The West’s permission to hit Russia with long-range weapons was the overcoming of another important red line in this war (and the first missile strikes immediately followed). In response, Putin said that Russia can put its weapons in the regions from where strikes will be carried out on the “sensitive …

So long as Russia remains committed to midwifing complex multipolarity together with India, and the argument in favor of continuing this policy is that it would give Russia more strategic autonomy than in a restored Sino-US bi-multipolar system, then it mustn’t change its policy towards India’s conflicts. President Putin’s speech …

Analysis: Turkey has said that the Kurdish-led administration’s decision to hold elections is unacceptable, but is a military operation likely? Turkey is once again using threatening language after the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) scheduled local elections for 11 June in the territories under its control. …