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Opinion

What Is G20’s Future?

G20 is effectively a symbol of the past age and a test polygon where the world trains its global politics skills.

20.11.2024
Opinion

Germany Becomes Europe’s Political Nullity

Today, Germany is a political nullity in the very centre of Europe, with a significant role in the global economy and trade.

14.11.2024
Politics

The Global Implications of the Trump Victory

Donald Trump winning the presidency spells an increase in minor dustups and crises on the global stage while reducing the risk of a major war with apocalyptic consequences.

07.11.2024
Politics

France Swept by an Ominous Colonial Crisis

France’s overseas territories have been swept by a large-scale crisis. A wave of violent protests has ripped through New Caledonia, Martinique and Guadeloupe.

05.11.2024
Politics

Ukraine Brings Germany’s Government to a Crack-Up

Experts have assessed the prospects of holding early election to the Bundestag in spring 2025

04.11.2024
Politics

BRICS to Ensure Free Trade

The recent Kazan summit shows progress towards a multipolar international economy.

30.10.2024
Politics

Tallinn Attacks the Rights of ‘Estonian Crimea’

The major political agreement reached after the collapse of USSR between Russian people in Estonia and the official Tallinn is being threatened. Why northeast Estonia used to be compared to Crimea and Transnistria?

25.10.2024
Politics

Poland Breaks a Taboo About Ukrainians

Polish military authorities are not satisfied with how Ukrainians are fighting and that many of them are not eager to go to the front.

23.10.2024
Politics

Zelensky Goes Nuclear – or Does He?

Experts assess Ukraine’s nuclear threats

22.10.2024
Politics

Canada Takes on India Over a Decades-Old Cause

A mysterious assassination, allegations of foreign intelligence interference, the bad blood between the two government leaders, the expulsion of diplomats, an anti-separatism crusade and Western ideological prejudices have all come to a head in a recent public showdown between India and Canada.

18.10.2024
Business

Food Prices to Start France’s Demise

Unrest is gaining pace in France’s overseas departments. Earlier it embraced New Caledonia where a strong independence movement has been on the rise. What is this about and why is it a symptom of a very dangerous crisis for France?

16.10.2024
Politics

US to Throw EU Under the Bus in the Ukraine Funding

Experts explain the declining US interest in the Ukraine war funding.

11.10.2024
Politics

(Not So Great) Britain

Following decades of heated disputes, the UK finally cedes the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, one of the wealthiest nations in Africa. The Brits needed the colony as a site of a strategic military base, hence the purge of the local civilians.

10.10.2024
Business

How Much Will the World Pay for a Large-Scale War in the Middle East?

If the conflict between Iran and Israel begins to ramp up, economic consequences will be much more serious than today.

07.10.2024
Politics

Japan’s New PM Will Cause Unexpected Problems for U. S.

Ishiba is not a typical politician for the Japanese elite, being a rebel and a liberal in most unexpected matters.

03.10.2024
Politics

Polish Flood Made Worse by Beavers and (Again) ‘Russian Disinfo’

Poland is navigating the aftermath of the worst natural disaster to have struck the country in decades. The government has opted to shift its focus onto a ‘Russian disinformation’ campaign while pinning the blame for the devastation on someone as seemingly innocent as regular beavers. 

30.09.2024
Business

The French Face Reckoning After Years of Prospering at the Expense of Others

France is sick financially: ‘the patient’ is having fever, with the future presented only in dark colours and doctors not being able to agree on the treatment. Hardly had he taken the PM appointment, when Michel Barnier made it clear that the situation is ‘very serious’.

26.09.2024
Politics

Poland Decides to Redraw Ukraine’s Borders

Contradictions between Kiev and Warsaw are getting stronger. Poland’s MFA head Radosław Sikorski suggested putting Crimea under a UN mandate and holding a new referendum on its status.

25.09.2024
Politics

Arabs Pager’d to Death by Mossad

A massive operation targeting Hezbollah, allegedly carried out by Israel’s spy agency, left at least 37 people dead and thousands badly injured. In an unexpected turn of events, the weapon used against the group members were thousands of regular pagers.

20.09.2024
Business

Ukraine Is Dragging the Entire Europe Into an Energy Collapse

Ukraine has had to ask for emergency energy supplies from its European neighbours. However, there have been increasingly fewer signs that Europeans are happy to provide such assistance to Kiev’s government.

19.09.2024

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