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View from France: Europe’s vassalisation

11:22 05.08.2025

View from France: Europe’s vassalisation

The level of subordination revealed by the agreement between Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump has sparked awareness of the European Union’s (EU) economic, technological, and political impasse vis-à-vis the United States. This latest transgression by the European Commission President spells an existential crisis for the EU, writes Rémi …

Steve Bannon: “We’re adamantly opposed to the Ukraine war because it’s on the Eurasian landmass where we have no vital national security interest”

11:21 05.08.2025

Steve Bannon: “We’re adamantly opposed to the Ukraine war because it’s on the Eurasian landmass where we have no vital national security interest”

U.S. President Donald Trump’s former close aide Steve Bannon told ‘The Yomiuri Shimbun’ (Japan) that the United States should not intervene in the affairs of Europe and the Middle East. Bannon is referred to by CNN as the leader of the president’s Make America Great Again movement. The MAGA movement …

MFA statement concerning a moratorium on deploying ground-based intermediate- and shorter-range missiles: “We are authorised to declare that the Russian Federation no longer considers itself bound by the previously adopted self-imposed restrictions”

0:17 05.08.2025

MFA statement concerning a moratorium on deploying ground-based intermediate- and shorter-range missiles: “We are authorised to declare that the Russian Federation no longer considers itself bound by the previously adopted self-imposed restrictions”

Foreign Ministry statement concerning a moratorium on deploying ground-based intermediate- and shorter-range missiles. After the United States has undertaken deliberate actions that led to termination of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty) in 2019, the Russian Federation made proactive efforts to promote restraint in …

The Kremlin welcomes the idea of Putin meeting with Trump’s special envoy in Moscow

14:23 04.08.2025

The Kremlin welcomes the idea of Putin meeting with Trump’s special envoy in Moscow

Russia does not rule out a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff this week, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. He emphasized that Washington’s ongoing efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine are important, including through direct negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv. …

NYT: China is choking supply of critical minerals to U.S. defense

13:44 04.08.2025

NYT: China is choking supply of critical minerals to U.S. defense

China produces the entire world’s supply of samarium, a rare earth metal that the United States and its allies need to rebuild inventories of fighter jets, missiles and other hardware. Without these magnets, the United States and its allies in Europe will struggle to refill recently depleted inventories of military …

SCO members in talks to establish a Centre to address security threats

12:01 04.08.2025

SCO members in talks to establish a Centre to address security threats

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is planning a security center. Member states are in consultation for this initiative. The aim is to address regional security threats. Focus areas include information security and transnational crime. A summit in Tianjin will discuss these plans, ‘India Times’ writes. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states …

Bloomberg: Three ways America’s World order could collapse – a military catastrophe, soaring federal debt and Trump’s unpredictability

11:59 04.08.2025

Bloomberg: Three ways America’s World order could collapse – a military catastrophe, soaring federal debt and Trump’s unpredictability

Nothing lasts forever: Every international order finds its end. Pax Romana stabilized the greater Mediterranean world, until decline set in. The British global order flourished in the 19th century but came apart amid two world wars in the 20th. Today, in an unruly world led by an erratic America, it’s …

View from Washington: Trump must not prolong the Ukraine war to spite Putin

11:58 04.08.2025

View from Washington: Trump must not prolong the Ukraine war to spite Putin

The deadline for a Ukrainian peace deal draws near. On July 14, President Trump gave Vladimir Putin 50 days to reach an agreement — but just two weeks later, he shortened that timeframe, demanding a ceasefire by August 8. If Moscow fails to make meaningful progress toward peace, the U.S. …

Germany readies to turn Bundeswehr into Europe’s strongest conventional army

10:34 03.08.2025

Germany readies to turn Bundeswehr into Europe’s strongest conventional army

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius briefed lawmakers about the government’s priorities to turn Germany’s Bundeswehr armed forces into Europe’s strongest conventional army, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions are confidential, Bloomberg reports. Germany is preparing more than 60 military procurement orders for parliamentary approval by …

View from Iran: Zangezur – the ‘corridor’ that could break the Caucasus

10:33 03.08.2025

View from Iran: Zangezur – the ‘corridor’ that could break the Caucasus

Zangezur Corridor project aimed at land encirclement of Iran and Russia. With Iran’s firm opposition, renewed calls for the illegal route are all but sure to drag region into chaos, ‘Tehran Times’ stresses. The Republic of Azerbaijan is once again making a splash with its infamous corridor proposal, this time …

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