3+ hour, 12+ min ago   (945+ words) By Collins Chong Yew Keat Trump has unfinished business with Jong Un, and despite the parallel conflicts in West Asia and Ukraine, Trump sees this as a similar marked opportunity to push for a three-front diplomatic triumphs at once, with…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (133+ words) By The Jamestown Foundation By Dr. Pavel K. Baev View all posts by The Jamestown Foundation → Key Takeaways: Hormuz Has Shifted From a Threat to Shipping to a War on Shipping Iran’s morning on September 9, Fast forward to the year 2525. Nazi,…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1199+ words) By Bikash Narayan Mishra As the historic 18th BRICS Summit gets underway in New Delhi, it is worth pausing to ask a fundamental question: how far has BRICS travelled since its inception, what has it achieved, and what can it realistically…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1327+ words) The United Nations was born 80 years ago from the ashes of the Second World War with a historic promise: that sovereign nations could come together to prevent another global catastrophe and build a rules-based international order. Eight decades later, however,…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1170+ words) Putin’s de facto promise to “entrust” Russia to people who had fought in the war, his repeated references to a new elite and the constant emphasis on his personal oversight of the Time of Heroes programme have prompted several explanations....

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (826+ words) A drone strike on the protective structure at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant could have endangered the safety of millions of people, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Alexander De Croo told reporters via video link from Kyiv on Thursday. He…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (301+ words) NATO will purchase up to 10 Saab GlobalEye planes to patrol the skies across the Alliance. SAAB “The next-generation fleet will ensure we keep NATO’s owned-and-operated surveillance and early warning capability strong and credible for decades to come,” Rutte said. “GlobalEye…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (575+ words) Today, some 12 years later, one sees only thickets of reeds. The sea has retreated by hundreds of meters. The ecological catastrophe on the Caspian is repeating itself, following the exact same timeline as the Aral Sea. The resulting picture is…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (688+ words) (EurActiv) — The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate to 2.5% on Thursday, aiming to stem the surge in prices triggered by the war in Iran. The 25 basis point (0.25 percentage point) hike, which was widely anticipated by analysts and investors,…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (402+ words) "Imperialist Realism: Politics and Culture at the End of the American Century," by Daniel Bessner That is a valuable observation. Ideas matter. Political orders require intellectual justifications, and the categories through which people understand the world can constrain what they…...