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  • 28 February

    Iran’s President Aligns With Russia In Warning Against Expansion Of NATO

    In a phone call with his Russian counterpart after the escalation of the Ukraine-Russia crisis, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi cautioned that NATO’s expansion poses a serious threat to the stability and security of the independent states in different regions. In a telephone conversation on Thursday, Iranian President Raisi and his …

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  • 28 February

    Tokayev Wins The Battle But The War Is Not Over In Kazakhstan

    The main result of the January 2022 Kazakhstan protests was to solidify the transfer of power from Nursultan Nazarbayev to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev that began with the latter’s assumption of the Kazakh presidency in 2019. While there are still many unknowns relating to the protests, which led to at least 225 …

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  • 28 February

    Washington’s Crocodile Tears Over Ukraine’s Destruction

    As of this writing, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is hunkered down in his bunker somewhere in Kiev, as the sound of the encroaching war gets closer and closer. A grim scene, to be sure. All the US and EU kisses and roses leading up to this end have turned to …

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  • 28 February

    Will Ukraine Invasion Embolden China In Indo-Pacific?

    Eyes are on China after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine to see if Beijing would make an opportunistic move in the Indo-Pacific, with analysts saying Beijing is watching developments in Ukraine “intently” before making any decision. Chinese officials, while refusing to call Putin’s action an “invasion,” say they’re …

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  • 28 February

    Here Is Why Iran’s Mullahs Are Excited About Biden’s Nuclear Deal

    That the ruling mullahs are asking the Biden administration for guarantees that the US will never be able to leave the new nuclear deal, even after President Joe Biden leaves office, should signal that the mullahs want this deal badly and set off all sorts of alarms. It is worth …

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  • 28 February

    Ukraine attack: Putin target may be democracy, near and far

    Vladimir Putin has professed many justifications for Russia’s assault on Ukraine, from wild claims about “de-Nazifying” the country to anger at Kyiv’s desire to join NATO, the Western treaty alliance. It may also be a way for him to highlight the weakness of democratic systems – while ridding Moscow of …

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  • 28 February

    War has begun in Ukraine. What’s Putin’s plan, and do Russians back him?

    Blaming the West and what he sees as its Kyiv proxies, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced what amounts to a war of regime change, aimed at destroying Ukraine’s military potential and changing its geopolitical alignment. But he claimed his goal is not to permanently occupy the country. The …

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