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A digest of the inter-Korean unrest of late January/early February 2024

We ended the previous text with the 7 January firing and then separately noted the 14 January ICBM launch, but tensions are not subsiding and their new degree is gradually becoming the new normal. Missile launches on one side, joint exercises on the other. From 15 to 17 January, the navies of the Republic of Korea, the United States and Japan conducted joint exercises in waters south of Jeju Island. Two South Korean destroyers, five U.S. Navy ships, including the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, and two ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force participated. It was the first trilateral naval drills since an agreement was reached last June to hold them regularly…

Konstantin Asmolov

US and Israel complicit in barbaric acts against Palestinians in Gaza

Washington’s outright support for Israeli military action in Gaza outrages the entire world: the casualties and destruction are too great. The vast majority of the world community realises that without US patronage, such actions by Tel Aviv, bordering on genocide, would not have been possible. Continued support for Israel’s security has been a cornerstone of American foreign policy for every U.S. administration since President Harry Truman. Since Israel’s founding in 1948, the United States has provided more than $130 billion in bilateral aid, currently the U.S. provides $3.3 billion…

Vladimir Mashin

Washington’s ‘new’ Game in Afghanistan

After a two-year respite, Washington seems to be coming ‘back’ to Afghanistan to primarily sabotage China’s inroads. In the second week of February, China received Afghanistan’s ambassador to China, signalling Beijing’s willingness to recognise the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. In late 2023, China also became the first country to appoint an ambassador to Afghanistan. These developments come against the backdrop of the success of the Taliban in ensuring that anti-China terror groups, i.e., the Islamic State – Khorasan (IS-K) and…

Salman Rafi Sheikh

India: Narendra Modi visits UAE and Qatar; farmers revolt again

Vladimir Terehov

Turkey’s search for a “historic” alternative to the EU

Alexandr Svaranc

Wikileaks Reveals Alexei Navalny's US Funding as Washington Exploits His Death

Brian Berletic

Sulejanta Ndhyay: "Russophilia is not only love for Russia, it is love for all cultures of the world, it is love for humanity"

Yuliya Novitskaya

JAPHUS - another US move to dominate the APAC

Nguyen Kien Van

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