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View from Washington: What Russia sanctions failure says about the future?

11:43 24.04.2024

View from Washington: What Russia sanctions failure says about the future?

As Russian forces poured into Ukraine, the Biden administration wasted no time corralling U.S. allies behind the largest and most ambitious sanctions regime in history. But! How did Russia, which, as often observed in Western commentary, has a smaller GDP than several individual EU states as well as both Texas …

Bloomberg: The second Cold war is escalating faster than the first

11:41 24.04.2024

Bloomberg: The second Cold war is escalating faster than the first

Speaker Mike Johnson pressed ahead with a bill that would restore US aid to Ukraine. “We are going to stand for freedom and make sure that Vladimir Putin doesn’t march through Europe,” Johnson declared. “We have to project to Putin, Xi, and Iran, and North Korea, and anybody else that …

View from Delhi: Israel is in critical need of new thinking

11:40 24.04.2024

View from Delhi: Israel is in critical need of new thinking

The United States’ diplomatic initiative to issue a joint statement condemning Iran on its “Attack on the State of Israel” has ended in fiasco, as there were hardly any takers for it from outside of the western bloc of nations, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. This …

London press: British army is still 'formidable'?

11:36 24.04.2024

London press: British army is still 'formidable'?

Rishi Sunak committed to spending 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030 as he holds talks with NATO allies. The PM made the pledge to boost defence spending by an extra £75billion as he visited Warsaw. He warned that the world is the 'most volatile' for years and …

Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu: “Kiev regime failed to achieve its objectives in the counter-offensive prepared by the NATO instructors”

17:29 23.04.2024

Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu: “Kiev regime failed to achieve its objectives in the counter-offensive prepared by the NATO instructors”

Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu holds a Defence Ministry Board session at the National Centre for State Defence Control. Opening the session, the Russian Defence Minister briefed the attendees on the progress of the special military operation. 'The Russian Groups of Forces hold the initiative along …

View from India: Western myths about Russia and the war in Ukraine

12:27 23.04.2024

View from India: Western myths about Russia and the war in Ukraine

The moment the war started, Western mainstream media started making concerted efforts to completely suppress the Russian point of view and only show the Western and Ukrainian narrative, writes Indian “The Print”. The war in Ukraine is two years old, and so far we in India, as well as most …

Bloomberg: Russia builds new Asia trade routes

12:22 23.04.2024

Bloomberg: Russia builds new Asia trade routes

Rail and shipping to link European Russia to India via Iran &. Russia to spend billions on Arctic Sea route infrastructure, notes Bloomberg. Russia is pressing ahead with construction of two new transport corridors linking Asia and Europe, seeking to weaken sanctions over its war in Ukraine at the same …

America's greatest enemy isn't China or Russia: Its $35 trillion in debt

12:19 23.04.2024

America's greatest enemy isn't China or Russia: Its $35 trillion in debt

With a $1.6 trillion deficit this year, $35 trillion in overall debt, and $1 trillion in interest payments this year, if the U.S. dollar is no longer the primary global reserve currency and there is suddenly a true rival to the U.S. currency, then the entire American financial system comes …

View from USA: France’s military as a ‘Lego Army’ - is a powerful, but fragile against Russia

12:07 23.04.2024

View from USA: France’s military as a ‘Lego Army’ - is a powerful, but fragile against Russia

“France’s capacity to sustain a high-end, conventional conflict is limited,” RAND said. “The French military might be able to accomplish all its assigned missions at once, but it lacks depth, meaning that such demanding operations would quickly exhaust both its human and material resources.” France fields a powerful military with …

View from China: The G7 has become a declining political club

12:30 22.04.2024

View from China: The G7 has become a declining political club

From April 17 to 19, the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Capri, Italy. The foreign ministers of the seven countries focused on international hot issues, including the Ukraine crisis, the situation in the Middle East, Asia-Pacific issues, and cooperation with Africa. They also discussed food security, energy security, and …

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