Background Briefing
Sputnik reported in early December that Kazakhstan will build four factories that’ll produce Russian- and NATO-standard shells, which prompted First Deputy Chairman of the Duma Defense Committee Alexei Zhuravlev to harshly condemn this development. In his words, “We...
The Turkish Education Minister announced in late November that his country’s curriculum will replace Central Asia with Turkistan as part of its pan-Turkic unity plans. This coincides with the five Central Asian Republics inviting Azerbaijan to join their annual...
Ethiopia and India elevated their historical ties to a strategic partnership during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, where he was given a grand welcome. His counterpart Abiy Ahmed broke protocol to pick him up at the airport and...
Polish President Karol Nawrocki gave an interview to Wirtualna Polska earlier this week in which he shared some interesting insight into Zelensky, Russia, and Trump. He began by pledging continued support for Ukraine against their shared Russian foe but...
Russia condemned the EU’s recent decision to indefinitely immobilize its seized assets, the special procedure for which scandalously circumvented member states’ veto power in an effort to prevent Hungary and Slovakia from stopping them. This move might precede the...
It was earlier assessed that “Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Investigation Is Turning Into A Rolling Coup” after it took down Zelensky’s grey cardinal Andrey Yermak, consequently weakened the already shaky alliance keeping him in power, and thus placed more pressure upon...
Politico reported that “Poland fumes about being cut out of Ukraine peace talks” after it wasn’t invited to the recent meeting in London and the prior one in Geneva. The former included France, Germany, the UK (the E3), and...
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani visited Pakistan late last month for talks that Al Mayadeen, which is one of the voices of the Iranian-led Resistance Axis, cited sources to report were meant to “lay the...
The Gulf of Aden-Red Sea (GARS) region is among the world’s most strategic since it facilitates the vast majority of European-Asian trade, the role of which won’t be replaced even in the scenario of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor...
“The De Facto Restoration Of South Yemen Drastically Shifts The Conflict’s Dynamics” by making the re-bifurcation of Yemen into the Southern Transitional Council (STC)-controlled South and Houthi-controlled North a pragmatic compromise for ending the war. After all, they were...
