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.

What are the causes and consequences of Orban’s downfall? 🧐

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.

Russia’s loss in this new competition could lead to the removal of its air and naval bases.

So many were duped by Alt-Media charlatans over the years into thinking that this economic-financial group is also a security bloc when it never was, still isn’t, nor ever will be one.

How will the US’ blockade of the strait end? 🧐

It can’t be ruled out that they’re purposely projecting optimism so as to not spook Magyar away in case he’s more sincere than his skeptics suspect, seeing as how they’re perceived as reflecting official policy due to their prestigious roles, but they risk…

China is still extremely vulnerable to the US Navy’s blackmail 13 years after BRI was announced due to the US’ Hybrid Warfare masterfully subverting these alternative trade corridors, but it took Iran’s petroyuan tollbooth to prompt the US to push forward…

The quid pro quo appears to be Pakistan’s full compliance with their mutual defense pact if the Third Gulf War soon resumes.

How worried should Lavrov be about Kellogg’s proposed alternative to NATO? 🧐

The growing Israeli-Turkish rivalry might soon expand to Jordan.

Moldova is distancing itself from Russia to the anger of at least half of the population per (likely rigged) election results.

Typically cautious Putin isn’t going to risk World War III over foreign drone companies when he wouldn’t risk it after Ukraine attacked his country’s nuclear triad with Western support last summer.