Foreign Policy

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Russia and China: Are U.S. Enemies Aligning?

Sino-Russian ties are noticeably strengthening and will continue to strengthen so long as shared interests outweigh sticking points. Russia and China wrapped up the five-day bilateral military exercise Zapad/Interaction 2021 in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of northwestern China over […]

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German Doctor Treating Alexei Navalny Makes New Disclosures

By John Helmer and Liane Theuerkauf via Philipp Jacoby, the only German doctor treating Alexei Navalny for alleged poisoning to have testified publicly, has given a new press interview to alter the interpretation of the evidence he gave last week. […]

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Afghan debacle cedes Eurasia to the dragon and bear

China and Russia set to cement alliance with US withdrawal and existential common threat of jihad on their frontiers By David P. Goldman via“This is manifestly not Saigon,” said United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken as helicopters snatched fleeing […]

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The Woolly Mammoth’s Return Could Thaw Relations With Russia

An ambitious scientific project is a rare chance for cooperation. By Ingrid Burke Friedman viaEven under a new U.S. administration, U.S.-Russian relations are chilly at best. U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin came away from their eagerly […]

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Afghanistan Is a Debacle – But You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

If one scans this week’s headlines they are all gloom and doom, running from despair and humiliation to disaster and debacle. But rarely do you see calls for a fundamental reset of the failed U.S. foreign policy of perpetual wars […]

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Winter Is Coming: Europe’s Gas Markets Hit Unusual Turbulence — And Eyes Turn To Moscow

By Mike Eckel viaTypically this time of year, energy utilities across Europe are topping off their tanks, replacing old wires, locking in gas contracts, and doing the sort of routine maintenance needed to prepare for the coming winter.This year is […]

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After the Afghanistan debacle, what’s next?

As expected, the blame game on who lost Afghanistan is now in full swing. I think the best answer was given by P. Michael McKinley, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, when he stated in Foreign Affairs magazine that it “is […]

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Ahead of next month’s Russian elections, Western ‘regime change’ activists are laying the groundwork for a new East-West stand-off

By Glenn Diesen viaIn recent years, the media has become obsessed with purported Russian interference in US elections. While the claims turned out to be entirely unsubstantiated, the West itself openly engages in efforts to influence votes abroad.The difference is […]

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Melting ice fuels Vladimir Putin’s dream of Arctic trade route

By Marc Bennetts via The giant icebreaker Lenin now sits in a corner of the port of Murmansk, the world’s largest city within the Arctic Circle. From 1959 to 1989 this colossal vessel accompanied thousands of ships through over half […]

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India reaches out to Russia to break out of regional isolation over Afghanistan

By M.K. Bhadrakumar viaThe Indian establishment media hyped up Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 25 in a desperate attempt to distract attention from Delhi’s abject isolation over the Afghanistan situation.The desperation to clutch […]