by M. K. Bhadrakumar*
(21 December 2021) The initiative by Beijing to propose a virtual meeting between President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday radically transforms the geopolitics of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s relentless eastward expansion and the Western military deployments on Russia’s borders.
by M. K. Bhadrakumar*
(21 December 2021) Russia is reiterating its ‘red lines’ seeking long-term legal guarantees against NATO’s further advancement to the east and the deployment of weapons on Russia’s western borders.
by Karin Leukefeld*
(17 December 2021) In addition to climate change, Turkey is the main threat to Syria’s supply of a vital resource. Ten years of war do the rest.
The following is a statement from Dominik Stillhart, the director of operations for the «International Committee of the Red Cross», at the end of a six-day visit to Afghanistan:
(8 December 2021) I am livid. Pictures viewed from afar of bone-thin children rightly elicit gasps of horror. When you're standing in the paediatric ward in Kandahar's largest hospital, looking into the empty eyes of hungry children and the anguished faces of desperate parents, the situation is absolutely infuriating.
by M. K. Bhadrakumar*
(9 December 2021) The acknowledgement of “shared interests” with Russia regarding Afghanistan by the new US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West following his discussions in Moscow on November 14 with the Kremlin’s Special Presidential Representative Zamir Kabulov and Security Council’s Deputy Secretary Alexander Venediktov is an important step forward.
by Alfred de Zayas
(9 December 2021) In a world of fake news, fake history, fake law, fake diplomacy, it is no surprise to encounter fake democracy along the way.