Vladimir Putin has been declared a world pariah. This pariah aims to “conquer Europe”, primarily by financial and economic means. But European leaders remain vague in their statements and actions...
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sees the issue of ethnic minorities (民族 问题) as an existential threat to the integrity of the country that, according to Xi Jinping, like the Taiwan issue,...
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With opposition leaders now either imprisoned or fled, president Aleksander Lukashenko of Belarus is facing some tough choices in both the domestic- and foreign-policy theatres. Having lost the...
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It is unlikely that the protests that followed the arrest of Alexei Navalny on 17 January will overturn the political system that has governed Russia in one form or another since Vladimir Putin...
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The first fanfares of Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election and the proclamation of the rebirth of a great friendship were soon followed in Europe by more cautious assessments of the...
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The year 2021 marks the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), founded by a handful of revolutionaries in 1921 with the support of the Soviet Comintern. The party’s leadership wants to...
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Less than a decade ago, the Arctic region was widely regarded as an extraordinary, peaceful region. Brought about by a combination of a harsh geography incentivising cooperation over conflict and by...
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As Joe Biden takes over the presidency of the U.S., he faces a daunting array of domestic and international economic challenges. His administration is likely to deal with domestic issues first, then...
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Some Allies, like some animals, are more equal than others. Although NATO formally makes decisions by consensus, with every Ally having the same standing, in practice its decisions may be...
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As in any massive organisations across the world, changes in the armed forces of the Russian Federation do not take place overnight or even on a yearly basis....
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