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No deal, but still a win: how both Russia and the US left Alaska stronger The meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska may go down as one of Russia’s most significant diplomatic wins. It was secured through years of military sacrifice, political perseverance, and relentless ...
Now restraint is giving way to deterrence In early August, an official statement from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs put an end to yet another potentially useful arms control instrument: the unilateral moratorium on the deployment of ground-based intermediate- and shorter-range missiles has been lifted. Why did this happen, and what ...
The situation in the Baltic Sea region, where Russia directly confronts Western countries, remains alarming The situation in the Baltic Sea region, where Russia directly confronts Western countries, remains alarming, although the events taking place there now do not outwardly cause such heightened ...
... comes from the differences in approaches and priorities in international development assistance: Egypt and Ethiopia remain exclusively aid recipients; China, India, Indonesia and South Africa are part of the South–South cooperation framework; while Russia and the Arab states are often grouped separately. There is no consensus on the place of “new donors,” and BRICS in particular, in the international aid architecture. On the one hand, their aid volumes are still small in contrast with those ...
... through the lens of its rivalry with China. American strategic planning now sees Europe mainly as a market and an auxiliary partner, not a driver of global policy. The Trump administration’s economic policies highlight this shift. Measures targeting Russia, for example, are often less about Moscow and more about Beijing or other major powers. Even the conflict in Ukraine, while grave, is treated by many in Washington as a pawn in broader geopolitical chess. Consider, too, the OSCE’s diminished ...
The beginning of summer 2025 was not the calmest for Eurasia and Russian policy in this vast region The beginning of summer 2025 was not the calmest for Eurasia and Russian policy in this vast region. The military-political crisis around Iran, if it escalates further, could significantly affect the potential for ...
The possibility of a return to extreme-era dynamics cannot be dismissed The Ukraine conflict may well pave the way for a larger scale Russia-NATO confrontation. While hard to fathom and with everything suggesting that the scenario remains quite unlikely, it relies on nuclear deterrence as its main pillar. But just how effective can it be in averting a conflict? US President Donald ...
We live in the realities of 2025, when increased efforts do not result in proportional damage The European Union has introduced its 18 th package of sanctions against Russia. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas has called it “one of the strongest sanctions packages against Russia to date.” It is hard to call the new measures painless, but their destructive power is clearly ...
... a state has been militarily, its opponents could defeat it militarily and even destroy it by banding together. The great empires of the past were, sooner or later, vulnerable to barbarian invasions. The European monarchies of the New Age, including Russia, even built a balance of power policy based on the principle that no one can be stronger than all the others. Now the situation is different - two countries are so much stronger than all the others in military terms, that nobody can even think ...
In the West’s eyes, Russia must be destroyed. That leaves us no choice Many now speak of humanity’s drift towards World War III, imagining events similar to those of the 20th century. But war evolves. It will not begin with a June 1941 Barbarossa-style invasion or a ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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