Pakistan Will Always Face Significant Challenges In The Soft Power Sphere
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Pakistan Will Always Face Significant Challenges In The Soft Power Sphere
It lacks any importance outside of its immediate region, thus making interest in its affairs and what it has to say about developments elsewhere in the world niche, so it would be better for Pakistan to focus on targeted soft power efforts than invest enormous…
Russia Is Finally Fighting Fire With Fire In Its War With Poland Over Historical Memory
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Russia Is Finally Fighting Fire With Fire In Its War With Poland Over Historical Memory
The “Ten Centuries of Polish Russophobia” exhibition that the Russian Military-Historical Society set up outside the entrance to the Katyn cemetery during the 86th anniversary of that Soviet crime earlier this month is essentially a mirror reflection of Poland’s…
France’s Latest Effort To Delegitimize The Sahelian Alliance Will Fail
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France’s Latest Effort To Delegitimize The Sahelian Alliance Will Fail
The transparent purpose is to misportray this regional integration group as either Russian puppets or manipulated by Russia.
Did Zelensky Threaten Lukashenko At Trump's Behest?
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Did Zelensky Threaten Lukashenko At Trump's Behest?
Something clearly happened over the past month in his talks with the US, perhaps it refusing to compromise as part of the “big deal” that they’re negotiating and instead demanding unilateral concessions, so it might have fallen upon Zelensky to threaten Lukashenko…
The US’ Renewed Russian Oil Sanctions Waiver Will Help Their Shared Indian Partner
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The US’ Renewed Russian Oil Sanctions Waiver Will Help Their Shared Indian Partner
Both benefit from this since the US wants to avoid India sliding into turmoil amidst the global energy crisis and possibly offsetting its envisaged role as a counterweight of sorts to China while more energy revenue from India preemptively averts Russia’s…
The US Demanded That The Europeans Accelerate Their Transition To “NATO 3.0”
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The US Demanded That The Europeans Accelerate Their Transition To “NATO 3.0”
This might be the US’ final warning before it takes drastic action to punish those who continue to reject Trump’s demands.
Fact-Checking Kuleba’s Five Arguments About Why Belarus Might Be About To Attack Ukraine
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Fact-Checking Kuleba’s Five Arguments About Why Belarus Might Be About To Attack Ukraine
They’re divorced from the objective reality of the conflict’s military-political dynamics and driven by ulterior motives.
Why’d Zelensky threaten to capture Lukashenko? 🧐
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Why’d Zelensky threaten to capture Lukashenko? 🧐
How Big Of A Deal Were Bulgaria’s Latest Elections?
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How Big Of A Deal Were Bulgaria’s Latest Elections?
Nothing significant is expected to change, and the symbolism of a Russian-friendly leader returning to power just as another in Hungary was deposed balances out the outcome of these two “battles”.
Analyzing Trump 2.0’s Plans For “Greater North America”
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Analyzing Trump 2.0’s Plans For “Greater North America”
The US is restoring its unipolar hegemony over the hemisphere, beginning with its “quarter-sphere”, because there are no checks or balances.
The Ukrainian Ambassador Shocked Poland With His Claims About The Volhynia Genocide
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The Ukrainian Ambassador Shocked Poland With His Claims About The Volhynia Genocide
He denied that Bandera and Shukhevich are criminals, accused Poles of ideologizing the “Ukrainian Insurgent Army” as anti-Polish in an insinuation that it wasn’t, suggested that the documents proving that Shukhevich ordered these killings might not be authentic…
How big of a deal were Bulgaria’s latest elections? 🧐
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How big of a deal were Bulgaria’s latest elections? 🧐
Estonia Of All Countries Just Publicly Chided Zelensky For Fearmongering About Russia
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Estonia Of All Countries Just Publicly Chided Zelensky For Fearmongering About Russia
Estonia shares Ukraine’s interests with regard to sabotaging the Russian-US talks and receiving more aid from NATO, so passing up the chance to advance these goals by parroting his latest rhetoric suggests that there’s truly no basis to Zelensky’s claims…
Tusk Doubled Down On His Conspiracy Theory That Putin Controls The Polish Opposition
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Tusk Doubled Down On His Conspiracy Theory That Putin Controls The Polish Opposition
He’s going overboard to deflect from his opponents reminding voters every chance they get that he presided over an ultimately failed Polish-Russian rapprochement during his first premiership from 2007-2014.
Kellogg’s Proposed NATO Replacement Isn’t All That Realistic
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Kellogg’s Proposed NATO Replacement Isn’t All That Realistic
The emerging reality is much more threatening to Russia so hopefully Lavrov will pay more attention to that.
Why’d Estonia chide Zelensky for fearmongering about Russia? 🧐
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Why’d Estonia chide Zelensky for fearmongering about Russia? 🧐
What Are The Implications Of The US Backing Israel In Its Two Latest Disputes With Poland?
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What Are The Implications Of The US Backing Israel In Its Two Latest Disputes With Poland?
More Poles might sour on the US, which could lead to support for policies aimed at prioritizing the EU over the US or at least balancing between them instead of remaining solidly under its influence, and the pro-US conservative opposition might be pressured…
In Defense Of Indonesia’s Russian-American Balancing Act
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In Defense Of Indonesia’s Russian-American Balancing Act
Prabowo could have become a US puppet, but he instead decided to balance between it and Russia, for which he deserves praise from “Non-Russian Pro-Russians”.
Macron Is Taking A Page From Modi’s Tri-Multipolarity Playbook
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Macron Is Taking A Page From Modi’s Tri-Multipolarity Playbook
His proposed “coalition of independents” builds upon what the Financial Times described as the foreign policy modus operandi already employed by Modi, albeit without them using the tri-multipolarity terminology, and two earlier related models of this concept…