Putin drawn closer into China’s orbit, but no military support
Xi Jinping’s state visit to Moscow was a long-awaited event for the Kremlin. Somewhat unusually per diplomatic protocol, the possibility
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Xi’s Visit and Putin’s Demise
After the arrest warrant has been issued, Putin is president of Russia in name only. From here onwards, negotiations are out of the question.
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Bulgarian Support for Ukraine May Cause a Sea Change
Georgi Antonov As Russian president Vladimir Putin tries to make up for his army’s underperformance by terror and brutality on
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Russia loses in every scenario in Ukraine
Through his bad judgment, Putin has already closed pretty much any visible “exit ramps”. The situation calls for a diligently thought out diplomatic strategy, to avert a lasting and irreversible regional or worldwide catastrophe.
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Ever-greater failure: EU energy policy – Part 1
Photo: Anti-fracking and Keystone XL pipeline activists demonstrate in lower Manhattan on September 21, 2013 in New York City /
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Nord Stream-2: the end-game
MIKE KEMP/GETTY IMAGES The long geopolitical game around the Nord Stream-2 pipeline is approaching its end. Gazprom’s blackmailing strategy is
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Putin overplaying his hand?
President Putin and his henchmen at Gazprom are playing a mean game of poker, planning to use an artificial gas
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The Pegasus Scandal: 9 questions and some answers
The abuse of the military-grade Pegasus spyware has caused privacy breaches among a large number of public figures worldwide.
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US Allies at a distance from the US-Iran spat – for how long?
Alternatives & Analyses There are far more questions than answers on what comes next in the crisis following the killing
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