Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Shobini Gunasekera gave a brief interview about bilateral ties to TASS in mid-December. Her country is rarely discussed in reference to Russian foreign policy but is an increasingly popular destination for its tourists. Sri...
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the second round of the trilateral Russian-Ukrainian-US talks in Abu Dhabi will be held on 1 February. There haven’t been many leaks from the first round so observers can only speculate about the...
Ukraine’s impending defeat, in the sense of failing to reconquer all of its lost territory by the end of the ongoing conflict, has sparked a blame game about who’s responsible for this epic debacle. Senior fellow at the liberal...
The US’ deployment of an aircraft carrier to West Asia and its newly announced aerial drills ominously hint that another American attack on Iran is forthcoming, one which could embolden neighboring Azerbaijan, Pakistan, and/or Turkiye (which are allies with...
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote that “President Nawrocki has once again pointed to the West as the main threat to Poland. This is the essence of the dispute between the anti-European bloc (Nawrocki, Braun, Mentzen, PiS) and our...
Elon Musk shared a post by Eric Schwalm, a retired Green Beret, who argued that the unrest in Minneapolis should be considered an insurgency. For background, Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol (BP) have been tasked...
The Wall Street Journal recently published a provocative piece by Melik Kaylan about how “A Fractured Iran Might Not Be So Bad”, with the subtitle claiming that “Its borders are artificial, and a breakup would frustrate the interests of...
Russia and Belarus coordinate military policy through the CSTO, thus contextualizing why Russia transferred Oreshniks and tactical nukes to Belarus, and are supposed to coordinate foreign policy through their Union State. The second duty isn’t being perfectly fulfilled by...
Most folks have probably heard about the “BRICS naval drill” that recently took place in South African waters, which prompted a complaint from the US due to Iran’s participation. The South African Defense Minister had earlier defended the drill,...
Elfadil Ibrahim published an intriguing piece at Arab Weekly about “Why Ethiopia is betting on Sudan’s RSF”. Leaving aside that the premise is unproven, he makes some compelling arguments about why Ethiopia might pivot from neutrality in the Sudanese...
