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Gold repatriation. Mission impossible?

14:01 23.06.2025 Pyotr Zhuravlev

Gold repatriation. Mission impossible?

Germany and Italy are being urged to move $245 billion worth of US gold reserves to Europe amid "geopolitical instability" and President Donald Trump's criticism of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, the Financial Times reports. In connection with Trump's unpredictable policy, calls for gold export have become more frequent in …

Canadian summit of a doomed “G6”

19:17 18.06.2025 Alexander Gusev

Canadian summit of a doomed “G6”

The 51st summit of the Group of Seven (G7), held from June 15 to 17 at the Kananaskis ski resort in Alberta, Canada, suffered a major hiccup resulting from US President Donald Trump's early departure amid strong disagreements among members on key international issues, such as the conflicts in Ukraine …

Will Trump distance himself from Ukrainian conflict?

11:58 11.06.2025 Alexander Gusev

Will Trump distance himself from Ukrainian conflict?

According to The New York Times (NYT), US President Donald Trump has decided to back down from his earlier commitments to end the conflict in Ukraine. Many experts with close links to the White House see this as a sign of Trump demonstrating his intention to distance himself from the …

Istanbul-2: Second round

16:55 03.06.2025 Denis Baturin

Istanbul-2: Second round

Just like the first round of Istanbul-2 talks, the second one came in a place set by Russia on the appointed dates. There was a lot of fussing about made by the Ukrainian and Western sides, just like before the first round, when President Zelensky’s chief negotiator consulted with the …

NATO Slithers to Take Shape in Asia

12:20 02.06.2025 Lily Ong

NATO Slithers to Take Shape in Asia

As Singapore rolled out its luxurious rubicund carpet for a record-size contingent of colonial masters, the expectation of its hissing tongue ever so ready to lash could not be contained. Long used to its slimy fork structure, the region waited for one tine to poke and sow tensions and the …

US-Israel: a chill shift in relations

12:34 30.05.2025 Andrey Kadomtsev

US-Israel: a chill shift in relations

US President Donald Trump has called on Israel to refrain from any actions that might disrupt his administration's efforts to resolve the situation around the nuclear deal with Iran. Trump said that it was not a warning, adding, however, that “this would be inappropriate to do right now,” that US …

Romania: this is how the EU brought to power its handpicked candidate

10:17 25.05.2025 Yuri Larin

Romania: this is how the EU brought to power its handpicked candidate

The May 18 decisive presidential runoff in Romania handed the victory to the "liberal-progressive" mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan, who was running against the leader of the far-right Alliance for the Unification of Romanians, George Simion. According to the Central Election Commission of Romania, Dan garnered 53.61 percent of the …

Spoiled with Options, Putin Spares a Ladder

9:40 23.05.2025 Lily Ong

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 …

The West is dismantling the foundations of 1945 – Why the cracks in the World War II settlement threaten Global Stability

10:38 11.05.2025

The West is dismantling the foundations of 1945 – Why the cracks in the World War II settlement threaten Global Stability

Eighty years is a long time. Over such a span, the world changes almost beyond recognition, and events that once felt close fade into legend. Yet while history may become distant, its imprint remains. The Second World War created a political order that shaped global affairs for decades – an …

How will Russia play America's charade of peace?

13:12 09.05.2025 Lily Ong

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 …

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