Remember Putin: “We haven’t even started anything yet.” “Whispers of an ‘evil power’ were heard in lines at dairy shops, in streetcars, stores, apartments, kitchens, suburban and long-distance trains, at stations large and small, in dachas, and on beaches. Needless to say, truly mature and cultured people did not tell these stories about an evil…
Egypt’s national interests rest in maintaining its multi-alignment between Russia and the US. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Egypt still plays a major role in facilitating Russian military flights to and from Syria despite the US’ demands to block them. With neighboring Turkiye, Iraq, and Jordan all cutting off access through their airspace,…
Recent developments in Washington relating to Ukraine and the Middle East remind me that there is a big difference between maintaining secrecy when a situation warrants it and lying over issues where there is no compelling reason to do so beyond political expediency. Having spent more than twenty years in American intelligence agencies where secrecy…
Heavy Ukrainian shelling of central Donetsk on April 28 killed nine civilians – including an eight-year-old girl and her grandmother – and injured at least 16 more. The victims were burned alive when the minibus they were in was hit by a shell. The attack also targeted a major hospital, apartment buildings, houses, parks, streets, and sidewalks. All civilian areas –…
Only the security services can know whether Prigozhin is a patriot or a traitor, and it remains to be seen whether the Defense Ministry will exploit this event, but there’s no doubt that these claims will influence popular perceptions of their rivalry. The Washington Post (WaPo) claims to have obtained previously unreported documents from the…
The greatest show on Earth is now a circus of double-dealing and sleight of hand applied to geopolicy. In the West, so-called experts are announcing a Ukraine counteroffensive as if it were an upcoming sports contest. Conversely, in the trenches of Ukraine, Wagner Group’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is running interference for a counter-counter offensive Russia…
