Russia’s Pivot to Asia: From Tashkent to Beijing
Amid the ongoing sanctions war with the West, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin raised the stakes of his Asian policy by visiting the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tashkent, followed up...
View ArticleAleksandar Vucic: Is He Stepping Out of the West’s Shadow?
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic canceled his much-anticipated visits to Brussels and New York in a move seen as an act of defiance to the West after reports emerged that foreign meddling had...
View ArticlePresident Poroshenko: Odd Man in Brussels
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko paid a visit to Brussels in a fresh effort to convince European Union not to backtrack from its sanctions policy on Russia and to negotiate visa-free-regime for...
View ArticlePresident Erdogan: Time to Patch Up Quarrels
Hours after deadly terrorist attack at the Istanbul airport Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the crucial step to normalize relations with Russia by holding a phone conversation with...
View ArticleBritain-EU: To Leave or Not to Leave?
A week after the Brexit referendum negotiations on the divorce agreement between Brussels and London came to a deadlock after British Prime Minister David Cameron ruled out the very idea of quick exit...
View ArticleNATO Summit In Warsaw: Is Might Right?
The NATO Summit in Poland added more tension to relations with Moscow as the bloc opted for fresh muscle-flexing near Russia’s borders by deploying additional troops to the Baltic States and Poland in...
View ArticleFarewell to EmailGate, Welcome to the Oval Office?
Democratic presidential hopeful and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton removed a major roadblock on her way to the White House after the FBI recommended not to charge her over the email scandal,...
View ArticleJihad International: A Bloody Ramadan
A string of deadly attacks in different parts of the vast Islamic world – from Bangladesh to Iraq and Saudi Arabia – revealed that Daesh has a new global strategy for launching an all-out war on...
View ArticleJohn Kerry in Moscow: Will He Win Putin’s Ear?
Secretary of State John Kerry made his fourth trip to Russia since last May in a final effort to agree on the basic terms and conditions of the Great Powers’ military cooperation against Daesh and al...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: From Window of Democracy to “Failed State”
South Sudan, the youngest newly independent state in the world and proclaimed only five years ago with strong US backing, has found itself back at the brink of another ethnically charged civil war.
View ArticleTheresa May: Can She Overpower Frau Merkel?
Weeks after the stormy Brexit referendum, Britain passed through a change of leadership with the ascent of tough-talking Theresa May, described as a “bloody difficult woman” and “not a humorist”, who...
View ArticleTurkey: Army in Handcuffs
Turkey is swept up in a military purge following last week’s failed coup attempt and while the West is in an uproar, President Putin can be the first world leader to meet President Erdogan early next...
View ArticleWADA Report: Doping for Russia-Bashers
The World Anti-Doping Agency launched a global campaign against Russian athletes and lobbied for them to be banned from Rio Olympics in an attempt to make sports another tool of political pressure on...
View ArticleDonald the Destroyer: Vanquishing the Republican Gods
After extinguishing 16 Republican competitors Donald Trump won his hard-earned presidential ticket during the Cleveland convention, though his nomination was boycotted by the Bush clan and other party...
View ArticleHillary Clinton: It’s All About Cracks
Hillary Clinton was officially nominated for president at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, which she herself described as “putting the biggest crack in that glass ceiling” while her...
View ArticleEurope: New Territories of Terror
Leading European nations are rocked by a string of deadly attacks that added to the long list of tragedies in France and put Germany in the global crosshairs of lone wolf terrorists.
View ArticleSergey Lavrov: Navigating Through Turbulent Asia
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made a fresh effort to translate the ‘Pivot to Asia” into reality by visiting the ASEAN meeting in Laos to show that Moscow’s policy in the region is not held...
View ArticleDonald Trump: Was He Caught in the Democrat’s Trap?
Shortly after accepting the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump’s campaign is in trouble following his argument with the Muslim family of a late Iraq War...
View ArticleAleppo: Salvation and Terror
Russia’s humanitarian operation in the war-ravaged Syrian city of Aleppo is undermined by fresh attacks from terrorist groups, while the West is in no hurry to denounce “rebel” atrocities against...
View ArticlePlaying the Russian Card in American Politics
Less than 100 days before the US presidential election, Russia has emerged as a hot-button issue in the race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, with both camps circulating conspiracy theories...
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