Prior to the joint US-Israeli campaign against Iran, there was a belief among the Gulf States that hosting US forces strengthens their security by deterring hypothetical attacks by Iran, yet that thinking was just discredited over the past few...
Folks were earlier reminded that “Russia Was Never Iran’s ‘Ally’” in the sense of having mutual defense obligations to it like Russia does to the five countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) that it leads: Armenia, Belarus,...
The FSB claimed to have “reliable information that the Ukrainian armed forces and intelligence agencies are able to quickly obtain information posted on the Telegram messenger and use it for military purposes.” This coincides with the government allegedly throttling...
The Financial Times wrote about “How Trump is pushing India to hedge its geopolitical bets”, which argues that the US’ pivot to Pakistan prior to early February’s Indo-US trade deal and its punitive tariffs over the six months prior...
A popular Ukrainian media outlet, the Kyiv Independent, revived the narrative of Russia’s unreliability as an ally after the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amidst the ongoing US-Israeli campaign against Iran. The narrative is simple and it’s that Russia...
The joint US-Israeli campaign against Iran officially aims to demilitarize the country and overthrow its government. The conflict has only just begun, but Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has already been killed along with several high-ranking military officials. These might be...
Trump claimed that the US’ military campaign against Iran is to “defend the American people”, while many critics have alleged (whether in jest or not) that it’s to distract from the Epstein Files, but few observers realize that it’s...
CNBC reported last week that “U.S. Supreme Court tariff ruling will likely allow India to keep buying Russian oil” after Trump claimed that Modi agreed to zero it out as part of the Indo-US trade deal. Although Indian officials...
The latest clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which are the most serious in decades, have prompted a flurry of reactions from Russian officialdom. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed hope for a swift end to hostilities, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria...
Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Albert Khorev spoke to TASS in early February on the subject of bilateral ties ahead of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Russia from 3-5 March. They didn’t publish his remarks as a single interview,...
