Marshal of the Sejm Włodzimierz Czarzasty reflected the newly hardened approach towards Ukraine that’s now practiced by his ruling liberal coalition in his recent comments about that country’s EU membership prospects. In his words, “Ukraine’s accession to the EU...
Russian Ambassador to Ireland Yury Filatov warned his host country in early August that the “most serious consequences” might follow Dublin dispatching the Irish Army to board vessels suspected of violating the anti-Russian sanctions after the recent passing of...
China and India resumed their Himalayan border trade on 1 August that was suspended for six years due first to COVID and then the bilateral tensions that exploded after summer 2020’s lethal clashes in the Galwan River Valley. As...
Finnish President Alexander Stubb intriguingly told local media that “At some point, dialogue will have to be established on the European side, and perhaps the most important role in this will be played by countries that share a border...
Israel and Turkiye are in a war of words after Israel bombed a North Syrian airbase near the country’s largest city of Aleppo on the grounds that Turkish forces were allegedly preparing to deploy there. Syria denied that, but...
Latvia, just like its Estonian and Lithuanian neighbors, is known for its anti-Russian policies. The Baltic States have a complex history with Russia, to put it mildly, which shapes their present views. That’s why they’ve been some of Ukraine’s...
Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui published a timely article at publicly financed TASS on the 80th anniversary of the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, which was Japan’s version of the Nuremberg Trials that most Westerners are unaware of. Zhang...
Andrey Klepach, the chief economist at Vnesheconombank (Russia’s state development bank), left his post over the weekend after the media firestorm over his critical remarks about the economy in late May during an event hosted by the Moscow Exchange’s...
Trump confirmed that he’s back in contact with North Korea’s (DPRK) Kim Jong Un one day after scaling back the US’ participation in annual large-scale military drills with South Korea (ROK). The Wall Street Journal also reported on the...
The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) formally endorsed the offshore Nigerian-Moroccan Pipeline in late July. Construction on this $25 billion megaproject is expected to begin in 2028 and stretch over 4,000 kilometers along the West African coast...
