Apr 08, 2024 06:11 am UTC| Insights & Views
The fraying relationship between the U.S. and Israel over the latter countrys conduct of its war in Gaza got even worse on April 4, 2024, several days after Israel killed seven aid workers in a drone strike. President Joe...
Moldova: Russia continues its mischief-making in breakaway Transnistria
Apr 01, 2024 11:05 am UTC| Insights & Views
In mid-February, the leader of Moldovas breakaway region of Transnistria, Vadim Krasnoselsky, summoned deputies of all levels of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. The purpose of their meeting, he announced, would be...
Why EU information campaigns are failing to deter migrants from leaving
Mar 28, 2024 12:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views
It was everywhere on the news and social media. In September 2023, 10,000 migrants arrived on the island of Lampedusa, more than doubling the islands population of 6,000 and overwhelming its resources. The migrants mostly...
ISIS-K’s attack in Moscow risks escalating the Russia-Ukraine war
Mar 25, 2024 05:13 am UTC| Insights & Views
A music concert in suburban Moscow became the scene of a bloody terrorist attack on March 22 as gunmen with automatic weapons and Molotov cocktails killed more than 130 people and injured dozens more. Immediately after...
Mar 22, 2024 11:51 am UTC| Insights & Views
The crisis in Gaza transcends mere statistics to reveal a deep human tragedy that continues to escalate. According to the latest figures from the Gaza health ministry, the conflict has claimed the lives of over 30,000...
Vladimir Putin’s gold strategy explains why sanctions against Russia have failed
Mar 19, 2024 11:33 am UTC| Politics Economy
There are more than 16,000 sanctions imposed against Russia. Yet the Russian economy and war machine grew by 3.6 per cent in 2023 and is projected to grow another 2.6 in 2024. Nearly six per cent of Russias gross...
Ukraine war: a warning for Kyiv’s western allies from the failed Polish uprising of 1830-31
Mar 16, 2024 07:20 am UTC| Insights & Views
It has been reported that the US president, Joe Biden, has managed to scrape together US$300 million (235 million) as an emergency measure to supply the Ukraine military with at least some ammunition as it struggles to...
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