The Russian and Pakistani Navies conducted a passing exercise (PASSEX) in the Arabian Sea last week. This is a standard drill, “during which communication and interaction between them are checked in a military situation or when providing humanitarian assistance”,...
The Financial Times (FT) cited four unnamed European officials to report that “European military powers work on 5-10 year plan to replace US in Nato”. The UK, France, Germany, and the Nordic nations are named as those that want...
Putin signed a decree on Thursday obligating all Ukrainians in Russia without valid residence documents to legalize their stay by 10 September. They can do this by either applying for Russian citizenship via the simplified procedure for Ukrainian nationals...
A survey that was commissioned by the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita in early March revealed that a significant share of Poles doubt Trump’s reliability as an ally. 46.3% think that the US is now an unreliable guarantor of their country’s...
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard sparked a scandal when she recently told Indian media during her trip to the country that Trump 2.0 is concerned about the persecution of minorities and growing caliphate threats in Bangladesh. That country’s...
The Baltic States’ and Poland’s Defense Ministers issued a joint statement on Tuesday announcing that their countries are withdrawing from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (Ottawa Convention) in response to what they portrayed as new threats from Russia. Neither...
The nascent Russian-US “New Détente” didn’t lead to a ceasefire during the latest Putin-Trump call, thus meaning that the hot phase of the Ukrainian Conflict continues, albeit with a proposed cessation of attacks on energy infrastructure provided that Kiev...
Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that “Russia Is Wooing Arctic Gas Buyers With Life After US Sanctions”. They cited unnamed sources to report that Novatek, the company behind the Arctic LNG 2 megaproject, is courting American, European, and even Indian...
Semafor cited two unnamed people familiar with the matter to exclusively report on Monday that Trump is considering having the US recognize Crimea as Russian and even pressure the UN to do the same as part of a larger...
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Vladimir Vorobyev signed a naval cooperation agreement with landlocked Ethiopia last week while visiting its Maritime Training Institute. Readers can learn more about Ethiopia’s policy of peacefully regaining free and full access...