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What’s Really Going on Between Russia and China

Behind the Scenes, They Are Deepening Their Defense Partnership “There are changes happening, the likes of which we haven’t seen for 100 years,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping said to Russian President Vladimir Putin last month at the end of a state visit to Russia. “Let’s drive those changes together.” To …

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Putin’s Peril

The Kremlin’s Strongman Is Not as Secure as He Seems In just under a year, on March 17, Russians will head to the polls for the 2024 presidential election. Given the country’s current social and political conditions, few people doubt that President Vladimir Putin will easily receive a sixth term. …

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Macron’s Muddled China Outreach – Analysis

Just when it seemed the European Union was finally achieving strategic coherence as a global geopolitical actor, French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent visit to China has shattered that myth. The French president and the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, headed to China last week, hoping to …

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Credit Suisse Bailout: Swiss Parliament Complains In Vain

The government’s handling of the Credit Suisse meltdown was rejected by a frosty parliament this week during an extraordinary session on the historic UBS takeover. But the vote against the rescue plan has no legal consequences and has been all but ignored by financial markets and international media. On March …

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Rada Trajković: Everything that Vučić and the Serbian List should do in Kosovo, they do through the mafia and the parallel system

Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, is trying to maintain his importance and role on the international level through the issue of Kosovo – believes Rada Trajković, president of the European Movement of Serbs from Kosovo and advisor to the Minister for Communities and Return in the Government of Kosovo. …

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