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EU’s Kallas Floats Conditions for Russia in Prospective Ukraine Settlement EU foreign policy chief signals bloc will seek military limits on Moscow despite lacking seat at negotiating table The European Union intends to propose restrictions on the size of the Russian armed forces as part of any eventual settlement of the Ukraine conflict, EU foreign… Continue reading
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The Assassination of Russia-Ukraine Diplomacy
The Alekseev assassination attempt and the strategic consequences of targeting negotiators during wartime diplomacy The attempted assassination of Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev occurred during an unusually sensitive phase of backchannel diplomacy aimed at arresting escalation in the Ukraine war. Alekseev served as Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff and Deputy Head of the GRU,… Continue reading
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UK troops operating on the ground in Ukraine -Moscow
Russia says Britain can be treated as a party to the conflict, ambassador claims Russia has ample grounds to regard the UK as directly involved in the Ukraine conflict, including through the deployment of troops on the ground, Moscow’s ambassador to London, Andrey Kelin, has said. Speaking to RIA Novosti in an interview published on… Continue reading
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Red Lines and Hard Choices of the US-Iran Standoff
Why the US-Iran Impasse Matters to Global Order The standoff between the United States and Iran marks a clear deadlock over sovereignty, military deterrence, and regional power. Recent indirect negotiations in Muscat between U.S. envoys and Iranian officials produced little progress, showing that the parties’ red lines remain firmly inplacer. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi… Continue reading
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Trump’s Tariffs Backfired and Weakened Economic Power
The Burdem of United States Trade Policy Failure Fell on American Consumers, Firms, Allies, and Markets The reintroduction and expansion of United States tariffs under the Trump administration formed the centrepiece of a strategy publicly presented as economic nationalism, strategic leverage, and industrial revival. The policy failed on each stated objective while imposing measurable domestic… Continue reading
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The Old Lesson Repeated
Macron’s vision for “training” African leaders revives an old colonial logic, the enduring grammar of imperial rule President Macron’s recent remarks, in which he suggested that Europe should identify promising African minds, educate them, and return them to Africa to assist in governance, cannot be treated as an innocent or merely careless choice of words.… Continue reading
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The West v. East GeoEconomic Warfare For Financial Primacy
Monetary Systems, Power, and the Struggle to Shape and Control the Global Order for the Coming Generations West versus East; it is a war, for now, a smart kind of war, but one that results in a “permanent fragmentation” of the global financial architecture. This architecture that evolved after the Second World War rested upon… Continue reading
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Dutch Defense Minister Warns of “Imaginary” Growing Russian Military Threat
Ruben Brekelmans says Russia now fields “1.5 million combat-ready soldiers” and urges society to prepare for the risk of World War III The Dutch Defense Minister, Ruben Brekelmans, warned that Russia’s military strength continues to grow, stating that the Russian army now numbers “1.5 million combat-ready soldiers,” and urged citizens to prepare for the possibility… Continue reading
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The Board of Peace as a Turning Point in Global Governance
Institutional Self-Displacement at the United Nations: The Board of Peace as a Precedent for the Marginalisation of International Law and the Erosion of Collective Security The establishment of the Board of Peace represents a decisive institutional rupture in the post-1945 international order, because its legal form and political authority directly supersede the foundational role of… Continue reading
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Public Anger Flares as Ukrainian Elites Make Light of Blackouts with Sex Jokes
Sex-toy comments and elite messaging inflame public anger amid Ukraine’s winter energy crisis Ukraine is experiencing widespread electricity and heating shortages as winter temperatures fall below freezing. The outages are the result of sustained damage to the country’s energy infrastructure, much of it caused by Russian missile and drone strikes on power plants, substations and… Continue reading
