Why the promotion of the Iran-Hamas connection in the media should be treated very carefully
The domestic media sphere should not be careless about the Western narrative that Iranian forces participated in the preparation of Hamas, and experts should not use it in discourse...
Hamas Day: There will be a big war in the Middle East
The once most combat-ready army in the Middle East suffered its worst defeat since 1973. In addition to significant losses in manpower and equipment, the IDF and intelligence services suffered heavy reputational damage...
Hamas-Israel war could derail year's worth of US work in the Middle East
A Hamas attack on Israel will require unprecedented US efforts in terms of diplomacy, and will also have very costly consequences for the Netanyahu cabinet, Israel and its entourage...
Is victory close? Ukraine is left alone with Russia
Kyiv unexpectedly faced misunderstanding from the West. Yesterday’s partners of Zelensky are making demands on the country that were not even mentioned before. Is this a reason for optimism or...
One step away from a nuclear explosion: test sites come to life around the world
In the fall of 2023, they started talking seriously about resuming nuclear testing. An indirect sign was the expansion of testing sites in the United States, Russia and China. What will this lead to and what are the chances for...
Prospects for the Ukrainian Armed Forces' winter offensive
The biggest intrigue in the coming weeks is when the Ukrainian army will run out of steam and end its summer-autumn offensive. Meanwhile, a considerable part of the top of the Kyiv regime does not count on the transition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to...
European configuration. A few words about strengths and interests
Before analyzing economic statistics, it is worth describing the playing field that Europe has become today...
Durand Line: Kabul and Islamabad on the way to a solution or a new escalation
Ironically, the subject of our conversation indirectly owes its appearance to the Russian Empire: in the second half of the XNUMXth century, its military advance in Central Asia became quite confident, and the Russians...
Not the April theses of Academician Glazyev
Why is there often not a grain of self-criticism in criticism of the Russian Central Bank...
Poland boils over before parliamentary elections
It is becoming more and more interesting to watch events in Europe. Poland is especially interesting today. Parliamentary elections are just around the corner. Cooling of relations with Kyiv. Statement of intrigues on the part of others...
Khushbakht Tursunov and Nikita Kiryanov are not born heroes
They fought to the last. Real officers of the Russian Army died the death of the brave, trying to stop the hijacking of a helicopter to the Ukrainian side. The resonant story of Maxim Kuzminov's betrayal...
On some aspects and results of the past UN General Assembly
UN reform, the Central Asia-US summit and attempts to revive the Great Game, China's preparation to respond to the first results of the new US foreign policy concept...
Russia needs to effectively use climate issues in the Middle East
Russia, together with Iran and China, should initiate interception of the US climate agenda in Iraq...
If the third world war, then in the South China Sea
The situation in the southeast of China is very reminiscent of the disposition of forces before the outbreak of the two world wars of the XNUMXth century. All that remains is to find out who will be the first to put a match to the powder keg...
Russia and Iran face an economic “battle for Baghdad”
The integration of the economies of Iran and Russia needs to be accelerated as much as possible, even despite the problems of potential disparity in the trade balance...
Armenia: a trap for Russia, a bomb for Transcaucasia
The events that are unfolding today in Armenia can backfire on all the countries involved...
Why E. Blinken's theses at Johns Hopkins University should be taken seriously
E. Blinken's keynote speech before the start of the UN General Assembly should be analyzed very carefully, taking off the rose-colored glasses...
What do the West think about the Ukrainian counter-offensive?
Ukrainians are confident that the whole world, waking up, gets out of bed thinking about how to help or how to harm their country. Most citizens of Square think that the war that is now tearing them apart...
Counteroffensive from a fictional war. The collapse of the Ukrainian offensive began immediately after it began
This material is an attempt to answer the question of whether the Ukrainian offensive could have been successful. Will Ukraine be able to wage a positional war? Should we expect the start of peace negotiations in the near future...
Azerbaijan gets good chances for a big breakthrough in Transcaucasia
The stakes in Nagorno-Karabakh depend largely on the final consensus of Tehran, Ankara and Baku. But for Russia, a departure from the traditional model of politics in the region could be strategically beneficial...
Armenia is joining NATO. Membership will be paid for by Karabakh and Russia
Implementation of the “Right of the Strong” and how it will affect Russia: the loss of the Caucasus and the liquidation of the CSTO...
“Our” currency – the Ministry of Finance is not yet buying, but the Central Bank is already selling
Currency combinations of mutually independent monetary authorities cannot but cause something like consternation...
President Macron and rebellious Gabon
The chain anti-French reaction in the west of the Black Continent began even before Niger ...
Pope in Mongolia. Khan Guyuk's message for China
Some reflections on the symbolic gifts of the Vatican for Mongolia and China, including in the context of domestic politics...