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Biden puts conflict over diplomacy with Putin

by MK Bhadrakumar July 10, 2021July 14, 2021

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made an extraordinary statement this week that state authorities and society at large must mobilize their resources amid the West’s pressure. Addressing an audience in Vladivostok, Lavrov said, “Now that they are pressing us for some concessions, for rejecting our principles and, as the West puts it, change our behavior, […]

Russia, NATO in new Cold War tango at sea

by Daniel Williams July 5, 2021July 9, 2021

Anglo-American tripwire traps Russian bear

by MK Bhadrakumar July 4, 2021July 8, 2021

A sea painted NATO black

by Pepe Escobar June 28, 2021June 29, 2021

Turkey in the delicate middle of Russia and Ukraine

by Jonathan Gorvett April 30, 2021May 4, 2021

Erdogan squanders Turkey’s geographic advantage

by Henri J Barkey April 21, 2021April 24, 2021

Merkel urges pullback in Ukraine, as US eyes action

by Dave Makichuk April 9, 2021April 13, 2021

AT+

Ukraine redux: war, Russophobia and Pipelineistan

by Pepe Escobar April 7, 2021April 10, 2021

Turkey, Ukraine forging strategic depth in the Black Sea

by MK Bhadrakumar December 24, 2020December 29, 2020

World

Ukraine faces crowded and combative elections

by Nile Bowie and Giovanni Pigni February 16, 2019February 18, 2020

Vladimir Putin has many things to toast internationally, but domestic unrest is growing. Photo: Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Power projection, economic resilience, domestic discontent

by Alex Kruglov January 2, 2019February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the launch of the Avangard hypersonic missile at the National Defense Control Center via a video conference. Photo: Mikhael Klimentyev / Sputnik / AFP

China, European Union, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Putin trumpets hypersonic missile as Russia flexes its muscles

by Andrew Salmon December 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is unpopular and his support has dwindled. Photo: AFP/Mykola Lazarenko

AT Finance, European Union, Russia, South Asia, World

Election loss looms for Ukraine’s embattled president

by Giovanni Pigni December 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian aircraft fly over the Crimean Bridge that spans the Kerch Strait, a narrow strip that links the Azov and Black Seas, as a Russian ship blocks the strait, after Russia fired on and then seized three Ukrainian ships, accusing them of illegally entering its waters in the Sea of Azov. Photo: AFP

European Union, France, Germany, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Turkey, World

EU confined to new sanctions on Russia

by Emanuele Scimia December 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on September 28, 2017. Photo: Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev / Kremlin via Reuters

China, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

The trials and tribulations of Turkish foreign policy

by Pepe Escobar November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Ukrainian nationalists hold flares during a rally outside parliament on Monday to demand that Kiev break its agreement with Russia on cooperation in the use of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait and impose martial law in the country. The previous day Russia seized three Ukrainian naval ships by force in a strait near Moscow-annexed Crimea. Photo: AFP/ STR / NurPhoto

Middle East, Russia, Turkey, World

Drama in the Kerch Strait: teasing the Russian bear

by Pepe Escobar November 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with his Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Tehran on September 7, 2018. Photo: AFP / Kirill Kudryavtsev

AT Finance, China, European Union, Iran, Israel, Italy, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Erdogan, MBS, Islamic leadership and the price of silence

by Pepe Escobar November 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan's nuclear power export business has been ravaged by the Fukushima power plant disaster. Photo: AFP / Yomiuri Shimbun

AT Finance, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Japan’s nuclear export meltdown

by Todd Crowell May 9, 2018February 18, 2020

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) at the Port of Odessa. Photo: Stringer/Sputnik via AFP

Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

2 US Navy guided missile destroyers enter Black Sea

by Asia Times staff February 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) meets Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman in Ankara, Turkey on March 14, 2017. Photo: AFP, Anadolu Agency

European Union, Middle East, Turkey, World

Turkey-Ukraine defense ties blossom

by Asia Unhedged May 3, 2017February 18, 2020