Russia

January 3, 2025

How strategic neutrality catapulted Kazakhstan to ‘Middle Power’ status

Astana has struck a happy medium between neither antagonising nor warming up to an increasingly belligerent Moscow, while simultaneously cultivating stronger commercial and cultural ties with […]
December 21, 2024

Romania’s crisis shows that political elites have failed to understand what is expected of them

What happened in Romania’s presidential election marks the beginning of the new political era, of hybrid war, political unrest, and disdain, anger and revolt against political […]
December 13, 2024

Ukraine is suffering a massive surge of violence against civilians as Russia’s war enters its third winter

As of October 2024, an estimated 3.6 million people remain internally displaced in Ukraine, while the United Nations estimates that Ukraine has lost 60 per cent […]
December 10, 2024

Russia’s key naval base in the Med is lost: A significant strategic defeat

The first significant Russian strategic defeat as a direct consequence of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine is the loss of its Mediterranean outpost. Vladimir Putin’s obsession […]