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Ostpolitik to Opposition: A US Dream Shift? 12:51 02.11.2025 Lily Ong

Ostpolitik to Opposition: A US Dream Shift?

Presented at International Conference "Brezhnev–Brandt: Paradoxes of Eastern Politics. On the 55th anniversary of the conclusion of the USSR–Germany Peace Treaty" on 31 October 2025. Birthed in the late 60s as a diplomatic strategy, Ostpolitik wove its thread into West Germany’s foreign tale, shifting from harsh divides to a pragmatic …
After Budapest and Burevestnik – plans, reality and horizons 19:46 29.10.2025 Denis Baturin

After Budapest and Burevestnik – plans, reality and horizons

US President Donald Trump cancelled a planned meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest just a day after the emergence of the "EU and Kyiv plan" for ending the conflict in Ukraine. Not because he considered it to be more interesting than "Putin's plan," but simply because Trump …
The Battle Continues! Western Historical Revisionism and Preparations for a New War 10:47 29.10.2025 Dmitry Demurin

The Battle Continues! Western Historical Revisionism and Preparations for a New War

From a conversation between Russian and German short-term observers from the OSCE/ODIHR mission during elections in a Central Asian country:Sergey: Gunda, did your grandfather fight in World War II?Gunda (irritated): Yes, your people killed him near Vitebsk.Sergey: Gunda, I’ve long wanted to ask you: Why did you attack us? On …
Frozen Russian funds: wary Belgian PM “saved” Russia’s money 11:16 28.10.2025 Valeriya Belyaeva

Frozen Russian funds: wary Belgian PM “saved” Russia’s money

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever proved to be a tough and stubborn nut to crack. During the October 23 summit in Brussels, De Wever, much to the disappointment of European Union leaders, who eagerly awaited his official consent to "carve up" Russian money frozen in the accounts of Belgium’s …
Trump’s Social Truth in Twin Shadows 11:29 27.10.2025 Lily Ong

Trump’s Social Truth in Twin Shadows

After heralding a summit with Putin in Budapest that sparked a joy in Russia’s heart and cast a shadow over Europe’s brow, it took but a fleeting moment for Trump to veer away with a canceled vow—only to swerve another shift of ninety degrees with a postponement. Such is the …
Cultural and Civilizational Self-Determination of Russia and Foreign Policy: History of the Discourse 18:26 26.10.2025 Alexander Kramarenko

Cultural and Civilizational Self-Determination of Russia and Foreign Policy: History of the Discourse

Russia’s status as a “unique state-civilization” received official recognition in the country’s Foreign Policy Concept of March 31, 2023, presumably owing to a decisive political break with the West, which had always regarded Russia as culturally and civilizationally alien (other). It may have seemed that Moscow acted abruptly and opportunistically, …
“Educating” Serbia – EU vs Russian oil and gas 14:07 24.10.2025 Alexander Gusev

“Educating” Serbia – EU vs Russian oil and gas

The October 15-16 official visit to Serbia by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ramped up Western pressure on Belgrade. During her visit, she demanded that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic join the EU's sanctions against Russia. During a press conference following the visit, Ursula von der Leyen said that …
The Inevitability of Trump 12:11 24.10.2025 Alexander Fomenko

The Inevitability of Trump

An article with this title could have been published back in early 2017, when the world witnessed the attempted return to power by a segment of the American political class that one might call the “national-patriotic” camp – to use a post-Soviet term familiar in Russia, albeit with an American …
Gaza ceasefire – how the “deal of the century” looks like a week later 16:01 21.10.2025 Andrey Kadomtsev

Gaza ceasefire – how the “deal of the century” looks like a week later

Just a week after Donald Trump signed the Gaze peace agreement, statements coming from the US show that the deal is already under threat. Why? On October 19, the State Department published a message on the X platform (formerly Twitter) about the threat of a ceasefire violation in Gaza. Washington …
In the run-up to Budapest – Zelensky and Tomahawks 19:18 20.10.2025 Denis Baturin

In the run-up to Budapest – Zelensky and Tomahawks

The choice currently facing the US President is either to supply Volodymyr Zelensky with Tomahawk cruise missiles, or stop “another war.” Donald Trump was given this choice, which brought him back to reality, during a telephone linkup conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Before that phone talk, global media …
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