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On the Axis of Evil and Naming the Powers Hostile to the West
Their level of coordination is already much higher than that of the Axis powers before WWII.
Going along with Trump
With the new American president, Ukrainians can hope for a decent peace, but must prepare for the worst.
Vladimir Putin’s Role Models
If the Russian president has almost rehabilitated Stalin, he has mainly drawn inspiration from Andropov and Primakov.
From Lenin to Putin: One Hundred and Seven Years of Malfeasance
Since the Bolshevik coup d'état of 1917, Lenin and his comrades have been working out the principles of relations with the outside world: destabilizing...
The Election of Donald Trump, the “Pivot” to Asia, and the Europeanization of NATO
How to avoid a geostrategic decoupling between the two shores of the North Atlantic?
The Georgian Dream That Shattered the European Dream
In November 2003, the Rose Revolution took place in Georgia. Following disputed parliamentary elections, large demonstrations organized by the opposition spread across the country,...
Russia: Converging Boomerang Effects
This text is an expanded version of the presentation at the symposium “China-Russia: Affinities and Differences” (Sorbonne, May 10, 2024), in the roundtable “Stability...
Moscow and Pyongyang’s Alliance and Maneuvers on the Eurasian Stage: Let Us Stop Being in Denial
When Vladimir Putin welcomed Kim Jong-un to the Russian Far East from September 13 to 15, 2023, and the North Korean leader visited the...
The Abduction of Ukrainian Children in Light of Russian Demographics
The criminal Russian regime is trying to restore its demographic health at the expense of the Ukrainians.
The Sino-Russian Axis and its Extensions: The Challenge of Naming Reality
Putin's Russia-Eurasia and Xi Jinping's neo-Maoist China are maneuvering together.