The Russian Federation is now deep into its "special military operation" in Ukraine. In response to the February 2022 outbreak of armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, western counties, including Canada, have all but ended any constructive relationship with Russia.Canada, along with the others in the western alliance, have…

At the beginning of July, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, met his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Bali. Exchanging views on the Ukraine crisis, Wang added that China would (i) continue to take an objective position; (ii) focus on de-escalating the situation and promoting peace…

When violence erupted in Kazakhstan in January of this year, Abkhaz President Aslan Bzhania published a statement where he supported the Kazakh government and Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member state intervention in Central Asia. It was rare for any leading Abkhaz politician (President, Prime-Minister, or Foreign Minister) to be…

In addition to supplying weapons and taking in millions of refugees, numerous countries, including those in Europe, have agreed to provide financial support for the reconstruction of Ukraine. However, the price for Europe is high, because the damage of the sanctions policy is already enormous.More than 40 states and international organizations have…

In the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran has been under consecutive comprehensive economic sanctions by the United States and to an extent by the international community. Sanctions in which were designed by the U.S. to politically and economically isolate Iran from the rest of the world in order to use that isolation as a negotiation…

A convergence of interests (read: opposition to the U.S.) is bringing Iran, China and Russia closer together than ever. As their relations with the West deteriorate, Russia and China are seeking to rewire global power flows in ways that will work to their advantage. Iran’s integration into the China–Russia Eurasian architecture is as complicated as…

Recent days have seen Cape Town once again pummelled by heavy storms, high rainfall, severe winds and tumultuous seas giving credence to the title ‘Cabo Tempestado’ (Cape of Storms) the name given it by Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias after passing around a terrible storm off the Southern African coast in 1488 as he sought to circumnavigate…

Escape from Königsberg, Prussia, January 1945 Source: thevisionmsms.org“My dearest father, …. We were going to go out and, all of a sudden, planes came and – rum, rum – the bombs fell without any alarm. And from then on things became very unsettled and we heard the very loud artillery fire. …. and wanted to go back to Germany, because it…

Russian President Vladimir Putin affirms that the special military operation in Ukraine is compliant with international law. He says that Russia is legally providing military assistance to Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. In my previous article, I explained that in order to win his legal argument, Putin can show that Donetsk and Lugansk…

The special military operation in Ukraine has been condemned by hundreds of international law scholars, such as John B. Bellinger III, from the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington DC, and Elizabeth Wilmshurst, from Chatham House in London. They argue that the special military operation is an illegal aggression against Ukraine:President Putin…

With enormous public research money, funders make sure these funds are used ethically. By development and deployment of computer-assisted review processes, Russian Science Foundation intends to overcome the existing human-attributed bias challenges and offer measures that may help improve review integrity nationwide. This is an epic story about how a…

The Russia-Ukraine conflict has triggered changes both in the regional and international landscape. Given China’s increasing international influence, the changes in the international situation are bound to have implications for China too. The continued escalation of the conflict makes it imperative for Beijing to examine major strategic issues…