In the absence of any desire on the part of the Biden administration to support the Saudis — for decades one of Washington’s most important allies in the region — China has moved quickly to fill the diplomatic vacuum to launch its own initiative to restore ties with Iran.[T]he fact …

The Russian mercenary group has been accused of plundering Sudan’s gold resources to bankroll operations in Ukraine. After battles have broken out in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), questions have arisen over the involvement of the Wagner Group, a powerful Russian mercenary organisation that …

Here is a look at the power struggle and violence that are taking place in the country. Fighting has erupted in Khartoum and other cities in Sudan as powerful rival military factions battle for control, increasing the risk of a nationwide civil war. Here’s a simple guide to the conflict: …

Mere survival may become more urgent than Macron’s speculative musings on transforming the EU into a third force. The Washington Post tells us that President Macron’s getaway to China sparked a European ” outcry “. That’s what it seems. Although at first glance his geostrategic recommendation that Europe should keep …

Mercenaries thrive while democracy dies… Last week, Russia claimed to have taken control of the city of Bakhmut after an eight-month battle with Ukrainian forces – the longest and bloodiest fight of the war so far. The assault was not carried out by the Russian armed forces, however, but by …

Representatives of the opposition options in Serbia have no words of praise for the Brussels Agreement and those who accepted it ten years ago on April 19, the then Prime Minister Ivica Dačić and the first Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić, who is now the President of the country. As …

French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks to journalists on his way home from China visit about the three-way relationship between China, Europe and the U.S. did more to rile his EU partners. This incident is a show of condition within the EU and future possibilities. An AFP report — Macron’s …

Ansar al-Islam (AAI) is a jihadist group that formed in September 2001 in Iraqi Kurdistan from the merger of two small groups: Jund al-Islam, which was then led by Abu Abdullah al-Shafi’i, and a splinter group of the Islamic Movement of Kurdistan, which was led by Mullah Krekar. In time, …

The Secret History and Unlearned Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis There aren’t enough palm trees, the Soviet general thought to himself. It was July 1962, and Igor Statsenko, the 43-year-old Ukrainian-born commander of the Red Army’s missile division, found himself inside a helicopter, flying over central and western Cuba. …

The Survival of the West and the Demands of the Rest “Ukraine has united the world,” declared Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a speech on the first anniversary of the start of the war with Russia. If only that were true. The war has certainly united the West, but it …