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‘The New York Times’: The End Game in Ukraine

9:58 14.12.2024

‘The New York Times’: The End Game in Ukraine

Donald Trump’s victory will hasten those peace talks. During the campaign, Trump promised to end the war in Ukraine even before his inauguration. Maybe that was a bit of exaggeration. But it’s clear he wants negotiations to begin soon, writes ‘The New York Times’. That’s bad news for Ukraine. Russian …

View from London: The end of pluralism in the Middle East

9:30 13.12.2024

View from London: The end of pluralism in the Middle East

A truly seismic change in the Middle East appears to be happening very fast. At its heart is a devil’s bargain – Turkey and the Gulf States accept the annihilation of the Palestinian nation and creation of a Greater Israel, in return for the annihilation of the Shia minorities of …

A meeting of representatives of five nuclear states was held in Dubai: Russia, the USA, China, France and Great Britain

9:29 13.12.2024

A meeting of representatives of five nuclear states was held in Dubai: Russia, the USA, China, France and Great Britain

Representatives of five nuclear-armed states – Russia, the United States, China, France, and Great Britain – attended a closed-door meeting in Dubai, TASS informs. It marked the first full-fledged consultations under China's chairmanship of the group of five nuclear-weapon nations (P-5). According to a statement released by the Chinese Foreign …

View from Washington: NATO could decide to put B-61 Nukes in Poland or… Ukraine

9:27 13.12.2024

View from Washington: NATO could decide to put B-61 Nukes in Poland or… Ukraine

In response to Moscow's announcement last year that it would deploy medium-range ballistic missiles or non-strategic nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, Poland's then right-wing government said it was prepared to host North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) nuclear weapons, writes The National Interest. Specifically, Warsaw said it was open to making …

U.S. lawmakers call for intelligence assessment on ending support for Ukraine

9:26 13.12.2024

U.S. lawmakers call for intelligence assessment on ending support for Ukraine

Lawmakers want the key intelligence chiefs to assess U.S. security risks if America stops providing weapons to Ukraine and Russian wins the war, ‘The Hill’ reports. The lawmakers are pressing for a provision to be added to the National Defense Authorization Act. President-elect Trump has said that Ukraine should “probably” …

Medvedev meets with Xi in Beijing

19:14 12.12.2024

Medvedev meets with Xi in Beijing

Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council and United Russia Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to Beijing, TASS reports. Dmitry Medvedev said during the meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that he delivered a personal message from Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I …

View from Cairo: Germany’s deindustrialization accelerates to unprecedented levels due to cutting ties with Russia

10:53 12.12.2024

View from Cairo: Germany’s deindustrialization accelerates to unprecedented levels due to cutting ties with Russia

While German authorities draw up a list of bunkers while simultaneously provoking Russia by arming Ukraine, the real panic in the country is in the economy, especially as German industrial giants continue to lay off tens of thousands of workers. Yet, despite the economic calamity, Berlin is still not considering …

View from USA: Washington celebrates islamists’ victory in Syria

10:51 12.12.2024

View from USA: Washington celebrates islamists’ victory in Syria

Washington finally completed its dirty war in Syria, writes Antiwar.com. What started as a CIA covert operation to smuggle weapons and jihadists from Libya to Syria has resulted in Syria leader Bashar al-Assad being deposed and replaced by Abu Mohammad al-Julani. Julani found his way to Damascus by rising through …

‘The Economist’: The three forces that will shape 2025

10:50 12.12.2024

‘The Economist’: The three forces that will shape 2025

What happens when the world’s biggest economy takes a sharp protectionist turn? When the global superpower decides that a transactional foreign policy beats alliances? And when the reset takes place as wars rage, menacing adversaries join forces and artificial intelligence (AI) is changing everything from health care to warfare? The …

View from Washington: Obstacles to a Ukraine settlement

10:49 12.12.2024

View from Washington: Obstacles to a Ukraine settlement

President Donald Trump reluctantly met with Volodymyr Zelensky and Emanuel Macron in Paris to discuss the way forward in Ukraine. While Trump says that he has convinced Zelensky to move ahead with negotiations with Russia, Zelensky is already wiggling on any commitments he may have made. Nor is a negotiation …

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