The nuclear factor has once again begun to play a significant role in international relations
Autumn is usually a busy season in the nuclear sphere, and 2025 was no exception. In October, NATO held its Steadfast Noon nuclear exercises, followed by the U.S. Global Thunder drills and Russia’s strategic nuclear forces exercises. Developments did not end there: against the backdrop of these exercises, Russia
announced
tests of the
Burevestnik
nuclear-powered cruise missile and the
Poseidon
nuclear-powered...
Burevestnik (as is Poseidon) is a means of neutralizing prospective—conditionally “day-after-tomorrow”—enemy air- and missile-defense capabilities over the medium to long term
In October, important updates emerged regarding two innovative systems developed by the Russian military-industrial complex—the Burevestnik missile and the Poseidon UUV (nuclear-armed uncrewed underwater vehicle). Their development was first announced by President Putin in March 2018. Now, both systems, each equipped with...
US-UK actions in Yemen bore all the hallmarks of a large-scale neocolonial military campaign
The structure of the Yemeni crisis developed gradually throughout the entire period following the unification, in May 1990, of two republican states—the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) and the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY)—into a unitary state. The unprepared and forced merging process of the administrative bodies and armed forces of two states with different socio-political systems and ideologies...
The international community cannot simply allow events to unfold according to the “law of the jungle”
The world is entering a period marked by frequent wars and conflicts. Since the Napoleonic Wars, the international security domain system has undergone several transformations—from the Vienna System to the Versailles and Yalta Systems—each attempting, in its own way, to prevent the recurrence of war. From the early twentieth century, as social, political,...
The deal may pause Syria-Israel tensions, but core issues like Golan, sovereignty and trust are still missing
As attention in the Middle East continues to gravitate toward unfolding crises in Gaza and the broader Arab-Israeli landscape, a less visible yet potentially consequential development may be quietly emerging between Syria and Israel. Whispers of a limited, U.S.-mediated security agreement between Damascus and Tel Aviv have begun circulating among diplomats and analysts, suggesting the possibility...
International response remains fragmented
As of the fall of 2025, the Gaza Strip is in the grip of a profound humanitarian crisis. After nearly two years of conflict, which began in October 2023, the toll on civilians is catastrophic. Weakened by a long blockade, the enclave’s population now stands on the brink of humanitarian disaster: tens of thousands of people dead, mass displacement, collapsing infrastructure, famine and outbreaks of disease.
Conflict dynamics
The war in Gaza began on October...
The End of U.S. Guarantees? How Recent Attacks Are Redrawing the Persian Gulf’s Power Map
A geostrategic frontier between the Global North and South, the East and West, and the Persian Gulf has always existed. It is situated where vital energy supplies, marine trade, and ideological conflict converge. The Persian Gulf has become a focal point of international interest and attention since the
Arab Spring
uprisings broke out in 2011.
Recent events suggest that tides are changing. Attacks against...
The primary objective of "Kurdish-Turkish reconciliation" is Turkish foreign policy
Upon reaching an agreement with the Turkish state, Turkey has taken the first definitive step towards executing the “
Terror-Free Turkey
” plan, which seeks to find a legal and constitutional approach for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to disband and lay down its arsenal. Last October, PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan backed this plan, which was
promoted
by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet...
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 comes next?
The end of a long process
The Stabilizing “Basic Principles”: Moscow Reduces Options for Pre-Nuclear Escalation. Russia’s leading experts on the...
The Potsdam Conference, which took place 80 years ago from July 17 to August 2, 1945, stands as a symbol of diplomacy and the negotiation of a new peaceful world order.
A pioneer unit of the Soviet army built a wooden bridge to replace the destroyed Glienicker Bridge and allow the "Big Three "delegations — USA, Russia, Great Britain — to travel from their residences in Babelsberg to the conference venue in Cecilienhof and back.
Just a simple wooden bridge to facilitate diplomacy, communication...
