Russia’s ‘grain diplomacy’ reshaping global markets
Moscow leveraging disruption of Ukraine war to weaponize food supplies while angling to use BRICS to muscle US and Australia out of Africa. Read More Here
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The Talks That Could Have Ended the War in Ukraine
A hidden history of diplomacy that came up short—but holds lessons for future negotiations. Read More Here
Russia Is Back to the Stalinist Future
With a Soviet-style election, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has come full circle. Read More Here
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The forgotten man
As Russia’s invasion approaches the two-year mark, the world seems to have lost interest in Ukraine, and its president. Read More Here
Russia is poised to take advantage of political splits in Ukraine
Politics has returned, but the fighting has gone nowhere. Read More Here
Russia’s Murderous Mercenary Prigozhin Is Dead
The Wagner chief’s death in a plane crash was confirmed by Russia’s aviation agency. Read More Here
Ukraine to cost half-trillion more if war ends now
Ukraine war will end up being the most costly and perhaps corrupt foreign operation ever carried out by the United States. Read More Here
Russia’s New Rasputin
The chief of the feared Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been attacking Russia’s top military brass and warning that ordinary Russians, increasingly frustrated with the lack of progress in the Ukraine war, could revolt. Is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime in real danger? Read More Here
The Kremlin’s Strange Victory
How Putin exploits American dysfunction and fuels American decline. Read More Here
Crimea Has Become a Frankenstein’s Monster
Is the Ukrainian government now trapped by its own uncompromising—and increasingly indefensible—policy? Read More Here
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