De-Conflicting With the West: Will the Valdai Blueprint Work?

De-Conflicting With the West: Will the Valdai Blueprint Work?

To decipher the true potential of President Putin’s recent Valdai speech – for de-conflicting with the West – we must turn to the 15th century. To decipher the true potential of President Putin’s recentValdai speech – for de-conflicting with the West – we must turn, paradoxically, to the 15th century. The 15th century ‘event’ was…

President Putin’s Insight Into His Turkish Counterpart Is Worth Reflecting On

President Putin’s Insight Into His Turkish Counterpart Is Worth Reflecting On

President Erdogan is a patriot who always prioritizes his country’s objective national interests similar in a sense to how Indian Prime Minister Modi does. Turkish President Erdogan is regarded as a rogue by many in the US-led West’s Golden Billion and a Trojan Horse among an equal number of folks in the jointly BRICS– and…

President Putin’s Insight into Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Is Spot-On

President Putin’s Insight into Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Is Spot-On

It’s surprising to realize that Saudi Arabia’s new Russian partners nowadays understand the Kingdom a lot better than their historical American allies, but that just speaks to the fact that the first-mentioned truly respects this West Asian country’s rising leadership role in the emerging Multipolar World Order while the second is adamantly against it. Russian…

Putin: ‘The Situation Is, to a Certain Extent, Revolutionary’

Putin: ‘The Situation Is, to a Certain Extent, Revolutionary’

In an all-encompassing address to the plenary session of the 19th annual meeting of the Valdai Club, President Putin delivered no less than a devastating, multi-layered critique of unipolarity. From Shakespeare to the assassination of Gen Soleimani; from musings on spirituality to the structure of the UN; from Eurasia as the cradle of human civilization…

Interpreting President Putin’s Insight About the Asia-Pacific

Interpreting President Putin’s Insight About the Asia-Pacific

The Russian leader correctly pinpointed the US’ modus operandi when it comes to its attempted “deterrence” (“containment”) of China, which he strongly implied revolves around the dual military-strategic cores of AUKUS and the emerging US-Japan-Republic of Korea trilateral. Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a detailed speech about International Relations on Friday ahead of his country’s…

Perfidious Putin!

Perfidious Putin!

Russian President Vladimir Putin has certainly been a naughty boy! The always unreliable and unofficial government-originating disinformation source The Hill is reporting that Moscow has spent the equivalent of \$300,000,000 in an effort to “influence” world politics in its favor. The story relies on and follows a New York Times special report which again seeks…