Ukraine’s Revenge on the West
As the balance of power shifts again in Ukraine, its reverberations will impact the very unity of the EU project.
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Russia Won’t Congratulate CIA on its Diamond Jubilee
The chief of Russia’s foreign intelligence Sergey Naryshkin has recently written a riveting essay on the 75th anniversary of the Central Intelligence Agency. Most certainly, it serves to remind the Russian people and foreigners alike that nothing has been forgotten, nothing forgiven.
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Russian Regrouping in Kharkov Will Speed Up Battle of Donbass
While the western media is celebrating the Ukrainian military’s current “counteroffensive” near Kharkov, the facts on the ground appear to be very different. Over time, Kiev may have little to celebrate about.
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US Taunts Russia to Escalate in Ukraine
While Russia is steadily winning the ground war in Ukraine, the US is determined not to lose the information war.
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Online Blog | Russia | Ukraine | USA
Lavrov and Blinken Talk for the First Time Since the Ukraine War Began – Two Articles
A CNN report quoted an unnamed US official as saying Russia’s retaliation for western sanctions has put the West in “unchartered territory”. Suffice to say, Blinken’s call underscores the desperate urgency in Washington to open a line of communication to Moscow at the political level.
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Imran Khan Rewrites Pakistan’s Political History
Imran Khan has rewritten Pakistan’s political history by knocking at the doors of political power so soon after his ouster by an unholy alliance of time servers with foreign patronage. The Punjab election results show that the people of that country understand what democratic empowerment is and are voicing their opinion.
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EU Economies are Down on Their Knees
Welcome to the European Union’s “sanctions from hell.” Germany is heading for a major economic crisis. When Germany sneezes, of course, Europe catches cold — not only the Eurozone but even post-Brexit Britain.
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India, BRICS in Cold War Conditions
India is “balancing” between Washington and Moscow and the BRICS summit was a great occasion to monitor that trapeze act.
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Why India Must Decouple from I2U2
Americans estimate that the Indian government would grab the I2U2 platform to burnish its international image. But if there is any sanity left in the Indian foreign policy establishment, a subaltern role to serve US and Israeli interests cannot enhance India’s prestige in West Asia.
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Online Blog | Ukraine | USA | World Politics
Biden Tweaks Ukraine Narrative
The US is groping in the dark about the Russian intentions in Ukraine. It keeps improvising and updating its narrative to cope with emergent realities that keep coming as nasty surprises.
