By Ben Aris in Berlin Four years after the invasion of Ukraine triggered sweeping Western sanctions, Russia has managed to preserve one of its most important channels of global influence: civil ...

Russia stands to both gain and lose from war in the Middle East, with the Kremlin boosted by rising oil prices and attention diverted from Ukraine, but facing a reputational hit for its inability to ...

Vietnam Wins Russia's 'Intervision' Song Contest, Geopolitical and Conservative Rival to Eurovision By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Vietnam was crowned the winner of the Russian-hosted Intervision ...

Temporary relief. The United States decided to temporarily lift sanctions on Russian oil currently at sea to ease the economic fallout of the war in Iran.

The population of the South Caucasus is around 17–18 million people combined. Azerbaijan has about 10 million. Georgia around ...

Kyrgyzstan’s structural electricity shortages and hydropower overreliance have made nuclear energy an attractive, though politically sensitive, option. An SMR could stabilize winter baseload supply ...

Geopolitics and football have collided once again following the escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran, raising questions about whether the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup could be ...

There is no International rules-based order. It is only a comforting phantasm of peripheral nations. The real law of the earth in the 21st century is blatant and crude (excuse the pun). Ideas of multi ...

Japan's imperial ambitions in Pacific Asia from the 1880s to 1945 were shaped by a web of strategic alliances, racial politics, and great-power rivalries ...

The region's reliance on U.S. systems has come under scrutiny as its relationship with the Donald Trump administration has ...

Ten athletes will compete for Russia and Belarus at the Paralympic Games and parade under their national flags in Friday’s opening ceremony in Verona, despite condemnation across Europe ...

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