NATO member Turkey changed its rhetoric to call Russia’s assault on Ukraine a “war” on Sunday and pledged to implement parts of an international pact that would potentially limit the transit of Russian warships from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, Reuters reported. Kyiv had appealed to Ankara to block …

Den Geflüchteten aus der Ukraine gemeinsam zu helfen, ist ein Gebot der Mitmenschlichkeit. Und auch im Sinne der EU. Es ist eine tragische, aber auch kuriose Wendung der Geschichte, dass nun ausgerechnet Polen die Hauptlast der europäischen Flüchtlingspolitik schultert. Seit Jahren weigert sich Warschau, Flüchtlinge aufzunehmen, und blockiert so gemeinsam …

Putin, Donbas bölgesiyle sınırlı bir müdahale ile yetinmedi. Putin’in tarihi konuşması Ukrayna’yı yok sayan ifadeler içeriyordu. Ertesi gün ise beklentinin ötesinde bir saldırı başlattı. Ukrayna’nın birçok şehrinde stratejik noktaları bombalamaya başladı. Kiev’e yönelerek seçilmiş iktidarı devirme arzusu ise dünyanın meseleye bakışını değiştirdi. Putin’in ön görülemeyen bu tutumu Batı İttifakındaki dağınık …

« Si le monde a changé, notre politique doit, elle aussi, changer. » C’est en ces termes que la ministre allemande des Affaires étrangères a justifié, dimanche, devant les députés réunis en session extraordinaire, la révolution copernicienne entamée par la République fédérale en révisant ses positions sur les sanctions contre …

Дорогі російські читачі, які не цікавляться політикою (я знаю, вас тут багато). Ви розумієте, що сьогоднішнім наказом про приведення російського ядерного арсеналу в режим бойового чергування Путін поставив планету на межу світової війни? Хочу звернутися до військових. Якщо надійде той самий наказ, не виконуйте його. Не беріть на себе відповідальність …

On February 25, 2022, the Chinese outlet The Global Times uploaded to its YouTube channel a video of statements made by Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying regarding the Ukraine conflict, America’s culpability in it, and the issue of Taiwan. In the statements, Hua said that the U.S. is the …

Germany shocked the world this weekend with its rapid repudiation of its core post-Cold War foreign policy principles. President Biden should take note. One can hardly overstate the significance of the developments in Berlin. The German government’s sudden decision to help to rapidly rearm and supply Ukraine with lethal military …

In a phone call with his Russian counterpart after the escalation of the Ukraine-Russia crisis, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi cautioned that NATO’s expansion poses a serious threat to the stability and security of the independent states in different regions. In a telephone conversation on Thursday, Iranian President Raisi and his …

The main result of the January 2022 Kazakhstan protests was to solidify the transfer of power from Nursultan Nazarbayev to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev that began with the latter’s assumption of the Kazakh presidency in 2019. While there are still many unknowns relating to the protests, which led to at least 225 …

As of this writing, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is hunkered down in his bunker somewhere in Kiev, as the sound of the encroaching war gets closer and closer. A grim scene, to be sure. All the US and EU kisses and roses leading up to this end have turned to …