Countries bordering the South China Sea who are wary of great power rivalries are reacting slowly and cautiously to the announcement of a trilateral defense pact between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. The AUKUS pact, hailed by leaders from the three powers as “historic,” is thought to …

Już za tydzień czekają nas w Niemczech wybory, które po 16 latach rządów Angeli Merkel mogą doprowadzić u naszego zachodniego sąsiada do znaczących politycznych przetasowań. Jeśli w ciągu najbliższych kilku dni nie wydarzy się żadna nowa katastrofa, wybory parlamentarne wygrają socjaldemokraci i ich kandydat na kanclerza Olaf Scholz, a przyszła …

The Aukus defence pact between the UK, US and Australia is game-changing. A courageous decision to share nuclear technology with a friendly power, it re-tilts UK foreign policy towards the Pacific, where the threat of China must be managed, and proves that Global Britain is a concrete idea. Brexit, finally, …

Dažu neviennozīmīgā reakcija uz militāro mācību Namejs norisi Rīgas ielās aizvadītajā nedēļas nogalē ir ļoti spilgts piemērs, kāpēc šādas mācības ir vajadzīgas. Mācību pirmā fāze, kam bija jānotiek pilsētvidē, ne par velti tika pieteikta kā gatavošanās tādai karadarbībai, kurā tiek izmantoti hibrīdkara elementi. Bet uzvara hibrīdkarā nav izcīnāma tikai ar …

Beijing. Chinese hardliners just had their stance justified by the erratic, verging on unhinged, behavior in the United States and by its military. First the storming of the capitol on Jan 6. Seen from Beijing it looked like a failed coup, a botched but serious attempt to upend US politics. …

Democracy exists if and when a community organizes its self-governance around the full participation, on an equal basis, of all the members of the community. Its other, autocracy, exists when a community organizes (or allows) its governance by an individual or subgroup of that community, a ruler. Universal suffrage is …

The relevance of BRICS appears to be in danger after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban taking over with the support of Pakistan and China. Russia and China may be the first to recognize this government of branded militants. Over the years, skepticism has been expressed about the …

A stylized sun rose in the Pentagon’s NATO Hallway as the flag of the Republic of North Macedonia joined that of 29 other NATO allies. North Macedonia’s Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska and Laura K. Cooper, the acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, unveiled the red and yellow …

Why were the Islamists thrashed in the last parliamentary elections in Morocco? The literal decimation of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) to 12 seats from the 125 they had in the previous parliament was a major blow and surprised everyone including the pro-state, pro-monarchy and pro-establishment parties. It was …

The dramatic return of the Taliban to Kabul has consequences beyond the borders of Afghanistan. The Taliban are not the most popular group in Afghanistan but they certainly are the most feared, with enough force at their disposal to impose their dogmatic version of Islam over the country. It is …