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‘National Interest’: Five major trends illustrate how the World is changing

10:57 16.06.2023

‘National Interest’: Five major trends illustrate how the World is changing

The post-Western, multipolar international order is coming to pass. As the world grapples with the implications of this shift in power, the foundations of a great reckoning are taking shape. This reckoning will challenge the long-held beliefs and structures that have sustained Western dominance of the world for the past …

Russia improves its weaponry in Ukraine – from GPS-guided bombs to electronic warfare

10:54 16.06.2023

Russia improves its weaponry in Ukraine – from GPS-guided bombs to electronic warfare

Russia has built heavily fortified defenses along the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line, honed its electronic weapons to reduce Ukraine's edge in combat drones, and turned heavy bombs from its massive Cold-War-era arsenal into precision-guided gliding munitions capable of striking targets without putting its warplanes at risk, writes “India Times”. Ukrainian …

European Parliament to join the militarisation path

10:52 16.06.2023

European Parliament to join the militarisation path

The European Union is “in urgent war mode,” said Josep Borrell, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at the Munich Security Conference. This was also echoed in a European Parliament resolution approved by a large majority on 16 February. In it, one reads, e.g., that “the …

Putin: “Is the special military operation itself not a response to them crossing ‘red lines’?”

10:13 15.06.2023

Putin: “Is the special military operation itself not a response to them crossing ‘red lines’?”

During the meeting with war correspondents at the Kremlin Vladimir Putin has made many significant statements: - What is the point of our actions? We will have to take two steps from the centre of the field. After all, we wanted and still want to have the best possible relations …

‘A Wall of Steel’: Russian anti-tank troops cold-bloodedly turning Western armored vehicles into scrap heaps

10:11 15.06.2023

‘A Wall of Steel’: Russian anti-tank troops cold-bloodedly turning Western armored vehicles into scrap heaps

Several days into Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive the scale of the challenges that Ukrainian troops face is already clear. Brigades with Western arms make small gains against Russia’s defensive lines, writes “The Wall Street Journal”. The assault began Thursday night, with abou...

Super-strange but happy – such people now are in the German government team

10:10 15.06.2023

Super-strange but happy – such people now are in the German government team

Germans are very strange people – the United States is blowing up the Russian-German ‘Nord Stream’ gas pipeline, but Chancellor Scholz calls Russia “an enemy”. They are waiting in Berlin for very important visit of the Chinese government head and immediately accuse China of violations: “China acting 'counter to our …

Washington dancing ‘around Riyadh’

10:09 15.06.2023

Washington dancing ‘around Riyadh’

The American flag is missing during Blinken reception by Prince Ben Salman – this is a serious gesture of dissatisfaction with US policy on the part of the Saudi leadership. After President Biden vowed to impose ‘consequences’ on Saudi Arabia for slashing oil production last year, Prince Mohammed bin Salman …

Germany warns of industry shutdown if Russian gas stops flowing in the year 2024

10:51 14.06.2023

Germany warns of industry shutdown if Russian gas stops flowing in the year 2024

Russia-Ukraine agreement for gas transit towards Europe due to expire next year, and the direct negotiations between Ukraine and Russia on the extension of the transit contract look highly implausible in the current environment, notes Bloomberg. Germany may be forced to wind down or even switch off industrial capacity if …

Global nuclear weapons spending

10:48 14.06.2023

Global nuclear weapons spending

The U.S. has deployed about 150 nuclear shells at air bases in Europe without any official statements. This was reported by Alicia Sanders-Sacre, policy and research coordinator of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), at a briefing by the Association of Correspondents to the United Nations (ACANU). Sanders-Zacre …

Palestine is ripe for Chinese mediation

10:47 14.06.2023

Palestine is ripe for Chinese mediation

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken drew a blank in Riyadh in his mission to coax Saudi Arabia to grant diplomatic recognition to Israel and resuscitate the moribund Abraham Accord. The Saudi stance is unwavering: a two-state solution to Palestine problem first; normalisation with Israel can only come after …

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