They’re low-cost and could be politically beneficial but are of questionable quality for now.

Vucic’s trip should be seen less as defying the EU and more as furthering his self-interests.

The possibility exists, but it should be centered on enduring economic interests that are less likely than political and security ones to shift with a change in government.

This is nothing but a recurring information warfare operation waged by the elites against their people.

The latest socio-political and security developments suggest that it relishes being a frontline state.

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Poland is finally joining in the scramble for Ukraine after naively sitting on the sidelines all these years.

What’s Eurofascism? 🧐

Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) published an article last week explaining how their country and the US are once again allied against Eurofascism.

The US might be able to replace Chinese companies’ dominant role in the DRC’s gigantic minerals industry if it plays its cards right but must avoid being dragged into a quagmire through mission creep.

From India’s perspective, the Pahalgam terrorist attack has Pakistan’s fingerprints all over it, hence why it’s considering at least one surgical strike across the border.

How likely is it that a potentially ultra-nationalist Germany “relitigates its borders or forgoes EU-style deliberation in favor of military blackmail”?

The scenarios that they speculated about are mutually exclusive and intellectually insulting, and the fact Pakistan’s Foreign and Defense Ministers can’t get their story straight suggests that they’re desperately trying to cover up their side’s complicity.

If a ceasefire is reached in Ukraine and no Western troops are deployed there, then it’s expected that strategic arms control talks with the US might resume shortly thereafter.

He predictably condemned the killings and unsurprisingly reaffirmed American neutrality vis-à-vis India and Pakistan in order to position the US as a mediator if their tensions spiral out of control.

Russia is still one of the world’s top naval powers despite its recent setbacks in the Black Sea.

Five issues must first be overcome in order for this project to become a reality.

The peace process might go kaput if they can’t resolve these issues.

It’s unconfirmed but plausible.

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