The New York Times published a report in late March about how “Pakistan Dials Up Its Information War”, with the subtitle being that “New, friendly media operations and expanded state-run television are pushing Pakistan’s message while independent news outlets...
No sooner had new President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) Dmitry Trenin issued his clarion call for correcting foreign policy misperceptions in an interview with leading domestic media, which was republished by RT and analyzed here, that...
Former Russian President and incumbent Deputy Chair of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev warned on X that “Russian Defense Ministry’s statement must be taken literally: the list of European facilities which make drones & other equipment is a list...
The Moldovan Parliament recently voted to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the dialogue platform comprised of most former Soviet Republics (the Baltic States, Georgia, and Ukraine are the exceptions), after having suspended its membership therein since...
Turkiye, Syria, and Jordan signed a trilateral MoU in early April on transport cooperation that followed their meeting more than half a year prior last September where they first committed to reviving the Hejaz Railway. This late-Ottoman project connected...
The Pakistani Finance Minister announced that Saudi Arabia is extending its $5 billion deposit in their country and adding another $3 billion after the UAE demanded earlier this month that Pakistan finally repay the $3.5 billion that it was...
The latest Hungarian parliamentary elections were portrayed in their run-up as a make-or-break moment for ties with Russia. Prime Minister Viktor Orban pledged to continue importing energy from Russia, to not arm Ukraine, and even accused it of meddling...
Indonesia and the US announced a “Major Defense Cooperation Partnership” (MDCP) during their Defense Ministers’ meeting in DC in mid-April. This arrangement “will explore mutually agreed cutting-edge initiatives, including co-developing sophisticated asymmetric capabilities pioneering next-generation defense technologies in the...
Zelensky’s West Asian tour, which saw him clinch security deals with the Gulf Kingdoms that are worth paying attention to for the reasons that were explained here, culminated in a surprise visit to Syria. After meeting with his counterpart...
Orban’s “democratic ouster” is expected to remove Hungary’s procedural opposition to the EU’s planned €90 billion loan to Ukraine that’ll be financed by members raising common debt. RT published a detailed article about this plan here last December, which...
