Biden’s phase of Ukraine war is beginning
The US is considering sending ATACMS long-range missiles that Ukraine has been asking for a long time with the capability to strike deep inside Russian territory. The most provocative part is that NATO reconnaissance platforms, both manned and unmanned, will be used in such operations, making the US a virtual co-belligerent
G20 is in need of genuine reform
The “consensus” evolved at the G20 summit last week regarding Ukraine war is, in reality, a passing moment in the geopolitical struggle between the US and Russia, as embedded within it is the existential crisis Russia faces
G20: last waltz in a world torn apart
The strong likelihood is that the forthcoming G-20 event in Delhi this weekend may turn out to be the last waltz of its kind between the cowboys of the Western world and the increasingly restless Global South
Russia inherits Prigozhin’s African Odyssey
All indications are that Russians are getting their act together to reorganize Wagner fighters following the assassination of Prigozhin, who was an obstacle to US/NATO plans in Africa. The recent visit of a Russian delegation to Libya and Burkina Faso is a sign of this
Who’s afraid of Prigozhin and Wagner?
While Russian President Vladimir Putin had every reason to be annoyed with Prigozhin, at least three considerations discredit the hypothesis of Putin’s involvement in his death
Lessons from the Korean war
The bottom line is that in the Korean War, the US confronted the hard truth that threatening a nuclear attack would not be enough to win the war
Russia and China have a shared vision for North Korea
The visits of Sergey Shoigu and Li Hongzhong indicate that Russia and China are close to North Korea in response to the Biden Administration accelerating the deepening of a trilateral alliance between Washington, Tokyo, and Seoul
Glimpses of an endgame in Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin’s video conference with the permanent members of the Security Council in Moscow last Friday and his meeting with Belarus President Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in St. Petersburg on Sunday provide glimpses into Russia’s perspective at this point of time