War is never a solution; there are always alternatives that could have — and should have —been pursued by those entrusted with the fate of global society before the order was given to send the youth of a nation to go off to fight and die. Any national leader worth his or her salt should…
The scenario of America provoking Kiev to escalate the conflict to a new, dangerous, and very unpredictable phase can’t be discounted, which is why everyone across the world is on edge. This weekend’s referenda that the liberated parts of Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk, and Zaporozhye will hold on joining the Russian Federation and President Putin’s subsequent…
Considering that this worst-case scenario has been extended credibility by leading Western officials, it’s therefore timely to discuss what would happen in that event, which could occur as early as the end of this month or sometime during the next one. Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly Laszlo Kover declared in early September that “Under…
Scholz and his colleagues are worried not about Putin winning. They are worried about the unthinkable. Putin losing. The question of Germany’s role in a militarized Europe won’t go away. It keeps popping up or returning like a bad rash assisted by the posse of geopolitical commentators who can see what many everyday folk cannot:…
President Vladimir Putin has been trying to wage war on the cheap in Ukraine for seven months, with disastrous results for Russia. He is now ordering a partial military mobilisation that will take time to implement and may at best only create a stalemate between Russian and Ukrainian forces. The successful Ukrainian offensive around Kharkiv…
After reflecting on his words, there’s no doubt that the state of strategic play in Ukraine remains in Russia’s favor, which is the reason why the state of strategic play across the world also remains in favor of the emerging multipolar order. President Putin addressed his compatriots Wednesday morning in a nationally televised speech that…
