted to establish a transport route for Central Asian countries via Armenia and Azerbaijan to access world markets, bypassing Russia and China. What those reports did not mention, however, was the context in which …

Beware of American “help”, or how the US undermined European energy security

11:52 13.05.2024 Andrey Kadomtsev

Beware of American “help”, or how the US undermined European energy security

According to a Bloomberg report, despite the “record” volumes of gas in European storage facilities, energy experts there are in no rush to breathe a sigh of relief as traders worry about “possible fuel shortages next winter.” One of the important reasons for the decline in the energy security of …

100 billion fund: NATO’s “security” against Trump?

11:58 12.04.2024 Andrey Kadomtsev

100 billion fund: NATO’s “security” against Trump?

Wary of the threat of a radical change of political wind in Washington, coupled with an acute shortage of funds to support the Kyiv regime, Western politicians have to look for ever more exotic “schemes” to finance the supply of arms and economic assistance to Kyiv. The British edition of …

Sweden on NATO’s scales: what is Ankara up to?

11:53 12.01.2024 Maria Kolesnikova

Sweden on NATO’s scales: what is Ankara up to?

On January 5-6, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited Turkey. The results of the two-day visit did not receive much media coverage though. The topics discussed included the situation in Gaza, the Ukrainian conflict, trade, investments and security relations between the two countries and, of course, Ankara's support for …

Corruption in Ukraine as a supporting element of power

11:19 24.10.2023 Denis Baturin

Corruption in Ukraine as a supporting element of power

Ukrainian corruption came along concurrently with the establishment of the Ukrainian state and existed both on an international level - gas transportation, arms trade, etc., and within, serving as a supporting element of both government and society, a necessary condition for the social contract. The Ukrainians have first-hand knowledge and …

Poland feels bitter: Ukraine walked off to the Germans?

11:07 13.10.2023 Vladislav Gulevich

Poland feels bitter: Ukraine walked off to the Germans?

Poland is unhappy with Kyiv gravitating towards Berlin, away from Warsaw. This is what Polish strategists warned about back at the dawn of the 20th century, but Poland’s current authorities just wouldn’t listen. Jozef Pilsudski's political opponent, Roman Dmowski, wrote during the 1930s that in Austrian Galicia the Ukrainian project …

De-dollarization vs dollar: 1-0

12:13 03.10.2023 Andrey Kadomtsev

De-dollarization vs dollar: 1-0

The weakening role of the US dollar in international economic life could seriously undercut the US position as the world's leading power. Let's take a closer look at the situation. The US edition of the New York Post expresses serious concerns about America’s ability to maintain its global leadership if …

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