Gustav Gressel comments on the Russia-Africa summit in the context of the Russian termination of the grain deal
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It’s not very much about Africa, it’s using Africa to increase Russia’s position on the global stage. There’s probably a couple of different objectives they have, but very low down on the list
Provided reforms pick up and are sustained, the embrace of small countries like Moldova and Montenegro could happen well before a decade, puncturing the EU’s enlargement paralysis
Nathalie Tocci evaluates the prospects for EU enlargement
He doesn’t have a position, yet he still works in Africa on behalf of Belarus and meets Lukashenko
While Beijing is now Moscow’s most influential and internationally renowned partner, Russia is not necessarily becoming a straightforward “vassal” of China
The creation of the NATO-Ukraine Council is more than a bureaucratic consolation, as it will prepare Ukraine for membership and bring it considerably closer to NATO structures
Wars are incredible innovation drivers. Things suddenly become possible in a war that are either not possible at all in peacetime or take 20 times as long.
The supply routes of the Russian army are attacked. And they [the Ukrainians] try out some weapon systems that they still rely on as the war progresses.
Vienna is a perfect hub for spying, and always was
On the day of the mutiny in Russia, he tried to help his senior partner, his boss, to pay him back and show his loyalty
Pavel Slunkin comments on Lukashenko´s opportunity to empower himself after the Wagner mutiny in Russia