May, 2022

• 31 May

  Lavrov Claims There Are American Biological Laboratories In Armenia

  

  U.S.-funded biological laboratories are located in Armenia, Kazakhstan and Central Asian countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview with RT Arabic on Thursday, May 26. Lavrov said Moscow is discussing the matter with its neighbors both on a bilateral basis and within the CSTO, TASS says. “There are …

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• 31 May

  Beyond Summits, Quad Must Deliver Quickly – Analysis

  

  The second in-person summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, Quad, in Japan managed to generate a lot of buzz. While the global media covered it in its usual breathless manner, China also ensured that the event retained its edge as its warplanes joined the Russians to approach Japanese airspace. It …

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• 31 May

  Think Twice Before Admitting Finland And Sweden To NATO

  

  It is an American trait to root for the underdog in any contest that pits David vs. Goliath. Therefore, it is understandable that most Americans (except for extreme MAGA types) are thrilled that Ukrainian forces have pushed the brutal, but hapless, Russian military away from Ukraine’s two largest cities and …

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• 31 May

  The Backstory Of The Great Reset, Or How To Destroy Classical Liberalism

  

  As should be clear by now, Francis Fukuyama’s declaration in The End of History: The Last Man (1992) that we had arrived at “the end of history” did not mean that classical liberalism, or laissez-faire economics, had emerged victorious over communism and fascism, or that the final ideological hegemony signaled …

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• 31 May

  The ball is in court of Sweden and Finland on terrorism

  

  Russia’s attempt to invade Ukraine turned Europe’s perception of security upside down. Countries that have pursued a pacifist and neutral foreign policy for years are on the alert now. Among them are Sweden and Finland. These two countries quickly found a solution against Russian aggression by entering under the umbrella …

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• 31 May

  The New Face of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia

  

  What do we know about the man supposedly leading Islamic State’s East Asia branch? Not much was known about the Islamic State’s new leader for its so-called East Asia province, which encompasses Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and, according to a terrorism monitor, also Thailand. The Diplomat has recently learned the …

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• 31 May

  Japan’s Tangled Territorial Dispute With Russia

  

  In northernmost Hokkaido, residents can easily see Russian-held islands that once belonged to Japan. Some still hold out hope for the islands’ return. The war in Ukraine, 8,000 kilometers away, may seem distant to most inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago. But there is an exception: the people of Hokkaido. From …

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• 31 May

  Nagorno-Karabakh in the Shadow of Ukraine

  

  What Russia’s War Means for Armenia and Azerbaijan As the ripples of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pulse outward, they have left one region especially volatile: the South Caucasus. The Ukrainian conflict has paradoxically raised the likelihood of both further fighting and a negotiated peace in this area between the Caspian …

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• 31 May

  Stinging the Russian Army: Use of US Stinger Missiles in Ukraine

  

  Knocking ‘Em Out of the Sky Since ’78 I don’t usually like to start my pieces with a video, but I’ll make an exception in this case. The video below is too awesome not to include right away. It shows a Stinger missile doing what Stingers do best; blowing stuff …

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• 31 May

  Top cmdr. visits new secret underground base as Iran displays new drone, missile

  Iran’s most senior military commander visits one of the Army’s secret underground bases, which houses a huge fleet of cutting-edge Iranian drones. During his visit on Saturday, Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri got a first-hand account of the Iranian Army’s …

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