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View from CEPA: How long before Europe can fight Russia?

11:29 30.03.2025

View from CEPA: How long before Europe can fight Russia?

“Europe wants to stand on its own militarily, but what’s holding it back and how long will it take?” – a group of analysts from Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) puts a question. Recent weeks have demonstrated there’s still some sprightliness and even dynamism in the old continent. A …

View from London: “I’m a former soldier, Putin will be laughing at Reeves and the whole UK today”

11:27 30.03.2025

View from London: “I’m a former soldier, Putin will be laughing at Reeves and the whole UK today”

Conor Wilson, London’s ‘Express‘ news reporter writes: “The Chancellor Rachel Reeves today pledged to bring about “security and national renewal” with an increase of £2.2bn to the defence budget. On paper that sounds great, but in reality, it is akin to me committing a couple of grand towards my future …

View from Delhi: A détente struggling to be born

11:26 30.03.2025

View from Delhi: A détente struggling to be born

Trump wants a reset with Russia. But the US Deep State and Europeans are making the Ukraine endgame tougher. In private, Putin is indicating he is ready to deal, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. Donald Trump’s strategy of focusing on a limited ceasefire in the Ukraine …

U.S. intel community warns: Russia has ‘seized the upper hand’ in Ukraine war

10:31 29.03.2025

U.S. intel community warns: Russia has ‘seized the upper hand’ in Ukraine war

An annual U.S. intelligence assessment of global threats also questions both countries’ willingness to reach a quick settlement to the war, writes POLITICO. U.S. intelligence agencies sounded the alarm on Ukraine’s dwindling battlefield prospects against Russia in an annual report released Tuesday. The 2025 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. …

British life-style: Leaving parts of the UK worse off than the poorest parts of nations including Slovenia and Lithuania

10:29 29.03.2025

British life-style: Leaving parts of the UK worse off than the poorest parts of nations including Slovenia and Lithuania

Parts of the UK are now worse off than the poorest regions of Slovenia and Lithuania, stresses ‘The Telegraph’. Britain is no longer a rich country after 15 years of stagnation “caused UK living standards to plummet”, according to economists, leaving parts of the UK worse off than the poorest …

‘The Responsible Statecraft’: EU stand in the way of Russia-Ukraine ceasefire

10:20 29.03.2025

‘The Responsible Statecraft’: EU stand in the way of Russia-Ukraine ceasefire

The EU appears to have put a stick in the spokes of a beleaguered Black Sea ceasefire agreement between Russia and the U.S., writes ‘The Responsible Statecraft’. U.S. and Russian negotiators, after 12-hour long talks in Riyadh, coalesced on Tuesday around an expanded partial ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine covering …

Russian President Vladimir Putin in Murmansk on working visit

12:57 28.03.2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin in Murmansk on working visit

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in the Murmansk Region on a working trip, a TASS correspondent reported. The head of state last visited the northwest Russian region in July 2023 when he inspected a Novatek facility that builds major offshore infrastructure and chaired a meeting to discuss developing residential …

NYT: Is Russia an Adversary or a Future Partner?

10:43 28.03.2025

NYT: Is Russia an Adversary or a Future Partner?

Steve Witkoff, one of Mr. Trump’s oldest friends from the real estate world and his chosen envoy to the Mideast and Russia, has begun picking up many of Mr. Putin’s favorite talking points, ‘The New York Times’ notes. Mr. Witkoff wrote off European fears that Russia could violate whatever cease-fire …

‘The Jerusalem Post’: Investigation into Netanyahu's Qatargate affair

10:42 28.03.2025

‘The Jerusalem Post’: Investigation into Netanyahu's Qatargate affair

Indeed, a large portion of the criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when it comes to the current war is a consistent claim among his detractors is that he “allowed” this war to come about by permitting the transferring of Qatari funds, better known in Israel as “briefcases of money,” …

Panic at EU Commission: Threat of war and disease means Europeans need 3 days’ supplies

10:40 28.03.2025

Panic at EU Commission: Threat of war and disease means Europeans need 3 days’ supplies

Every citizen should stockpile enough food to be self-sufficient for at least 72 hours in case of crisis, the European Commission is to warn, according to a draft of its Preparedness Union Strategy seen by POLITICO. “In case of extreme disruptions, the initial period is the most critical,” the document …

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