Is Putin’s Healthy/Moderate/Reasonable – Conservatism Really a New Russian Ideology?

Is Putin’s Healthy/Moderate/Reasonable – Conservatism Really a New Russian Ideology?

To put it simply, ‘healthy/moderate/reasonable conservatism’ is all about responsibly managing inevitable changes in such a way that chaos can be contained while advancing objective socio-economic progress. Observers are wildly speculating that the “healthy/moderate/reasonable conservatism” that President Putin proposed during last week’s plenary session of the prestigious Valdai Club represents a new Russian ideology. That’s…

Moldova’s Manufactured Energy Crisis Serves Several Strategic Purposes

Moldova’s Manufactured Energy Crisis Serves Several Strategic Purposes

America might very well be weaponizing the issue at this particular time in order to pressure Russia on other fronts such as Ukraine and Syria. Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov claimed that “Moldova is provoking [its energy crisis] with its own hands” after it refused to acknowledge its debt to the Russian gas company and thus…

The China Cold War Will Unstick America’s Glue

The China Cold War Will Unstick America’s Glue

Can an America that off-shored much of its manufacturing capacity to China, for short-term profit, afford the de-coupling? Washington isn’t quite sure what to do after the chaotic end to America’s ‘forever’ war. Some in Washington bitterly regret exiting from Afghanistan at all, and advocate for an immediate return; some just want to move on…

A Chinese-US Military Conflict can be Avoided If America has the Will

A Chinese-US Military Conflict can be Avoided If America has the Will

The reason why this has yet to happen is because some American elites profit from perpetuating the narrative of a New Cold War against China. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s recent trip to Tianjin to meet with Chinese officials didn’t lead to a breakthrough in bilateral relations, though few seriously expected that it…

Russian-American Relations: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way

Russian-American Relations: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way

The highly anticipated Putin-Biden Summit resulted in very few tangible outcomes, but obsessing over that fact misses the most important point, which is that their leaders confirmed that there’s a mutual will to improve their relations. Presidents Putin and Biden went into Wednesday’s summit with the intention of rescuing their bilateral relations from their lowest…