Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly proposed a summit with US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss a deal to end the war in Ukraine, according to a
While the world is focused on Israel and the Gaza war, the war in Ukraine continues. Vladimir Putin, Russia’s leader, gave a brief press conference during his China trip, and from that
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On October 21st, 1973 during the Yom Kippur War, Henry Kissinger flew to Moscow. I remember his arrival there very well because I was with the US embassy’s Charge d’Affaires Adolph Dubs in his office
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We are confident that the tendency to consolidate cooperation between the practice-oriented multipolar platforms like IORA should become the dominant trend. We consider the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Eurasian Economic Union
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that both Russia and the Arab League call for the cessation of any hostilities between Israel and Palestine, and a return to negotiations. “We
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Should the Ukraine war stretch into the future much further, the dynamics of any settlement, if there is one, will be much different from what it would be if a settlement were
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It has been more than one and a half years since Russia launched its attack on Ukraine. The war has not gone as the Russians expected, unless they had planned for more
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In a significant development, the strongman of eastern Libya, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the supremo of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), was received by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday.
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China’s 5,000-year-old civilization stands as a great example of preserving national identity and cultural heritage, a Russian orientalist has said. In a recent interview with Xinhua, Aleksey Rodionov, professor in the Department
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The Ukrainian counter-offensive continues, but it appears to be less intense. Ukraine has not made any significant progress so far, and in some cases its forces have been pushed back. The Russians have published
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Armenia no longer disputes that Nagorno-Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan. The prospect of peaceful resolution of a regional conflict ought to be good news, but this is an incredibly complex situation with an
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A strong effort was made by Washington and some NATO partners to see if Zelensky could be put on a peace track with Russia. The effort failed, and Zelensky’s visit to the
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Any longtime observer of Russian politics would know that the state of play in the Russian-American tango is best assessed from subplots, often obscure and unnoticed, away from its amphitheatre where gladiators
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced over the weekend that he replaced his defense minister with someone new – unsurprising, given the exhaustion the minister must have endured since the Russian invasion (and
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In the Bradley Square area where Robotyne is located, the Ukrainians tried to press their attack to the east toward the village of Vebove. Unfortunately for the Ukrainians, they inadequately protected their
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Africa, especially west Africa, has a strong sense of collective identity. Trends in one country have a way of spreading across the continent. Therefore, It might or might not be a coincidence that the
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