Erityisesti Saksa on ollut haluton vaarantamaan talousetujaan Ukrainan vuoksi. Vanha vitsi kertoo ihmisestä, joka toivottaa lentokoneeseen astuvalle turvallista matkaa: ”Lentäkää hitaasti ja matalalla.” Eurooppa jatkaa Saksan johdolla taiteilua Ukrainan avustamisen ja Venäjän rankaisemisen kanssa. Pitää avustaa Ukrainaa, mutta ei liikaa. Pitää rangaista Venäjää, mutta ei liikaa. Pitää eristää Venäjä, mutta …

Attempts to negotiate an eleventh-hour compromise to get Hungary to back a full Russian oil ban before an EU emergency summit later on Monday (30 May) have made no progress. Reportedly, leaders don’t want to squabble and will look at “the bigger picture”. EU ambassadors throughout Sunday examined a compromise …

U.S.-funded biological laboratories are located in Armenia, Kazakhstan and Central Asian countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview with RT Arabic on Thursday, May 26. Lavrov said Moscow is discussing the matter with its neighbors both on a bilateral basis and within the CSTO, TASS says. “There are …

The second in-person summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, Quad, in Japan managed to generate a lot of buzz. While the global media covered it in its usual breathless manner, China also ensured that the event retained its edge as its warplanes joined the Russians to approach Japanese airspace. It …

It is an American trait to root for the underdog in any contest that pits David vs. Goliath. Therefore, it is understandable that most Americans (except for extreme MAGA types) are thrilled that Ukrainian forces have pushed the brutal, but hapless, Russian military away from Ukraine’s two largest cities and …

As should be clear by now, Francis Fukuyama’s declaration in The End of History: The Last Man (1992) that we had arrived at “the end of history” did not mean that classical liberalism, or laissez-faire economics, had emerged victorious over communism and fascism, or that the final ideological hegemony signaled …

Russia’s attempt to invade Ukraine turned Europe’s perception of security upside down. Countries that have pursued a pacifist and neutral foreign policy for years are on the alert now. Among them are Sweden and Finland. These two countries quickly found a solution against Russian aggression by entering under the umbrella …

What do we know about the man supposedly leading Islamic State’s East Asia branch? Not much was known about the Islamic State’s new leader for its so-called East Asia province, which encompasses Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and, according to a terrorism monitor, also Thailand. The Diplomat has recently learned the …

In northernmost Hokkaido, residents can easily see Russian-held islands that once belonged to Japan. Some still hold out hope for the islands’ return. The war in Ukraine, 8,000 kilometers away, may seem distant to most inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago. But there is an exception: the people of Hokkaido. From …

What Russia’s War Means for Armenia and Azerbaijan As the ripples of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pulse outward, they have left one region especially volatile: the South Caucasus. The Ukrainian conflict has paradoxically raised the likelihood of both further fighting and a negotiated peace in this area between the Caspian …