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BRICS needs strategic maritime cooperation – Putin aide
Why BRICS is moving toward maritime cooperation and why it has not become a military alliance Cooperation between the navies of member countries would help protect sea lanes, Nikolay Patrushev has said,speaking to Argumenty i Fakty (meaning “arguements and facts” ), a Russian weekly newspaper. ‘Our key task is building a multipolar order at sea.… Continue reading
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Marco Declares Colonialist War on the Global South
Marco Rubio’s Munich Declaration of Colonial Revivalism amid the Crisis of Western Primacy and the Rise of the Global South Marco Rubio used the Munich Security Conference to present a civilisational argument grounded in imperial expansion and Western dominance. He declared that “for five centuries, before the end of the Second World War, the West… Continue reading
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The Greatest Robbery in Financial History Continues to Play Out in the Silver Market
An analysis of events surrounding the silver market dislocation of Friday 13 February, and the systemic mechanics that enabled it It’s Saturday morning, February 14, 2026, with global markets closed, the week’s turbulence in silver has come to a temporary halt. Over the preceding five trading days, February 9 through February 13, the market had… Continue reading
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Russian Foreign Policy in a Fragmenting OrderLavrov at the State Duma and the Structure of Multipolar PowerInstitutional Continuity under Strategic Pressure
An opinion analysis of Russia’s systemic positioning amid global realignmentSecurity, law, and sovereignty in contemporary Russian diplomacy Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov used the State Duma hearing to present a coherent account of Russian foreign policy under conditions described as structural change rather than episodic crisis. The remarks framed current conflicts as consequences of an exhausted… Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia Has The “BOMB”
Nuclear Patronage, Saudi-Pakistan Security Ties, and the US-Israel Escalatory Dynamics Surrounding Iran Former senior Iranian military officials and independent analysts have publicly asserted for the first time that Saudi Arabia may already be in possession of a hidden nuclear arsenal, and that Riyadh’s extended deterrence is effectively being provided by Pakistan through a strategic mutual… Continue reading
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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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Lavrov Slams Epstein-Russia Claims as “Yellow Journalism”
Moscow rejects spy allegations as a political distraction, while the Global South reacts with shock at Western inaction and elite impunity Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has denounced the claims circulating in Western media that financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein might have had ties to Russian intelligence, describing the allegations as little more… Continue reading
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Negotiations or Non-Negotiations? Seven Visits, Zero Resolution
Netanyahu’s Washington Visits, Maximalist Demands, Domestic Vulnerabilities, Strategic Deadlock, and the Risk of Miscalculation on Iran Benjamin Netanyahu’s seventh visit to the White House within a twelve-month period takes place amid a dense convergence of military escalation, financial instability, and domestic political exposure within both the United States and Israel. Netanyahu arrives in Washington on… 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
