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POLITICO: The fall of geopolitical Europe

11:43 21.11.2023

POLITICO: The fall of geopolitical Europe

The EU’s approach to Ukraine held the premise of showing what a geopolitical Europe, as a peninsula of Eurasia, could mean – the Middle East reveals its demise, writes at POLITICO Nathalie Tocci, a director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, a part-time professor at the European University Institute and a …

Another "Gas Game" behind the war in Gaza

11:40 21.11.2023

Another "Gas Game" behind the war in Gaza

Huge energy reserves in the Gaza EEZ: at least one trillion cubic meters of natural gas! The Gaza war finally appears to be hiding much more than meets the eye, as it brings the energy sector and oil fields in the Eastern Mediterranean into the equation of terror, writes Greece …

Kiyv crisis and «Minsk Agreements-3»

11:34 20.11.2023 Denis Baturin

Kiyv crisis and «Minsk Agreements-3»

As the mist of war disperses, Ukraine is coming to understand what was crystal clear at the very beginning of the Special Military Operation – it is impossible to defeat Russia on a battlefield. A country with a practically non-functioning military-industrial complex, with no sovereignty, with a degrading economy, riddled …

What European policymakers should learn from Global public opinion

11:33 20.11.2023

What European policymakers should learn from Global public opinion

New polling suggests western public opinion is not convinced that this is a winnable war, writes ‘The Financial Times’. Amid Republican opposition to additional US funding for Kyiv’s war effort and a refocusing of attention towards the Middle East, western support for Ukraine cannot be taken for granted. Europeans are …

Newsweek: How to solve Ukraine's GOP problem?

11:31 20.11.2023

Newsweek: How to solve Ukraine's GOP problem?

Ukraine has a Republican problem, Newsweek stresses. With primary season well underway, three of five GOP front runners for the presidential nomination are openly denigrating American support for the war-torn nation. During Wednesday's debate, Florida Govenor Ron DeSantis dismissed President Joe Biden's latest request for billions in Ukraine funding and …

Bloomberg: Russia’s key economic sectors shrug off sanctions

11:28 20.11.2023

Bloomberg: Russia’s key economic sectors shrug off sanctions

Russia’s third quarter growth hits 5.5%, outpacing estimates. Recovery shows limits of sanctions to punish Moscow over war. Key sectors of Russia’s economy are adapting and in some cases completely rebounding from unprecedented international sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine, notes Bloomberg with a slight surprise. Russia’s economic growth …

A trap of American wars: There is not enough ‘Patriot’ for everybody

11:27 20.11.2023

A trap of American wars: There is not enough ‘Patriot’ for everybody

The U.S. military was set to display one of its prized Patriot missile-defense systems at the Dubai Airshow, part of the American showcase at one of the world’s biggest arms fairs. Then war broke out in the Middle East, and the $1 billion battery, mounted on three trucks, was needed …

The Economist: From Gaza to Ukraine, wars and crises are piling up

10:28 19.11.2023

The Economist: From Gaza to Ukraine, wars and crises are piling up

An israel-hamas war in Gaza threatens to spread across the Middle East, with America and Iran facing off in the background. The Ukraine war, Europe’s largest since 1945, shows no sign of ending. Chinese jets and warships now menace Taiwan in growing numbers and with increasing frequency. Looming elections on …

View from India: No serious effort to reset US-China relations at San Francisco summit

10:27 19.11.2023

View from India: No serious effort to reset US-China relations at San Francisco summit

The signal from the summit meeting between presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in San Francisco is that a rocky year in the US-China relationship had a makeover in atmospherics. Serious differences remain and there is the also the challenge of navigating the two high-stakes presidential elections in 2024 — …

House armed services Committee: US must modernize nuclear posture for Tri-Polar World

10:26 19.11.2023

House armed services Committee: US must modernize nuclear posture for Tri-Polar World

To confront a world with not one but two major nuclear powers — neither of which is willing to enter arms talks — the U.S. must revive its atrophied nuclear weapons enterprise with all speed and build up its stock of conventional weapons in order to deter war, the chairs …

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