Who Is Guilty of War Crimes in Ukraine?
Read: Russia’s War in Ukraine and the Global Struggle for Power
The United States: double standards?
The United States has been publicly accusing the Russian military and civilian leadership of war crimes.
Ukraine’s Military Transformation between 2014 and 2022
The “National Security Strategy” defines the main principles of Ukraine’s national security, which include identifying Russia as a long-term threat to its national security and developing closer relations with the European Union, NATO, and the United States.
American Political Opportunism and the Long Overdue Rohingya Genocide Determination
Read: An Axis of Evil: Why Russia and China Protect Myanmar’s Military RegimeWashington’s strategic calculation, namely that by not calling crimes against the Rohingya a genocide, the United States would in due course steer Myanmar’s most powerful stakeholder, the military, away from Washington’s number one imperial rival, China, also proved patently false.
Intelligence in the Russia-Ukraine War
According to news on social media, Russian cyber threat actors such as Conti, APT28, APT29, Turla, CyberBerkut, Sandworm, Gamaredon, and GhostWriter target not only Ukraine but also conduct cyberattacks against NATO, Europe, and the United States.
The Geopolitics of Russia-Turkey Relations amid the Ukraine War
Syria has been a testing ground given the United States’ unwillingness to intervene further.
Left-Wing Politics Gain Momentum in Latin America
An essential issue that the new governments must approach is the resumption of diplomatic ties between South American countries, shattered by the influence of the United States.
Power Politics and Moral Accountability
As long as Russia and the United States batter one another, China can enjoy some breathing space from American efforts to surround it with a new maritime coalition.
Foreign Fighters Arrive in Scores to Fight in Ukraine
Foreign fighters reportedly came from 52 countries including the United States, France, and Japan.
Ukraine: The Lesson Japanese Policy-Makers Won’t Learn
Japan was quick to adopt sanctions in line with the United States, and has stressed at every turn that it stands shoulder to shoulder with its international partners in the West.
How the Ukraine War Impacts Food Security in MENA
Read: The GCC States’ Russian Dilemma
Food insecurity in the MENA region is a growing challenge
Even before the Russia-Ukraine war and the COVID19 pandemic, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated that over 55 million of the 415 million MENA population was undernourished.
Russia’s War in Ukraine and the Global Struggle for Power
invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008, the unlawful withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, and Israel's bombing of Gaza, can be analyzed as decisive in shaping Putin's Ukraine policy.
Ukrainian Refugees Continue to Flood Europe
Filippo Grandi, the United Nations high commissioner of refugees, recently identified the refugee crisis in Ukraine as “the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War Two.
Stability, Resilience and Chaos in the New World Order
lobal security has the extraordinary characteristic that states, irrelevant of their strength, do not respond according to their capacity.
How the Ukraine War Will Give China More Leverage
China, for its part, has begun to reposition itself in relation to the United States.
Turkey and Israel: A Marriage of Convenience and Necessity?
Biden’s foreign policy
The Biden administration’s general cold shoulder to the United States’ traditional allies, such as Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt, and its willingness to engage with Iran to renew the nuclear deal brought back the specter of Iranian expansion, similar to the one present under the Obama administration.
How Will the Russia-Ukraine War Affect the Balkans?
Thus, unless the EU and the United States issue a de facto ultimatum to Belgrade, Serbia is unlikely to impose sanctions on Russia until after the elections.
The Montreux Convention and the Russia-Ukraine War
The first exception states that warships can pass in the case of the rights and obligations of Turkey, or of any of the other High Contracting Parties members of the League of Nations (now the UN), arising from the “Covenant of the League of Nations” (now the Charter of the United Nations).
The GCC States’ Russian Dilemma
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) abstained from the UN Security Council vote on February 26 condemning Russia and asking Moscow to withdraw its troops.
Dependent on Russian Gas: Europe Must Reconsider Its Energy Security
that does not facilitate the construction of pipelines, the United States, the world's number one oil and gas producer, is forced to buy both oil and gas from its ultimate rival, Russia.
Latin America: A New Sphere of Russian Influence?
he world is witnessing a dramatic revival of the 20th-century bipolar geopolitical order featuring the Soviet Union, today’s Russia, on the one side, and the United States on the other.
