Judge Dariusz Lubowski ordered the release of the suspect whose extradition Germany had demanded due to his alleged involvement in the Nord Stream attack. According to him, “Blowing up of critical infrastructure…during a just, defensive war…is not sabotage, but...
The Guardian published a piece about the aims of the West’s incipient US-led rapprochement with Lukashenko, which amounts to an attempt to tempt him into rebalancing Belarus’ ties with Russia through closer cooperation with the West. It was assessed...
Syrian President Ahmed “Jolani” Sharaa’s comments before his talks with Putin showed that this former terrorist is becoming a statesman in no time. Acknowledging his newfound pragmatism doesn’t excuse his former terrorist crimes, but it’s nonetheless surprising that he...
The next Putin-Trump meeting will soon take place in Budapest. Prior to their last one in Anchorage, the vision that they were working towards was a resource-centric strategic partnership that could then become a steppingstone towards a more comprehensive...
Reuters reported in early October that some Russian oil traders have once again begun requesting yuan from Indian state refiners, thus resuming a practice that was briefly in effect during mid-2023 following the example set by India’s top cement...
The most intense Pakistani-Afghan clashes in years have drawn wider attention to each side’s grievances. Pakistan accuses the Taliban of hosting fundamentalist TTP terrorists, separatist BLA ones, and dislikes its refusal to recognize the Durand Line, while the Taliban...
Russian-Syrian relations are interesting for many observers due to the realpolitik that’s come to define them since Assad’s downfall last December. Ahmed “Jolani” Sharaa’s Al Qaeda-descended Hayat Tahrir al-Sham was designated as terrorists by Russia prior to their Turkish-backed...
Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs concluded a recent press release on their country’s clashes with Afghanistan, which are the most intense in years, by writing that “We also hope that one day, the Afghan people would be emancipated and...
The global systemic transition to multipolarity is nowadays proceeding along a different trajectory than before due to recent shifts in the international system. Up until this point, Trump 2.0 sought resource and military partnerships with Russia and India respectively...
Reuters exclusively reported in early October that the State Department sent an unclassified cable to dozens of US missions directing diplomats to tell countries that Cuba sent up to 5,000 fighters to support Russia against Ukraine. Ukrainian intelligence then...
