Russia’s Complex Myanmar Embrace Viewpoint by Jan Servaes BRUSSELS (IDN) — Think tanks conduct interdisciplinary research to develop positions and recommendations on a wide range of domestic and international topics encompassing defence, economic development and social policy. Therefore, many think tanks advocate and lobby for policy changes at the local, national and international level. The […]
The Irrevocable End of Russia-US Relations
Moscow says NYET to Washington’s “Rules-based Order” By Somar Wijayadasa* “After the present crisis in Ukraine, there can be no return to attempts at a rapprochement with the US and its allies”. – Alexey Drobinin NEW YORK (IDN) — Alexey Drobinin, Director of policy planning of Russia’s Foreign Ministry, has published a keynote article on […]
Russia and the EU Continue Transition to Wartime Economies
Viewpoint by John P. Ruehl This article was produced by Globetrotter. John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, D.C. He is a contributing editor to Strategic Policy and a contributor to several other foreign affairs publications. He is currently finishing a book on Russia to be published in 2022.
New Evidence Shows Russia Has Deployed Powerful Missiles To Kaliningrad Coast
By H I Sutton This report was issued by Naval News and is being republished courtesy of them. PARIS (IDN) — Russia is locked in increased tensions with NATO, primarily as a result of the invasion of Ukraine. The strategically relevant exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic may be another flashpoint. Now Russia has deployed […]
There’s No Need for War with Russia
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — Conflicts have a history of spinning out of control. Trotsky, the one-time close comrade of Lenin, reportedly said, “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you”. The overwhelming majority of Ukrainians were not interested in war until President Volodymyr Zelensky took his […]
Western Russia Sanctions Hurting African Economies, Says AU Head
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | MOSCOW (IDN) — African Union chair Macky Sall, after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has urged western and European “partners” to remove their sanctions hurting African economies. Senegalese president Sall underscored the pain resulting from the barrage of international sanctions on Russia which have […]
Russia’ Move to Reshaping the World Economy
Viewpoint by Dr Ramzy Baroud WASHINGTON, D. C. (IDN) — Starting on May 31, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov embarked on a tour of Gulf Cooperation Council countries, where he visited Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, among others. Lavrov’s main objective of these visits is to strengthen ties between Russia and GCC nations amid […]
Russia Abandons Zimbabwe’s Biggest Platinum Project
By Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW | HARARE (IDN) — Several reports monitored this month confirmed that Russians have abandoned their lucrative platinum project contract that was signed for US$3 billion in September 2014, the platinum mine in the sun-scorched location about 50 km northwest of Harare, the Zimbabwean capital. Reasons for the abrupt termination of […]
Russian Delegation Brings Humanitarian Aid to Zimbabwe
By Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW | HARARE (IDN) — Humanitarian aid issues are increasingly dominating the foreign policy priorities of the Russian Federation, but such charitable supplies are only reaching Soviet-era allied countries where top-level Russian delegations frequently visit in Africa. Early June, the Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Valentina Matviyenko, […]
Leading Economies Unequipped to Go After Russian Kleptocrats
By Rita Joshi BERLIN (IDN) — Despite strong early pledges to sanction and track the illicit wealth of Russian elites following the invasion of Ukraine, the G7 and other leading economies’ rhetoric does not match reality, according to an analysis of Transparency International analysis released on May 24.