The Ghost of Ukraine’s Future

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​national interest​​​ by Douglas Macgregor George Beebe What happens if Washington attempts to force Russia into concessions over Ukraine through a Reaganesque display of strength, when in fact the →

Why LNG Didn’t Save Europe From an Energy Crisis

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carnegie by Sergei Kapitonov The European gas crisis stopped being news long ago: the price per 1,000 cubic meters of natural gas has held above the unprecedented $1,000 mark since September. The →

Mass protest against Austria’s COVID-19 restrictions

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global times By ReutersTens of thousands of people rallied in Vienna on Saturday in protest against restrictions introduced to halt the spread of coronavirus in Austria, including mandatory COVID-19 →

Palestinians vote in local elections amid rising anger with Abbas

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global times By Reuters Palestinians held municipal elections in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday in a rare democratic exercise and amid rising anger with President Mahmoud Abbas after he →

China and Russia’s Nuclear Ambitions are Leaving America Vulnerable

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​national interest​​​ by Peter Huessy The United States is facing two serious and relatively immediate military threats—one from the East and one from the West. Russia is massing troops and armaments →

How Did Russia’s T-90 Tanks Fare in Syria? Not Well

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national interest by Sebastien Roblin Here’s What You Need to Remember: Russia is reportedly planning to upgrade its T-90As—which are currently less advanced than the T-90MS’s in service with the →

Why can ‘Uyghur Tribunal’ farce be staged in the West?: Global Times editorial

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global times The farce staged by the so-called "Uyghur Tribunal" reached its climax on Thursday with the Tribunal issuing a final ruling. It's well known that the Tribunal is not a judicial →

Chinese vendors gear up for livestream sales in the West during Christmas

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​global times​​​ By Qi Xijia With Christmas and the traditional consumption season in the West around the corner, livestream shopping, fueled by a surge in at-home shopping during the COVID-19 →

JFK Had a Secret Nuclear Fallout Bunker in Florida

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​national interest​​​ by WarIsBoring Here's What You Need to Know: It turns out the shelter probably got more use as a top-secret party spot than presidential hideout. In December 1960, the SeaBees — →

The Mirage of Reaching a Nuclear Agreement with Iran

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​national interest​​​ by Ali Safavi The seventh round of nuclear negotiations with Iran failed last week. While the teetering talks that seem to be on life support resumed on Thursday, the pattern of →

Russia’s New Front In the Balkans Heats Up

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​national interest​​​ by Harun Karčić “If we falter, the Balkans will explode again,” warned the United Kingdom’s former Foreign Secretary William Hague. Shortly afterward, British prime minister →

‘Nobody wants to be Putin’s slave’: on the Ukraine frontline as tensions rise

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​guardian​​​ For Misha Novitskyi, the question of whether Russia will invade Ukraine is not theoretical. The enemy is just 50 metres away behind a concrete slab. From time to time Russian voices →

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