Politics

President’s Technocrat Takes Charge of French Government

It has finally happened—French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed a candidate for the role of Prime Minister who is acceptable to him: Michel Barnier. This 73-year-old liberal-conservative politician, with openly right-wing views, appears as something of a veteran compared to his predecessor, Gabriel Attal,...

Prospects For a UK-Ukraine Union

In the three years of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the world has changed more than in the previous 30 years. Approaches to diplomacy, state security, and ways of waging war are changing. At the same time, the US is concentrating more and more...

A Strong Start Shakes Up the Race

The main task for Kamala Harris now appears to be to maximise the momentum provided by Joe Biden’s unexpected decision. She has achieved the crucial first step – the Democratic National Committee unequivocally announced her as the Democratic Party candidate on Monday, 5 August. There was...

The Cost of Nuclear Agreements with Russia

On August 5, 1963, representatives from three countries—USSR, USA, and the United Kingdom—signed the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water, also known as the “Moscow Treaty.” The treaty came into force on October 10 of the...

Middle East on the Hot Brink

The Pentagon announced on 3 August that it is deploying additional aviation forces and ships equipped with missile defence systems in the Middle East to protect not only American interests in the region but also Israel. While such deployments are not unprecedented, why are...

G7 Against World War III

The G7 summit held in Apulia, southern Italy, focused on the war in Ukraine, the conflict in Gaza, issues in Africa, illegal migration, and China’s aggressive trade expansion. Sustainable development goals, including climate challenges, were also extensively discussed. Five of the eleven points in the...

Vengeance Through the Centuries

Austria was the first to support stripping Hungary of its voting rights in the EU. Vengeance through the centuries. How would it be in German: this is for our Karl Habsburg, you bastards! Seriously though, the treachery of the Hungarians equals that of the...

If You Want Peace, Prepare for War

Small Lithuania invites German Rheinmetall to produce ammunition, Italian troops train on firing ranges, and Estonia shows record defence spending relative to its GDP. Europe has begun to take the threat from Russia seriously. Global defence spending has reached record levels, surpassing that of...

Poland and Germany Forge Armoured Coalition in Support of Ukraine

On March 26th, Warsaw and Berlin will kick off the “armoured coalition” for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Poland, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, during a meeting with his German counterpart Boris...

Romania Building Largest NATO Base in Europe

Construction has begun on the largest NATO base in Europe in Romania, where up to 10,000 servicemen and their families will be accommodated. The Mihail Kogălniceanu military complex will cover an area of 2,800 hectares with a perimeter of 30 km. The preliminary cost...

Don’t Give Gifts to Putin

Late in the night from December 6 to 7, U.S. President Joe Biden directly termed the actions of Republican congressmen as political blackmail, accusing them of exposing the world to excessively high risks. Simultaneously, he proposed a compromise regarding the security program for the...

Swedish Pit Stop on the Way to NATO

Sweden is accelerating its move towards NATO. On December 5, the Scandinavian country signed a bilateral Defence Cooperation Agreement with the United States. Washington welcomed the signing, stating that Stockholm would enhance the capabilities of the Euro-Atlantic alliance. This is a clear indication that Sweden expects...

A Choice Made Long Ago: Ukraine in Russian Election Rhetoric

Next spring, Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to once again declare himself the winner in a one-man race. It would seem that in a country like today’s Russia, elections could be avoided altogether, but they are very important to the leader in the Kremlin...

Axis of Evil 2.0

The tendency to call various non-democratic aggressive regimes the Axis of Evil began long ago, but chiefly for journalistic purposes. The Axis of Evil included several regimes under sanctions, which supported terrorism and had the status of outcasts in the international arena. Some of...

Dependency Boundary

Russia’s border with China has been forming since the 17th century. In the 18th century, Emperor Peter the Great carried out a demonstrative and violent westernization of Muscovy. It did not lead to Muscovy-Russia being immediately perceived in the West as part of European...

Guardians of the Grain Corridor

Ukraine has been using a newly created maritime humanitarian corridor to resume grain exports from its Black Sea ports. The new corridor stretches out across the waters of Ukraine and of NATO states Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey, and it’s already been used by multiple merchant ships to dock...

Ukraine, Estonia, and Luxembourg Establish IT Coalition

During a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) on September 19th, the Ministers of Defence from Ukraine, Estonia, and Luxembourg initiated the launch of a new IT coalition under the framework of Ramstein. This is reported by Ukrainian Ministry of Defence. In total,...

Lithuania to Fund Rental Housing for Ukrainians

The Lithuanian branch of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will cover the rental housing costs for Ukrainian refugees. Payments will be one-time, covering the first and last months of rent. It is reported by Vakaru Expresas. Research has shown that 73% of Ukrainians have...

Europe on Fire

In early September, Russian UAVs violated Romanian airspace. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis emphasized that “the discovery by the Romanian authorities of new drone fragments on Romanian territory near the border with Ukraine… indicates an unacceptable violation of the airspace of Romania, a NATO member state, with...

Moldova to Extend State of Emergency Due to War in Ukraine

The Moldovan government has approved an extension of the state of emergency for an additional 60 days in response to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. This decision was reported by the Moldovan news portal TV8. Following the approval of the corresponding initiative at...

How to End the War in Ukraine

After the NATO Summit 2023 in Vilnius it became apparent that NATO countries, their non-bloc allies and G7 partners have no common vision of how to end the war in Ukraine. Leaders of democratic states failed to reach agreement on a political solution: “to...

How Russia is Waging War Against Ukrainian Children

In 2022, 27,800 crimes against children during armed conflicts were recorded, representing the highest number ever confirmed by the UN. The main perpetrators were career military personnel of national armies. Russia has gone down in history as the country whose military is responsible for...

Decolonization and Reconstruction of “Russian Federation”

One of the main, if not the main, arguments of politicians in the developed world against the collapse of the Russian Federation is the fear that nuclear weapons will fall into the hands of “unpredictable or inadequate people”. But do we expect that nuclear...

Zelensky Nominated for the 2023 Emmy Awards

Today, on July 12, the nominees for the 2023 Emmy Awards were announced in Los Angeles. Among the nominees is an interview by popular American host David Letterman with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, recorded in the Kyiv metro in October 2022. At that...

Over Anticipated Outcomes of the Vilnius Summit

The NATO Summit in Vilnius has exceeded expectations in Kyiv, although not entirely in the way anticipated. Volodymyr Zelensky has emerged as one of the heroes of the summit, but he is not the sole protagonist.   “Ukraine will become a NATO member” – this...

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