Indo-Pacific power dynamic in radical shift
The recent joint air patrol by Russia and China displayed a very high level of military cooperation at a juncture when the two countries are facing new provocations and added pressure from the US
Ukraine after 90 days of war
Russia’s top priority has been to establish a land corridor to Crimea and put in place economic underpinnings for the region’s development. That aim stands fulfilled
CSTO won’t be drawn into Ukraine war
The leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Armenia did not even refer publicly to the Ukraine war as a topic of urgent concern for CSTO
China’s diplomacy on a roll in Kabul
China has emerged as the most influential external player in Afghanistan by a long shot in the period since the Taliban took power last August
Biden’s reality check in Europe
Dissenting voices are rising in Europe as western sanctions against Russia start backfiring with price hikes and shortages of fuel and electricity
India, US have different priorities
India has sensed that an epochal global struggle for ascendancy by the US and its western allies versus Russia and China has broken out in Ukraine
Ukraine faces defeat?
The very fact the Ukraine-Russia talks have been elevated to foreign minister level signals hope that a critical mass may be accruing
Ukraine sparks EU, US rush to Iran deal
There is a palpable sense of urgency in Washington to clinch a deal in Vienna, as the advanced centrifuges in the Iranian nuclear installations are narrowing the so-called breakout time by the day