It might seem that within BRICS, Russia should be overshadowed by the giant economies of China and India, especially the former. Yet what is happening is almost the opposite, with Russia effectively taking over the leading role in the club. Russia’s war against Ukraine has not only shattered lives and …

On November 4, the post-Soviet Russia’s Day of National Accord, Yevgeny Pozdnyakov, a pro-Kremlin commentator for Vzglyad, published a commentary entitled “Russia Will Have to Redraw the Borders of Ukraine” (Vzglyad, November 4). Pozdnyakov dismisses the idea that Ukraine should be allowed to exist in its borders established in 1991 …

The growing radicalization within the Israeli Defense Forces may lead to future clashes with civilian governments, threatening Israel’s stability Is Israel as secular as it seems, or is the reality different from what it seems? It is common to answer that Israel is a secular state. While this may seem …