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The “Median Corridor”: The Geopolitical Implications of a South Caucasus and Trans-Caspian Axis
The organization of a pan-European summit in Yerevan earlier this month highlighted the diplomatic fruitfulness of the European Political Community, Armenia’s pivotal role, and the strength of transatlantic ties between the Old Continent and Canada, that emerging North American giant. On the other hand, the consequences of the Iran...
From the Arabian Gulf to Ukraine: The Russian-Iranian Alliance and the West’s Geopolitical Double Vision in a World at War
From the Persian Gulf to Ukraine, the Russian-Iranian alliance—with China as a backdrop—is a powerful reality. Yet it remains underestimated on both sides of the Atlantic. This is due to the Trump administration’s worship of force and scale, and the fact that this alliance is not comparable to NATO....
The Russians are Coming (Again)
The Russian Federation announced its decision to reclaim its place at the 61st Venice Art Biennale at the last possible moment, not without a touch of theatricality. Mikhail Shvydkoi, former Minister of Culture of Russia and, since 2008, Special Envoy of the President of the Russian Federation for International...
The Epstein Case, a Godsend for Russian Propaganda
The Kremlin's bigots, as shown by independent Russian media, indulge in pedophilia and debauchery and are every bit as bad as Epstein's cronies. But that doesn't stop Putin's propaganda from spreading about the Epstein case, which is used as justification for all-out war against a “satanic” and “perverse” West,...
President Putin’s Final Battle
Why do Putin and his propagandists approve of Trump's desire to annex Greenland?
On Greenland, Chinese-Russian Threats, and Western Geopolitical Solidarity
In the Euro-Atlantic equation, the fate of Ukraine here and now and the strengthening of Europe's first line of defense, from the Atlantic to the Don Basin, are far more important than the removal of Maduro and the Trump administration's focus on the “Western Hemisphere.” This is especially true...
Another Exercise in Reflexive Control, Moscow Style
The Russian regime skillfully manipulates the American administration and other gullible people in the West.
On the United States’ National Security Strategy
The publication of a National Security Strategy (2025 NSS) by the U.S. administration is a legal obligation that involves a heavy bureaucratic exercise and the establishment of compromises between the various U.S. departments and agencies. It is an important document that provides insight into the worldview of the leadership...
Nuclear and Conventional Weapons: Moscow’s Historic Betrayal
Moscow deliberately dismantled the post-Cold War diplomatic and security architecture. The memory of this betrayal should prevent any complacency towards Russian demands.
An Expanded Nuclear Deterrent in Europe Without the United States?
In light of the Russian and American posturing around the use of nuclear weapons, our author poses a serious question: what about the American nuclear umbrella and the protection of Europe?
Russia’s Brics Currency That Never Happened
This project embodied Russia's desire to change the global financial order. The British financial expert traces the story of its failure.
Beyond the “Hybrid War” Cliché
The notion of "hybrid war" no longer corresponds to the war waged by Russia against both Ukraine and the West.
On the Scope of the Ties Between Putin’s Russia and Chavista Venezuela: The Possibility of a “Secondary Front”?
During the rise of the Russian revisionist program, Venezuela was seen as the "new Cuba."
Guests to Tenants to Irritants
A common wisdom, supported by some proverbial psychologists, claims that a good guest should not bother their hosts longer than three days. After that he should either leave – or fully formalize his relation with hosts as a tenant.
Ukrainian refugees who flooded Poland en mass in the first weeks...
Putin’s Endless War: Imperial Ambitions and Europe’s Moment of Truth
A regime based on the rejection of all international norms is an extremist regime that can only be "convinced" by force.
Georgia: Impossible Elections, Improbable Revolution
How many Georgians will still dare to challenge a regime that has a tight grip on the country?
Behind Russia, Communist China: The West Faces the Strengthening of a Eurasian Axis
Europeans risk being on the front line against this evil alliance.
The Riflemen of the War in Ukraine
The intrusion of Russian drones into Poland has highlighted the fact that our current intellectual frameworks for understanding modern warfare are outdated.
The Kremlin Without Kozak: The Era of the Lawyers Is Over
What does the removal of the architect of Russian policy from the "hot spots" of the former empire reveal: Abkhazia, Transnistria, Crimea, Donbass?
In Times of War, We Have to Make Do
Killings are routine in Ukraine, but death usually comes from the air – from Russian drones and shells and missiles, rather than bullets of assassins in the cozy streets of residential areas. Assassinations are not routinized in Ukraine, even though there have been some notable assassination attempts, in particular...