Russia ratified the Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics (RELOS) agreement with India in early December practically on the eve of Putin’s trip there, which is why news about this was lost in the media shuffle. As the name implies, RELOS...
Trump retweeted an editorial from the New York Post on New Year’s Eve about how “Putin ‘attack’ bluster shows Russia is the one standing in the way of peace”, which followed CIA chief John Ratcliffe briefing him about the...
Ukraine’s Espreso TV, which is famous for livestreaming “EuroMaidan”, published an opinion peace in early December lamenting the loss of what ultra-nationalists consider to be “Zakerzonia”. This refers to the strip of land just west of the Curzon Line...
The US Government recently declassified three of Putin’s conversations with Bush, the first of which took place in June 2001 in Slovenia and saw him lament the loss of only some former Soviet Republics. In his words, “Soviet goodwill...
The Polish Defense Minister announced in late November that his country will buy three A26 Blekinge-class diesel-electric submarines from Sweden as part of a deal estimated to be worth a little less than €2.5 billion. This comes just several...
Carnegie Europe published a piece in mid-November about how “Armenia’s Election Is a Foreign Affair”, which candidly explains why Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan “will need the help of Europe, the United States, and regional neighbours”. Remaining in power, Carnegie...
The Southern Transitional Council (STC) claimed that Saudi Arabia carried out warning airstrikes in proximity to its forces, which followed this South Yemeni separatist group dismissing the Saudis’ demand to withdraw from the eastern provinces of Hadhramout and Mahra....
Polish President Karol Nawrocki inaugurated the latest section of the “Via Baltica” highway between Poland and the Baltic States in late October in an event with his Lithuanian counterpart, with both highlighting the dual military purpose of this megaproject...
Israel just became the first UN member state to recognize Somaliland. Some casual observers believe that this is driven by the desire to have an allied presence in proximity to Iranian-allied and Houthi-controlled North Yemen and/or ahead of Somaliland...
Trump surprised the world by announcing on Christmas that the US bombed “ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria”, whose government cooperated with the operation. This follows him drawing global attention to the slaughter of Christians in Northern Nigeria last...
