Valery Kulikov
The World Froze in Anticipation of the Steps that the Taliban May Take
Nearly 20 years after the Taliban (a movement banned in the Russian Federation were expelled by the Americans who wanted to punish it for harboring al-Qaeda (terrorist organization, aslo banned in Russia, the movement’s commanders pose for cameramen in the presidential palace of Afghanistan and in front of the imposing former CIA...
A Political Test for the New Libya
On December 24, 2021 Libya will hold general presidential and parliamentary elections. These elections may do a great deal to restoring the authority of the Libyan state, which has been weakened by the tensions that persist despite the attempts to minimize the impact of the conflict, already several years old, between the country’s two main political powers. But both...
The Hypersonic Fall of US Prestige
The US has finally admitted that “American credibility” in the world is bulging at the seams. And it’s not just its political credibility. This fall began not with Biden or Trump but with the flawed perception by the current US political-military establishment of its alleged exceptionalism and dominance in the world. Despite the policy pursued by the US authorities to pressurize and force...
