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View from USA: Israel to annex the West Bank – Why now? And what are the likely scenarios?

10:11 29.12.2024

View from USA: Israel to annex the West Bank – Why now? And what are the likely scenarios?

Israel is getting ready to annex the occupied Palestinian West Bank. The annexation will be a major step backward on the road to Palestinian freedom and will likely serve as a catalyst for a new Palestinian uprising, writes Z Network. Though annexation has been on the Israeli agenda for years, …

Canada can become 51st USA state and England also – why not?

10:09 29.12.2024

Canada can become 51st USA state and England also – why not?

Donald Trump reportedly wants to accomplish what the War of 1812 did not, writes ‘The Washington Times’. The president-elect was probably trolling Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at their meeting last week, but he reportedly suggested making Canada the 51st state. Or maybe the 51st and 52nd. According to a …

View from India: The second coming of Trump – what it means for the World

10:06 29.12.2024

View from India: The second coming of Trump – what it means for the World

US President-elect Donald Trump is no doubt an unorthodox politician. It would not matter much if the US were not a globally pre-eminent power whose views and positions had little impact on the world. But the US is the world’s foremost economic and military power, it intervenes militarily abroad liberally …

View from Delhi: Outgoing Biden administration aims to impose “constraints and limitations” on the flourishing India-Russia relationship

12:08 28.12.2024

View from Delhi: Outgoing Biden administration aims to impose “constraints and limitations” on the flourishing India-Russia relationship

The last acts of the Biden administration aimed at Russian oil may affect India too. They can constrain the thriving India-Russia ties once Donald Trump takes office, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. The 88-year old South Indian Education Society is one of the oldest educational societies …

‘The Asia Times’: Trump’s BRICS salvo an exercise in dollar destruction

12:08 28.12.2024

‘The Asia Times’: Trump’s BRICS salvo an exercise in dollar destruction

The next Trump administration might end up boosting prospects of a BRICS currency in his roughshod attempt to reassert American primacy. A ham-fisted approach to bilateral relations with major rising powers, meanwhile, will likely only strengthen their resolve to band together and collectively undermine any US-led global order, writes ‘The …

YouGov poll finds: Support for Ukraine ‘until it wins’ falls sharply in Western Europe

12:06 28.12.2024

YouGov poll finds: Support for Ukraine ‘until it wins’ falls sharply in Western Europe

A YouGov survey finds negotiated end to war with Russia is preferred option in four out of seven countries, writes ‘The Guardian’. Readiness to support Ukraine “until it wins” has fallen sharply across western Europe at a critical time for the country, a survey suggests, as Donald Trump’s forthcoming return …

NYT: Biden and aides courted allies who undermined U.S. goals

12:05 28.12.2024

NYT: Biden and aides courted allies who undermined U.S. goals

Mr. Biden basked in his final meetings with friendly leaders among the Group of 20 nations in Brazil last month. A week later, outside Rome, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken attended his last gathering of top diplomats from the Group of 7 advanced economies, all U.S. allies, and noted …

Following the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council Meeting Vladimir Putin answered the questions of Russian journalists

14:07 27.12.2024

Following the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council Meeting Vladimir Putin answered the questions of Russian journalists

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good evening. Please, what are your questions? Yekaterina Abramova: Good evening, Mr President. Yekaterina Abramova, Mir television and radio company. You devoted yesterday entirely to an informal summit of the Commonwealth countries and you spent all the day with your fellow presidents. Today, we can …

‘The Independent’: NATO cannot defend Europe from Russia without the US, warn alliance’s frontline leaders

11:43 27.12.2024

‘The Independent’: NATO cannot defend Europe from Russia without the US, warn alliance’s frontline leaders

NATO is “not ready” to fight against Russia without the US, the leaders of the alliance’s three frontline states have told The Independent, as they called on allies to drastically increase defence spending, writes ‘The Independent’. In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, the leaders …

View from USA: Right and left populists bringing down Euro elites in 2024

11:41 27.12.2024

View from USA: Right and left populists bringing down Euro elites in 2024

Ukraine war fatigue coupled with economic woes and immigration concerns fueled a tide of revolt, writes ‘The Responsible Statecraft’. Anti-establishment parties of populist right, and occasionally of the populist left, made inroads across Europe in elections of 2024, reflecting in part the waning confidence across societies that NATO’s aims for …

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