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View from India: Sino-Russian entente shifts the tectonic plates of world politics

13:44 21.05.2024

View from India: Sino-Russian entente shifts the tectonic plates of world politics

The state visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to China underscored that the two superpowers’ choice of entente-type alignment has gained traction. It falls short of explicit military obligations of support and yet will not entirely rule out military support either. It provides them the optimal means to address the …

WP: Russian attack on Kharkiv caught Ukraine unprepared

13:43 21.05.2024

WP: Russian attack on Kharkiv caught Ukraine unprepared

Despite months of complaints from troops over shortages and fatigue, Kyiv has been slow to ramp up mobilization, leaving some areas of the front critically understaffed, writes ‘The Washington Post’. Russia’s new offensive across Ukraine’s northeastern border had been expected for months — yet it still surprised the Ukrainian soldiers …

View from London: NATO’s failure to save Ukraine raises an existential question: “What on Earth is it for?!”

13:42 21.05.2024

View from London: NATO’s failure to save Ukraine raises an existential question: “What on Earth is it for?!”

Nato’s grand 75th birthday celebration in Washington in July will ring hollow in Kyiv. The alliance has miserably failed its biggest post-cold war test – the battle for Ukraine. Sadly, there’s no denying it: Vladimir Putin is on a roll, stresses ‘The Guardian’. Advancing Russian forces in Kharkiv profit from …

U.S. Special Forces Chief gives details on British Ground Forces in Ukraine - increasingly deeply involved

13:41 21.05.2024

U.S. Special Forces Chief gives details on British Ground Forces in Ukraine - increasingly deeply involved

Head of the U.S. Special Operations Command General Bryan Fenton has revealed new details on the operations of British ground units in Ukraine, stating that the Pentagon has been learning about the ongoing war “mostly through the eyes of our UK special operations partners,” who he stated had been testing …

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister sees possibility of ‘downgrading diplomatic ties with US’

11:49 20.05.2024

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister sees possibility of ‘downgrading diplomatic ties with US’

Moscow may lower the level of diplomatic relations with Washington if certain scenarios unfold, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told TASS in an interview. In his words, Russia has never been the first to make such moves in its relations with the United States or other NATO countries. "But, …

Geert Wilders’ new Dutch government is coming

11:48 20.05.2024

Geert Wilders’ new Dutch government is coming

Geert Wilders’ far-right party is set to become part of the Dutch government — and the shockwaves won't take long to hit the EU machine in Brussels. After six months of wrangling and painful negotiations, the Netherlands finally has a ...

The Economist: ‘The Xi-Putin partnership is not a marriage of convenience. It is one of vital, long-term necessity’

11:47 20.05.2024

The Economist: ‘The Xi-Putin partnership is not a marriage of convenience. It is one of vital, long-term necessity’

In march last year China’s leader, Xi Jinping, paused at the door of the Kremlin. Before bidding farewell to Vladimir Putin, he offered him a final thought. Using the phrase bainian bianju, shorthand for what China views as a historic change in the world order, Mr Xi said: “Let us …

Politico: Macron’s wrong to think France’s nuclear umbrella can protect Europe

11:46 20.05.2024

Politico: Macron’s wrong to think France’s nuclear umbrella can protect Europe

Break it gently to the French president, but it will take more than the French and U.K. nuclear deterrents to defend the Continent without the US, notes at POLITICO Derrick Wyatt is an emeritus professor of law at the University of Oxford. In a key passage in his recent Sorbonne …

British life-style: Lib Dems deselected candidate ‘because he is a Christian’

10:23 19.05.2024

British life-style: Lib Dems deselected candidate ‘because he is a Christian’

The Liberal Democrats have been accused of breaching equality law by deselecting a candidate 'based on his Christian faith', writes ‘The Daily Mail’. The party has been reported to the equalities watchdog for allegedly tolerating a 'hostile environment' for people of faith, failing to investigate serious allegations of discrimination and …

‘Left pan-Africanist’ Bassirou Diomaye Faye confirmed as Senegal’s new president-elect: What’s next?

10:22 19.05.2024

‘Left pan-Africanist’ Bassirou Diomaye Faye confirmed as Senegal’s new president-elect: What’s next?

The Constitutional Court of Senegal confirmed Bassirou Diomaye Faye (photo) as the next president-elect of the West African country, assuaging fears of a constitutional crisis after the political outsider won the election the previous week. But what do these developments mean for Senegal, West Africa, and the world? – asks …

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