The United States and the United Kingdom accuse Russia of preparing to invade Ukraine, while Moscow claims Kiev plans to launch a large-scale military offensive against pro-Russian forces in the...
Over some years, China has been increasing its economic and political presence in Eastern Europe, as well as in former Soviet republics in Central Asia. But in Belarus, despite rhetoric about great...
While all eyes were on a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moscow deployed its troops to Kazakhstan, allegedly to help stabilize the situation in the country faced with mass violent protests. For...
A potential war between Russia and Ukraine could have severe consequences for the whole of Europe. Even if the two nations manage to postpone what many see as an inevitable full-scale conflict over...
Tensions are rising between Russia and Ukraine. Various Western politicians, diplomats and analysts warn that a full-scale war between the two countries is a matter of time. But is the situation in...
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III was in the island kingdom of Bahrain over the weekend where he, as the New York Times succinctly put it, "faced tough questions about how Arab allies were...
Venezuelans are accustomed to (and exhausted by) elections. In the last few years, we have gone to the polls 26 times. The government of Chávez and Maduro used this method to gain international...
Desperate men, women and children from the Middle East continue to pour into Belarus in an attempt to illegally cross the Polish border and enter the European Union. Although Europe welcomed around...
The International Criminal Court opened, on November 3, a formal investigation for possible crimes against humanity in Venezuela. The news was announced by Prosecutor Karim Khan during a three-day...
War keeps knocking on Russia’s door. The Kremlin is desperately trying to avoid a direct military confrontation with Ukraine, while Kiev seems determined to restore its sovereignty over the...