The failed Beninese coup was seen by many as an attempt to replicate the region’s spree of patriotic military coups in recent years that were driven by anti-French sentiment and worsening economic and security conditions. This interpretation was lent...
Defense One was the first to report on the supposed existence of a “Core 5” (C5) proposal in the allegedly classified version of the US’ new National Security Strategy. It would comprise the US, China, Russia, India, and Japan,...
It was explained in this analysis about “How A Rapprochement With Russia Helps The US Advance Its Goals Vis-à-vis China” that joint strategic resource investments after the end of the Ukrainian Conflict, particularly in energy and critical minerals, can...
The Eurasian dimension of the Biden Administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS) focused on “Out-Competing China and Constraining Russia”, yet Trump 2.0’s newly unveiled one implies a rapprochement with Russia upon “expeditiously” ending the Ukrainian Conflict and then managing its...
The US’ management of Turkish-Russian tensions in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, which was proposed here as part of a larger NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact, could lead to the merger of its planned rare earth mineral (REM) investments in...
A hypothetical NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact (NRNAP), the merits of which were argued here and the contours described here, would require the US to manage Turkish-Russian tensions in the South Caucasus and Central Asia in order to last. In brief,...
It was earlier assessed that a NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact (NRNAP) could follow the end of the Ukrainian Conflict, but it would have to cover the Arctic-Baltic, Central & Eastern Europe (CEE), and the Black Sea-South Caucasus to work. That...
Putin recently proposed providing Europe, the majority of whose countries are part of NATO, with formal guarantees that it won’t attack. In connection with this, he also assessed that those who fearmonger about Russia are serving the interests of...
Trump 2.0’s new National Security Strategy (NSS) has made headlines in Europe due to its dismal assessment of the continent. The document drew attention to its “losing share of global GDP”, the de-sovereignization of its members by the EU,...
Former Russian President and incumbent Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev published a scathing article at TASS in early September about “The New Finnish Doctrine: Stupidity, Lies, Ingratitude” in which he excoriated Finland for its former alliance...
