Why the Quad should become the Quint
The arrival of Yoon Suk-yeol as President of South Korea earlier this year is a golden opportunity to strengthen the...
Putin turns the screw as Europe descends into economic and political turmoil
Germany is uniquely vulnerable to Russian threats to reduce gas flows. The sheer volume of gas that Berlin imports, almost...
No, Mr Putin, they’re not Nazis, but you are a Fascist
Putin’s focus on imaginary Nazis illustrates his bizarre and dangerous behaviour in his final years. Many political scientists have concluded...
Is Ukraine’s plight hastening Iran’s nuclear bomb?
It is likely that Tehran has concluded that if Ukraine had kept its nuclear weapons, Putin would not have dared...
Xi Jinping’s warped idea of democracy will destroy Hong Kong
The high level of prosperity in the former colony is now under threat by China’s crackdown, as international investors become...
US and G7 increase sanctions against Russia, but are they working?
The challenge currently facing Ukraine and its partners is the disconnect between the West’s powerful long-term sanctions and the shorter-term...
The gap that could start World War III
Something scary happened last week, something that could escalate quickly into a world war. A train from Moscow to the...
Vladimir the Not-So-Great
Unlike Peter the Great, who had a record of success, there is growing evidence that Vladimir will fail in his...
India and Germany are close, but Russia’s invasion is creating problems
India will be Germany’s special guest at the important G7 summit it is hosting at Schloss Elmau in the Bavarian...
As China’s youth feel dejected, Xi faces the rise of ‘bai lan’
Frustrated by mounting uncertainties and lack of economic opportunities in Jinping’s kingdom, youth have come up with a new phrase...
Russia is weaponising food supplies which will cause global chaos
‘If we do not feed people, we feed conflict’, Antonio Guterres said, urging Russia to release Ukrainian grain exports. Even...
Russia is dying out; here’s why
For the many Russians fleeing the Putin regime, the collapse of their world is a personal tragedy. It’s also a...
Putin’s plans backfire, Finland and Sweden will join Nato
Until recently, Finnish leaders saw Nato membership as an unnecessary provocation to Moscow. London: It was all so predictable. Last...
Will Vlad go nuclear?
Many would consider reminders of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as alarmist, but the fact remains that nuclear weapons, or at least...
Why Vladimir Putin is unlikely to survive his invasion of Ukraine
There is even growing speculation that his personal decision to go to war with Ukraine was as a result of...
Is Putin’s war on Ukraine really about religion?
Putin told the crowd that Saint Fyodor had once said that ‘the storms of war would glorify Russia’. ‘This is...
China plans to replace Russia as Serbia’s bestie
China’s investments in Serbia recently exceeded three billion euros and Chinese infrastructure loans were in excess of eight billion. Last...
Why are Russian armed forces performing so badly?
What is surprising to the military analysts in the West, is the ineptitude of Russian forces in a war that...
China will be the big winner from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The upside for China will be that as Russia becomes more economically and politically isolated, Beijing will seek to profit...
Peacemaker Turkey, between a rock and a hard place
Of all the countries in the region, the war in Ukraine has put Turkey in the most difficult geopolitical position....
Vladimir Putin is destroying Russia’s future
Vladimir Putin was willing to pay a high price for a gain, but is ending up paying a higher price...
Echoes of Grozny and Aleppo reverberate around Ukraine
With the Kremlin’s plan of a quick victory and the installation of a puppet government in Kyiv having convincingly failed,...
Putin has made the European Union great again
‘And just as Vladimir Putin thought that he would destroy European unity, exactly the opposite has happened. Cooperation is solid...
Is Vlad mad or simply bad?
This is no longer just about Ukraine; every former Soviet state is, by implication, now in the firing line. A...
