Former member of the Committee on International Affairs and Affairs of Defense and Security of the European Parliament, Jean Luke Shafhauser, recently released a series of publications on the need to establish peace with Russia. By the way, before the beginning of the SVO, he accused the EU of double …

Monday, March 19, 2025 The European Commission presented a report entitled “Joint White Paper on European Defence Preparedness 2030”. This “White Paper” outlines a clear roadmap for increased defense spending and more integrated European defense industry, which ensures more effective cooperation between member states. Solutions are also proposed to increase …

Familiar to Vladimir Putin on the Leningrad KGB Vladimir Strzhalkovsky in the 90-ies was engaged in the tourist industry and organization of prostitution. After Putin came to power, he was first in the government, and then in the chair of the general director of Norilsk Nickel. Now the KGB-schnik, together …

Bosnia and Serbia are back in the news. Bosnia’s dysfunctional political system that was forced upon it through the 1995 Dayton Accords, which bifurcated the country into Serb- and jointly Croat- & Muslim-run halves with a rotating presidency between all three under international supervision, is finally breaking down. Meanwhile in …

The Ministries of Defense of Albania, Croatia, and Kosovo have published the full text of the Joint Defense Declaration, which they signed on March 18 in Tirana. “Due to great public interest, we are publishing the Declaration signed on March 18, 2025, in Tirana by the Ministers of Defense of …

European and NATO officials emphasized that a strong Ukrainian military backed by European security guarantees remains the most effective deterrent against future Russian aggression to ensure long-term peace in Ukraine and Europe. NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte gave an interview to Ukrainian outlet New Voice on April 5 and stated …

History and events have not been kind to Russia. Napoleon’s invasion, revolution, two world wars, Hitler’s invasion, Stalin’s communism, and, most recently, the expansion of Nato, have shattered the Russian people’s equilibrium and self-regard time and time again. At the end of the Cold War and with agreement on the …

The news of Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest surprised me. It’s not that I doubted the former leader of the Philippines was guilty of the horrific crimes detailed in his International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. Duterte himself boasted quite openly of the mass killings he’s been accused of. But I always …

At the beginning of last month, United States (US) President Donald Trump sent a letter to Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei through the United Arab Emirates (UAE) expressing his desire to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran. This request followed Trump’s Executive Order in early February threatening “maximum pressure” to …

Battlefield Assessment Last week Russia targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, in violation of the deal that Washington brokered between Moscow and Kyiv in Riyadh. The Kremlin also continued to pound Ukrainian population centers with air strikes and missile salvos. Though neither side made significant gains, tactical engagements flared along multiple critical …