Countries of the Global South, whether big or small, feel threatened by interfering Western powers led by the US China on Tuesday released its “position paper” on global security. The comprehensive paper touches on all aspects of global security (except security from debt traps). But an aspect that should please …

Even as the world is grappling with the horrendous effects of the year-long Ukraine war, Russia and the United States seem determined to keep the ball rolling—apparently in an unrelenting cold war mode. Does this strategic scenario suggest the revival of what Richard Rosecrance once called the “Napoleonic imperium”? It …

Another round of mobilization in Russia is likely this year. The prospect of a second round of the draft has hung over Russian society since the first one in September 2022, and both Ukraine and Western officials cited in the press in the past couple of months have publicly said …