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3 nuclear Superpowers, rather than 2, usher in a New Strategic Era

11:32 04.05.2023

3 nuclear Superpowers, rather than 2, usher in a New Strategic Era

China is on track to massively expand its nuclear arsenal, just as Russia suspends the last major arms control treaty. It augurs a new world in which Beijing, Moscow and Washington will likely be atomic peers, writes ‘The New York Times’. On the Chinese coast, just 135 miles from Taiwan, …

Overall EU backing now stands at 39% in Hungary

11:32 03.05.2023

Overall EU backing now stands at 39% in Hungary

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban likes to blame the EU for everything and concern is growing over a sharp drop in public support for the bloc, notes Bloomberg. Placards at Budapest tram stops show a portion of pizza next to the slogan “Why would we be satisfied with less?” (photo). …

French Polynesia elects pro-independence party

11:31 03.05.2023

French Polynesia elects pro-independence party

French Polynesia has elected a pro-independence party, giving fresh impetus to long-standing calls for a referendum in France’s sprawling overseas territory in the South Pacific. The Tavini Huiraatira party, led by former president Oscar Temaru, won an absolute majority in the Assembly of French Polynesia, taking 38 of the 57 …

A third scenario: The end of American Empire

11:31 03.05.2023

A third scenario: The end of American Empire

Many are those who predict a World War. Indeed, some groups are preparing for it. But the USA is reasonable and, in fact, consider rather an amicable separation, a division of the world into two different worlds, one unipolar and the other multipolar. Perhaps we are actually witnessing a third …

RAND Corp. about US geopolitical feeling: A little nervous, a little bit afraid

11:24 02.05.2023

RAND Corp. about US geopolitical feeling: A little nervous, a little bit afraid

RAND Corp. published a new research “Great-Power Competition and Conflict in the 21st Century Outside the Indo-Pacific and Europe”. Some main points presented on the Corp. site: “Under what conditions could the United States expect to become involved in a secondary-theater conflict in which China, Russia, or both are also …

Depolarization as it is: Let’s call the hypothetical currency the ‘bric’

11:24 02.05.2023

Depolarization as it is: Let’s call the hypothetical currency the ‘bric’

Argentina will start to pay for Chinese imports in yuan rather than dollars, the government announced a measure that aims to relieve the country's dwindling dollar reserves, Reuters reports. In April, it aims to pay around $1 billion of Chinese imports in yuan instead of dollars and thereafter around $790 …

Why does Saudi Arabia need to improve ties with Iran?

11:20 02.05.2023

Why does Saudi Arabia need to improve ties with Iran?

What convinced the Saudis to reverse their unfriendly, if not hostile, stance towards Iran and opt for diplomacy and dialogue? Following the Iran-Saudi Arabia meeting in China and their agreement to restore diplomatic relations after seven years, the region faces a fresh challenge to reset the shady past and open …

So charming! The ex-Prime Minister sent a £12.000 bill for food, wines, ‘towelling robes & slippers, disappeared from Chevening’

11:19 02.05.2023

So charming! The ex-Prime Minister sent a £12.000 bill for food, wines, ‘towelling robes & slippers, disappeared from Chevening’

The former prime minister and former British foreign secretary Liz Truss spent public money on her entertainment, and her guests also appropriated government items from a country residence. Liz Truss was at the centre of an extraordinary row after the Government demanded she pay more than £12,000 following the disappearance …

FT: Gold is Up & dollar Down

10:52 01.05.2023

FT: Gold is Up & dollar Down

30 percent of all nations now deal with sanctions from the United States, the EU, Japan and the UK – up from 10 percent in the early 90s. Results? – US Dollar does down. Today analysts extremely concur that a weakening United States dollar can not perhaps lose its status …

A Western view: China and Russia’s convergence

10:51 01.05.2023

A Western view: China and Russia’s convergence

The long history of Sino-Russian relations since the 1600s suggests that bilateral ties can flourish only while there is a semblance of military, political, and economic balance between the two sides, notes Philip Snow, writer and historian, living in Hong Kong, author of “China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict …

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