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Tag: Russia-Ukraine

Posted inSri Lanka

Ukraine war pushes Sri Lanka to brink of default

by Salman Rafi Sheikh March 16, 2022March 19, 2022

With the Russia-Ukraine war pushing global oil prices as high as US$140 a barrel on March 7, the financial fate of importing nations already battered by the Covid-19 pandemic hang in a precarious new balance. And nowhere is a potential default more imminent than in cash-strapped Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan rupee fell by some […]

Posted inOpinion

In Kazakhstan, Russia’s imperium grows – at China’s expense

by Brandon J Weichert January 8, 2022January 14, 2022
Posted inUS-Russia

Why Russia won’t likely invade Ukraine

by Nikola Mikovic December 10, 2021December 16, 2021
Posted inOpinion

A bloody new Europe is being born in Ukraine 

by Brandon J Weichert December 10, 2021December 10, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Is Russia about to checkmate US in Europe?

by Brandon J Weichert November 22, 2021November 23, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Erdogan squanders Turkey’s geographic advantage

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

Ukraine’s borders back at the center of geopolitics

by Vijay Prashad April 8, 2021April 8, 2021
Protesters wearing yellow vests (gilets jaunes) demonstrate against rising costs of living on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on December 8, 2018. Photo: Lucas Barioulet / AFP
Posted inChina, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

European disarray looks doomed to continue

by Richard N. Haass December 16, 2018
Kerch Harbor in the Russian controlled Sea of Azoz. Photo: Asia Times
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, Germany, India, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

An historical journey into Crimea

by Pepe Escobar December 15, 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
Posted inMiddle East, Russia, Turkey, World

Drama in the Kerch Strait: teasing the Russian bear

by Pepe Escobar November 27, 2018February 18, 2020

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