Poland & Hungary Are Threatened By Ukraine Yet Still Remain Divided By It
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Poland & Hungary Are Threatened By Ukraine Yet Still Remain Divided By It
The Ukrainian ultra-nationalists and intel agents that infiltrated their societies under the cover of refugees might carry out acts of terrorism against them, which could be averted by closer cooperation between their security services, but they still remain…
Why’d Trump Bomb ISIS In Nigeria On Christmas?
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Why’d Trump Bomb ISIS In Nigeria On Christmas?
This might not be a one-off attack for domestic political purposes but the beginning of a campaign aimed at wresting Nigeria away from BRICS and restoring its role as the West’s regional enforcer.
Israel’s Rivalry With Turkiye Played A Major Role In Its Recognition Of Somaliland
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Israel’s Rivalry With Turkiye Played A Major Role In Its Recognition Of Somaliland
Israel obtains strategic depth in proximity to Turkiye’s Somali facilities for monitoring and – if need be – destroying them if evidence emerges that they’re being used for nuclear purposes like its media now suspects is the purpose behind its planned spaceport…
Poland Is Expanding Its Influence Over The Baltics Through The “Via Baltica” Highway
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Poland Is Expanding Its Influence Over The Baltics Through The “Via Baltica” Highway
The “EU Defense Line” that’s being built, which refers to the combination of the “Baltic Defense Line” and Poland’s “East Shield” along NATO’s eastern border, might then be bolstered by Polish-led troop deployments seeing as how Poland would be integral to…
The Saudis’ Threats Against South Yemen Expose Their Geopolitical Motives
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The Saudis’ Threats Against South Yemen Expose Their Geopolitical Motives
They expect to obtain a client state in at least part of Yemen as their reward for fighting the Houthis.
Armenia’s Next Parliamentary Elections Are Shaping Up To Be Another Flashpoint
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Armenia’s Next Parliamentary Elections Are Shaping Up To Be Another Flashpoint
Pashinyan’s potential democratic ouster could complicate and possibly even suspend TRIPP, thus plugging the geostrategic gap through which Turkiye is expected to inject Western influence along Russia’s entire southern periphery.
The Brits Want The Poles To Contain Russia In The Baltic
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The Brits Want The Poles To Contain Russia In The Baltic
Some of the €44 billion in loans that Poland just received from the EU’s “SAFE” program will go towards its new “SAFE Baltic” program, and if the precedent of the newly clinched Polish-Swedish submarine deal is anything to go by, then UK companies will profit…
Mohammed Bin Salman Is Making a Terrible Mistake by Waging War Against South Yemen
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Mohammed Bin Salman Is Making a Terrible Mistake by Waging War Against South Yemen
Perhaps Saudi Arabia truly wanted to defeat the Houthis at first but eventually decided to coexist with them instead throughout the course of this ...
Why’d Putin Only Lament The Loss Of Some Former Soviet Republics In His First Meeting With Bush?
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Why’d Putin Only Lament The Loss Of Some Former Soviet Republics In His First Meeting With Bush?
Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus occupy special places in the Russian psyche and security planning, but all former Soviet Republics are important to both in their own way, and Putin truly wants them to succeed.
It’s Unsurprising That A Popular Ukrainian Outlet Laments The Loss Of “Zakerzonia” To Poland
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It’s Unsurprising That A Popular Ukrainian Outlet Laments The Loss Of “Zakerzonia” To Poland
Ukrainian officials are expected to encourage the popularization of these unofficial territorial claims with clandestine German support in order to wield them as leverage for rebalancing relations with Poland, whose rapid US-backed rise worries both of them…
The CIA Is Manipulating Trump Against Putin
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The CIA Is Manipulating Trump Against Putin
Tensions risk spiraling out of control if Trump isn’t disabused of the CIA’s false narrative that Ukraine’s recent large-scale drone attack against Novgorod Region wasn’t an attempt to assassinate Putin.
The Russian & Indian Militaries Secured Logistical Access To One Another’s Facilities
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The Russian & Indian Militaries Secured Logistical Access To One Another’s Facilities
Their newly ratified Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics (RELOS) agreement can help midwife tri-multipolarity, bolster Russia’s Sino-Indo balancing act, and possibly even facilitate its renascent “New Détente” with the US depending on the degree of future coordination…
Five Important Details That Most Folks Missed From Zelensky’s Interview With Polish Media
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Five Important Details That Most Folks Missed From Zelensky’s Interview With Polish Media
If Poles reject his implied demand that they accept Ukrainian ultra-nationalist narratives, question the co-production of arms with Ukraine, and oppose its membership in the EU, then they might “ruin this alliance” like he fears.
How’d Saudi Arabia End Up On The Same Side As The Muslim Brotherhood In Yemen?
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How’d Saudi Arabia End Up On The Same Side As The Muslim Brotherhood In Yemen?
The Saudis’ growing ties with Muslim Brotherhood-aligned Turkiye, Qatar, and Iran; the Gaza War that broke out after October 7th; and the Ummah’s widespread support for Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestinian branch, contributed to the Kingdom coming…
Five Takeaways From The US’ “Special Military Operation” In Venezuela
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Five Takeaways From The US’ “Special Military Operation” In Venezuela
It was astoundingly successful and will likely serve to coerce the rest of the hemisphere into strategically capitulating to the US.
“Negative Nationalism” Is Being Weaponized Against Civilization-States
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“Negative Nationalism” Is Being Weaponized Against Civilization-States
The fledgling states that emerged from them, which never existed before, tend to be ultra-nationalist and obsess over their real or perceived differences.
Regime Tweaking, Not Regime Change, Is What The US Just Achieved In Venezuela
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Regime Tweaking, Not Regime Change, Is What The US Just Achieved In Venezuela
This refers to keeping the targeted state’s power structure in place but after some (at times significant) changes that advance the meddling state’s interests.
Pakistan Is Playing Second Fiddle To Turkiye in Afro-Eurasian Security
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Pakistan Is Playing Second Fiddle To Turkiye In Afro-Eurasian Security
The helping hand that Pakistan is lending to Turkiye in Libya, which follows that which it recently lent in Somalia and half a decade earlier in Azerbaijan, could lead to them working together in Kazakhstan next as that country risks a crisis with Russia…
The US’ Capture Of Maduro Exposed The Reality Of Great Power Geopolitics
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The US’ Capture Of Maduro Exposed The Reality Of Great Power Geopolitics
Trump 2.0 boldly explained how the US intends to restore its “sphere of influence” over the Americas in accordance with the new National Security Strategy, thus representing a Hyper-Realist approach in the sense of explicitly embracing the pursuit of power…