President Erdogan: Never Say 'Never'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg in a bold move which thawed their unprecedentedly chilly relations and drew a loud outcry from the West...
View ArticleSerzh Sargsyan: All Roads Lead to Moscow
Following two high-level regional summits which likely involved Nagorno-Karabakh issue, Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan paid a desperate visit to Moscow in a his search for Russian support at a...
View ArticleBaku Summit: New Troika for Eurasia
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliev hosted the first-ever trilateral summit with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and their Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani in an effort to boost regional integration...
View ArticleCrimea: Is the Cold Peace Cracking?
Russia’s relations with Ukraine reached the lowest point in decades after the sabotage attempts in Crimea. Moscow blamed it on the Ukrainian intelligence services, while the West is getting...
View ArticleIranian Springboard for the Syrian War on Terror
Russia’s military made a fresh effort to crush Daesh and other terrorist groups by launching its first airstrikes against them from an airbase in Iran, in a move which reinforced the two powers’...
View ArticleBiden In the Balkans: Adjusting the Line of Fire?
Vice President Biden, one of the staunchest supporters of the 1999 NATO War on Yugoslavia, made his last trip to the Balkans by paying visits to Serbia and Kosovo in an attempt to sideline Moscow from...
View ArticleUS-Turkey Row: Was it a Point of No Return?
US Vice President Joe Biden paid a fresh visit to Turkey to patch up faltering relations with Ankara, which happened to coincide with the US-backed Turkish offensive on the Syrian town of Jarabulus.
View ArticleEU: Is There Life After Brexit?
The leaders of Italy, France, and Germany held a crisis summit at the Mediterranean island of Ventotene, known as the launching pad for the pan-European home idea decades ago, in order to bring the EU...
View ArticleNicolas Sarkozy: All for France, What for Europe?
Former French leader Nicolas Sarkozy announced that he will seek his political comeback next year during the presidential election, debuting his decision in his new book “All for France” which adopts a...
View ArticleVladivostok: Russia's Gateway to Asia
Russia’s Far Eastern port city of Vladivostok hosted the second Eastern Economic Forum, seen as a brainstorming session for Asian policymakers and businessmen in giving new steam to Moscow’s...
View Article'Euphrates Shield': Is It a Sword Against the Kurds?
Turkish troops launched a major offensive in northern Syria dubbed “Euphrates Shield”, which sparked a fresh controversy with the US because of its aim to crush the Kurds, the same rebels that...
View ArticleJohn Kerry: Testing the Spices of South Asia
US Secretary of State John Kerry paid a wrap-up trip to South Asia, visiting Bangladesh and India on a delicate mission to boost anti-terrorist and economic cooperation with both nations while also...
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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