Russian President Putin’s ‘War of Choice’ in invading Ukraine reflective of an erstwhile Superpower imposing its will on a peripheral neighbour with limited military capabilities has unleashed host of imponderables, chief of which being that Russia may be headed once again for an inglorious Afghanistan 2.0 military exit from Ukraine. …

In the history of accepting refugees, countries have shown more than an erratic streak. Universal human characteristics have often been overlooked in favour of the particular: race, cultural habits, religion. Even immigration nations, such as the United States and Australia, have had their xenophobic twists and turns on the issue …

Over the past week, the truth has crept out over how Western governments and Western media view the conflict in Ukraine, a country they abandoned, in comparison to the wars waged by the West in particular against West Asian countries. It’s very unfortunate, that the crisis in Ukraine has reached …

Surprise and horror have defined the reaction to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. That’s likely because although the intervention has followed the contours of a modern land war, it has also marked a break with the past in a number of ways. The world has become used to military …

In early January 2022, Kazakhstan experienced its worst riots in recent history. Many observers argued that the riots could undermine Chinese interests in this resource-rich country. But the situation is far more complex. Over the past decade, China has emerged as an important economic player in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. …

Israel has maintained a cautious stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, even as it voted in favor of a UN resolution denouncing Putin’s assault Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday, just hours after the Israeli leader spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart. Russian media, citing …

Iran agrees to a roadmap to resolve all of its issues with the UN nuclear watchdog by late June after the agency’s chief says a nuclear deal would not possible without it Russia’s demand for written U.S. guarantees that sanctions on Moscow would not damage Russian cooperation with Iran is …

Finland shares the longest European border with Russia, and while not a NATO member, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has renewed debate over the prospect of joining Finland aims to buy an anti-aircraft defense system from Israel to help guard its long border with Russia, Finnish Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen said …

Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday to discuss the Ukraine crisis, his office said, followed by a phone call with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Kremlin confirmed Bennett’s snap visit “to discuss the situation surrounding Ukraine,” spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, in …

The financial woes of the giant real estate developer Evergrande, which carries an estimated debt of $300 billion, have rekindled global fears that China’s property bubble is about to burst. Such predictions have occurred repeatedly in the past, in particular since 2010, and have been fueled by the rapid rise …