LONDON: While Washington has been urging the EU to seize the frozen Russian funds outright, the EU Commission favours a compromise, promoting a plan...
Things could have been prevented had Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not been ‘asleep at the wheel’.
‘In the name of God, go”, screamed the Jerusalem...
The reality is that ISIS-K in particular sees Russia as being complicit in activities that regularly oppress Muslims.
Early this month, America’s intelligence services stumbled...
Two geriatric candidates are vying for the White House in an undemocratic system.
Democracy in America? “Bah! Humbug!” Ebenezer Scrooge would say. This iconic fictional...
Putin is trying to finance the war, maintain social spending and avoid soaring inflation all at once; ‘an impossible trilemma’, according to experts.
Here’s an...
Pakistan’s powerful military has adopted Putin’s playbook by keeping the popular former Prime Minister Imran Khan out of the elections for the foreseeable future.
It’s...
He obstructs a two-state solution to the Palestinian problem, and by attempting to reduce the powers of the judiciary he scorns international law.
On Friday,...
It’s difficult not to be emotionally overwhelmed when you visit a Nazi extermination camp. I’ve visited two: Auschwitz and Majdanek, both in Poland. Along...
Milei has already begun to backtrack on some of the key proposals of complete dollarisation and shutting down Argentina’s central bank, arguing that it...
The prime driver for radical-right parties in Europe is immigration, legal and illegal. If current trends persist, Europe will receive more than a million...
Some hope surfaced when a limited hostage deal was announced that would involve a four-day pause in fighting, the first cessation since Israel launched...
Since 2015, an ongoing dispute between the EU and the Polish government over its lack of respect for democratic values raised questions over whether...
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While wars in Ukraine and Israel are grabbing headlines, something of huge importance for the future of the European Union (EU) has occurred in...
Israel’s security services failed to put together an accurate picture from the limited intelligence they were receiving, based on what was a misconception surrounding...
Putin’s crass error in invading Ukraine has already led to NATO uniting as never before, an event which doubled NATO’s border with Russia.
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If you...
In the past week the world has unquestionably witnessed the vast ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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You have to feel for the Armenians....
There are currently approximately 400 Hungarians on the Ukranian front line and to date 31 have died for their country.
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Think of ethnic minorities in...
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Three years ago, something extraordinary happened. On 15 September 2020, a small group of people gathered on the South Lawn of the White House...
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has resulted in Japan’s security environment becoming as severe as it has ever been since the end of WWII. Tokyo...
“Putin never forgets”, said British-American businessman Bill Browder, “Prigozhin made Putin look weak and for Putin, that’s the ultimate sin.”
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“Does one need to be...
Several developing countries view BRICS as an alternative to global bodies dominated by the West and hope that membership will unlock benefits such as...
For the pastseven months, Israel has been locked in a political crisis, creating uncertainty that is doing little to inspire confidence in the future...
Whether or not Prigozhin survives his new home in Belarus, few have doubts that the Wagner Group will endure this latest crisis.
London
“The Wagnerites are...
It’s Ruth Wasserman Lande’s call for greater mutual respect among the divided community that has the biggest significance in Israel today.
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‘Crazy”, he said, “just...
London
Last Saturday was one of those days when Russia-watchers were glued to their smartphones. As armoured vehicles appeared on the streets of Moscow, Yevgeny...
The Arab League has recognised that Syria has become a ‘narco-country’, spreading deadly drugs across neighbouring borders, and wants this to stop.
Last month, the...
While Russia faces increasing international isolation, it has a wealthy and willing trading partner in China
So now we know. While Moscow is engaged in...