The widespread but false perception that Putin is an anti-Zionist secretly allied with Iran against Israel, which has been pushed for years by putative friends and undeniable foes alike, means that many folks the world over will likely fall for Ukraine’s…

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The victor only be confidently determined upon the conclusion of a peace deal based on the fate of Iran’s enriched uranium, nuclear program, missile program, oil exports to China, and the petroyuan.

There was nothing subservient or compromising about it, rather, it was full of self-assurance and mutual benefit.

He wants more US support for his allied opposition party ahead of fall 2027’s next parliamentary elections, expects to be perceived as the future of European conservatism over Orban no matter the outcome of the latter’s upcoming elections, and seeks to contrast…

The sequence that Trump threatened if no deal was reached before the expiry of his deadline would have cut China off from half of the oil that it imported by sea last year and likely set Afro-Eurasia aflame in resource wars for the indefinite future that…

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Leaving the CSTO and the EAEU before membership in NATO and the EU is assured would amount to national suicide since it could embolden Azerbaijan and/or Turkiye to invade and would crush Armenia’s economy.

For as compelling as this hypothesis may be to many on social media, especially anti-Zionist activists, it doesn’t account for why Israel still allows China’s state-owned Shanghai International Port Group to run the Port of Haifa, which is one of the Jewish…

The purpose in talking about this now might be aimed at manipulating Hungarian voters into supporting the opposition during the upcoming parliamentary elections on the false basis that Prime Minister Viktor Orban is friends with the man responsible for two…

The Hungarian people have the greatest stakes since they’ll be the ones who’ll live with the consequences.

Casual observers might have expected that Russia would keep China’s adversaries at arm’s length.

The same proof that “Non-Russian Pro-Russians” present in support of their claim that Iran dealt a “crushing defeat” to the US could be presented by Ukraine to claim the same about Russia once the special operation ends if its maximalist goals aren’t achieved…

It never meant anything without credible enforcement mechanisms or the will to act unilaterally outside of them when they’re broken, like the long-deadlocked UNSC is, in sincere defense of the UN Charter without exploiting such claims as the pretext for advancing…

It’s a “Major Non-NATO Ally” located in proximity to the mission area and thus capable of providing logistical support at a minimum with the expectation that its formidable armed forces and nuclear weapons would deter Iranian retaliation if their shared Chinese…

Most Hungarians came to take his achievements for granted and won’t appreciate what they had until it’s gone.

State-adjacent and even outright state-backed folks like him don’t always perfectly channel state views since they still retain their agency, though they’re still regularly misperceived as being puppets.

Cultivating a younger successor untouched by his scandals and announcing plans to retire after the election a year before it was held would have been the best bet for Orban’s party in hindsight.

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The bloc’s unstated goal is to perpetuate the conflict till at least 2029 in the hope that the Democrats will regain control of the White House and resume the US’ Biden-era Ukrainian policy.

Escort missions to India and China might also deter the US and the UK from doing the same outside the Baltic, but even so, they might encourage Ukraine to ramp up drone attacks in that event.