2025-02-22_22-40-33

Fyodor Lukyanov: The last battle of the Cold War just took place in Germany

US vice president JD Vance (2L) participates in a bilateral meeting with German Foreign minister Annalena Baerbock (6thL) and German president...
2025-02-20_16-51-14

Trump’s Ukraine wake-up call: Points he’s now making are what Russia said all along

US President Donald Trump returns to the White House on February 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. © Win McNamee / Getty...
2025-02-18_22-46-19

Trump’s Reality Check: The Ukraine conflict won’t be settled like a business deal

by Sergey Poletaev [2-17-2025 published]. (I've combined 5 articles in this post, since they all help understand what is at stake prior to the meeting...
2025-02-07_04-16-17

Putin Dumps Bucket of Reality Cold Water on Trump

by Larry C Johnson [2-10-2025 published]. (This is a very important update on the status of Ukraine. I've added the map to help visualize the...
2025-02-08_03-11-54

Trump: The greatest geopolitical showman’s “inside out” political solution

by Alastair Crooke [2-6-2025 published]. (As a diplomat, Alstair Crooke has insights into geopolitical strategies that are often difficult for the rest of us to...
2025-01-26_04-31-59

Trump’s Balance-of-Payments War on Mexico and the Whole World

by Michael Hudson [1-24-2025 published]. (When I first heard Trump talk about 100% tariffs on goods from certain countries & raising tariffs on other countries,...
2025-01-19_02-01-16

Dmitry Trenin: Why 2025 is going to be more dangerous than you think

by Dmitry Trenin [1-17-2025 published]. Dmitry Trenin is a research professor at the Higher School of Economics and a lead research fellow at the Institute of...
2025-01-15_01-34-25

Delusional US, humiliated EU, terrorist Ukraine: Key messages from Lavrov press conference

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov holds an annual press conference in Moscow on January 14, 2025. © Sputnik / Kirill Zykov...
2025-01-10_03-38-00

2025: A year of uncertainty ahead as the old world order crumbles

by Vitaly Ryumshin, Gazeta.ru political analyst [1-6-2025 published]. The past year has been a "turning point," but the next 12 months will bring even more...
2025-01-05_12-38-12

Central Asian president reveals advice he gave Trump on Ukraine

by RT [1-3-2025 published]. (Let's hope that Trump pays attention to this advice, which is consistent with other information about the realities in Ukraine observed...
2024-12-31_00-44-24

Putin holds annual year-end Q&A with media and the public

by RT [12-19-2024 published]. (This is an amazing presentation where President Putin answered questions for about 4.5hrs non-stop. Dmitry Peskov, Putin's Presidential Press Secretary, appeared...
2024-11-23_03-14-49

President Vladimir Putin’s Speech at the 2024 Valdai Forum

by Russian President Vladimir Putin [11-7-2024 published]. (The above 57:55 minute speech is simultaneously translated from Russian to English. The total time was 4:07:33 when...