As the Ukraine conflict grinds on, Western analysts double down on tired narratives. Sir Lawrence Freedman, often hailed as Britain’s top strategic thinker, exemplifies this echo chamber - casting Putin as irrational while ignoring the deeper forces at play. His recent Foreign Affairs piece is less insight than ideology, cloaked in the language of...
On June 22, 2025, South Korean presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung announced that President Lee Jae-myung would not be participating in the NATO summit scheduled for June 24–25 in The Hague. She referred to domestic priorities and the escalating uncertainty in the Middle East as reasons for the...
In a context where China shows no sign of capitulating to the Atlantic bloc’s hybrid warfare, it can be assumed that Beijing has meticulously studied the nervous system of the 21st-century American Empire, and now possesses the means to deprive the American hegemon of the properties of the Phoenix bird. Three decades have passed since the reformist shift ini...
The South Asian region has gained significant geopolitical and geostrategic importance in recent years. The region has long held strategic geopolitical importance. Former US President Barack Obama’s ‘Pivot to Asia’ policy proved instrumental in increasing the region’s geostrategic weight. However, with the recent Pakistan-India war, and the ongoing Iran-Isra...
Russia has found itself in the difficult position of Thor. The Nordic god Thor, in the Castle of Utgaard, was requested to drink up a great horn filled with mead. He drank and he drank but he could not empty the horn – it turned out that it was connected to the sea. Likewise, Putin was pushed into a fight with Russia’s sister republic of Ukraine, but he prom...
The Rio Declaration that followed the latest BRICS Summit in that coastal Brazilian city saw all members, including China, condemn late April’s Pahalgam terrorist attack in paragraph 34: “We condemn in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on 22 April 2025”. This sharply contrasts with the draft SCO Defense Ministers’ joint statement ...
When Trump emerges from the depths of America, the world is not surprised — it assesses the consequences. This political restoration within the setting of “democracy” is not a historical whim, but a symptom. An empire that has lost its conscience is turning back to its old incantations. “America First” resonates like an echo of past doctrines: “to civilize”,...
This was done under the pretext of depriving Tehran of the ability to create nuclear weapons. There was and is no convincing evidence that Iran was going to produce an atomic bomb; the country’s authorities have repeatedly assured that they have no such intentions. In March, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard officially stated that American i...
Beneath the ceremonial trappings, awkward photo ops, and gherkin-flecked dinners, a serious transformation has taken root: the dismantling of Europe’s welfare model in favour of a vast militarised agenda, scripted in Washington and rubber-stamped by compliant European leaders. The core agreement - to raise defence-related spending to an eye-watering 5% of GD...
The American Commentariat is exploding with derisive accounts of US President Donald Trump’s ongoing series of phone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. These accounts are characterized by claims that Trump is desperately trying to con Putin into surrendering Russia’s real interests by agreeing to a cease-fire in Ukraine and somehow going al...
Operations “The Rising Lion” and “Midnight Hammer” were demonstrations of force mobilizing considerable resources. They lasted no more than 12 days in total. Their results are unknown, but much has been learned about those who planned them. The International Atomic Energy Agency, which relied on AI software rather than the observations of its inspectors, is ...
Russian-Azerbaijani relations are in trouble as a result of two scandals. The first concerns the recent police raid against suspected ethnic Azeri criminals in Yekaterinburg, during which time two of them died in circumstances that are now being investigated. That prompted Baku to officially complain to Moscow, after which a vicious infowar campaign was laun...
Comments from experts at the Atlantic Council - an influential American think tank - paint a complex and contradictory picture of the situation. Founded in 1961 and known for its support of transatlantic policy, the Atlantic Council plays a key role in shaping Western strategic narratives. Yet even its experts cannot provide a clear assessment of the attacks...
The Soviet Union was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia in 1926. However, these relations later cooled down. Aside from the ups and downs after 1938, from 1979 onwards, reasons such as the Soviet-Afghan War, the Cold War, and Saudi Arabia’s support for Afghan mujahideen in close cooperation with the United States, ...
Bangladesh has been observing a significant transformation since the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid after a student uprising. The interim government has taken numerous steps to put an end to the controversial legacy of the former government. However, the recent ban on the Awami League could lead the country to political...