Today it’s clear that fascist-turned Brazil is out – so we are at RICS. There is not much to argue about. The world’s fifth largest
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Welcome to the Jungle
It’s darkness at the break of (tropical) high noon. Jean Baudrillard once defined Brazil as “the chlorophyll of our planet”. And yet a land vastly
Bolsonaro Is a Pivotal Part of Trump’s Plans to Build “Fortress America”
The election of Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil’s next president is a major step in the direction of Trump’s plans to build a “Fortress America” that
S-400s Don’t Solve India’s Geostrategic Dilemma
The 2018 India-Russia summit may have turned out to be one for the ages. The stakes superficially centered on whether India would seal the acquisition of
![China's President Xi Jinping, second left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, making bliny [Russian pancakes] as they visit the Far East Street exhibition on the sidelines of the 2018 Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Sept 11, 2018. Photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office handout / Anadolu Agency](https://astutenews.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/putin-xi-pancakes.jpg?w=600&h=280&crop=1)
Greater Eurasia Coming Together in the Russian Far East
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were involved in a joint cooking venture. Pancakes with caviar (blin, in Russian), chased down with a shot of vodka.
Putin’s Wedding Trip Seals Marriage of Convenience with Merkel
It was supposed to be a low-key, traditional Austrian wedding until Vladimir Putin pulled up in a black limo. The bride was Austrian Foreign Minister
Donglang/Doklam 2.0: Did China Make a Dummy Out of India?
The creeping revival of last year’s Donglang/Doklam Drama proves that China did in fact make a dummy out of India at the time, but that
July was Mark by a Number of Important Events in World Politics
We have already commented on the large number of significant events in the first half of July – events which clearly demonstrated the special nature of
