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Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO: Biden’s foreign policy headache in 2024

10:35 04.01.2024

Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO: Biden’s foreign policy headache in 2024

Developments abroad in the first weeks of the year — specifically in Ukraine, the Mideast and Taiwan — could potentially raise major questions about America’s role in the world, notes Ivo Daalder, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, is CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. So, what could possibly …

Serbian ‘Maidan’ attempt a ‘Desperate flailing response’ by NATO to Ukraine, Red Sea failures

10:27 03.01.2024

Serbian ‘Maidan’ attempt a ‘Desperate flailing response’ by NATO to Ukraine, Red Sea failures

About 2,500 radicalized opposition supporters gathered in Belgrade and attempted to storm city hall after contested snap parliamentary elections last week. Sputnik asked leading geopolitical analysts, including a top American Balkans expert, for their takes on what happened, and who could be pulling the strings behind the scenes. Sunday’s protests …

View from the Wall Street: The dominant dollar faces a backlash in the oil market

10:25 03.01.2024

View from the Wall Street: The dominant dollar faces a backlash in the oil market

Seeking to reduce their reliance on the U.S. currency, some major emerging economies are dabbling in trading commodities without using the dollar, stresses ‘The Wall Street Journal’. Some major emerging economies are dabbling in trading commodities without using the dollar, as they seek to reduce their reliance on the U.S. …

There is a reason why New Delhi and Moscow rely on each other

10:24 03.01.2024

There is a reason why New Delhi and Moscow rely on each other

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s five-day official visit to Russia was timely and significant for more than one reason. India and Russia had held annual summits at the leadership level since 2000. This sent an important message in terms of the value attached by the two countries to bilateral …

Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces a perilous year ahead

10:23 03.01.2024

Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces a perilous year ahead

As the US election approaches, Ukraine's President (photo) is battling domestic unrest, notes British ‘UnHerd’. Addressing Ukrainian diplomats a few days ago, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy outlined his priorities for 2024. The themes were familiar: strengthening Ukraine’s air defences, gaining more weaponry from allies, and promoting his country’s entry into Nato …

View from California: A half million displaced people in the United States – a threat for US citizens

10:12 31.12.2023

View from California: A half million displaced people in the United States – a threat for US citizens

There are well over a half million displaced people in the United States, and the number is growing. To the majority and the powerful they are a nuisance, and for some, not even human, a subspecies. They, the displaced, know it. Those of us on the other side of the …

Sergei Shoigu: “The entire country is supporting the Armed Forces and has united around the leadership of the state”

10:11 31.12.2023

Sergei Shoigu: “The entire country is supporting the Armed Forces and has united around the leadership of the state”

Statement by Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at extended session of Defence Ministry Board. Key points (photo): Russian Groups of Forces have liberated an area five times larger than that of the Lugansk and Donetsk people's republics before the special military operation …

Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC: “Ukraine today is nothing but a private military company in the hands of Western countries”

10:10 31.12.2023

Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC: “Ukraine today is nothing but a private military company in the hands of Western countries”

Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on Ukraine. Main points: - Ukrainians are angry because they are forced to fight for this corrupt, paid-for and anti-national government, contrary to the assurances of the leader of the Kiev junta. Men of conscription age are approached in the streets, …

View from India: “Russia has gained the upper hand in the proxy war while the United States is struggling to recreate a new narrative”

10:07 31.12.2023

View from India: “Russia has gained the upper hand in the proxy war while the United States is struggling to recreate a new narrative”

Russia has gained the upper hand in the proxy war while the United States is struggling to recreate a new narrative, stresses M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine is entering a new phase. President Vladimir Putin lifted the fog of war and …

The Responsible Statecraft: The biggest foreign policy losers of 2023

10:06 31.12.2023

The Responsible Statecraft: The biggest foreign policy losers of 2023

From the Biden team and humanity to our wrongheaded TV generals, this was a year of catastrophe and political failure. The year in foreign policy was marked by bloody conflict, humanitarian catastrophe, and grief, plus political failures and missteps. Let's take a look at the most notable ones as we …

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