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A chronicle of the escalation between North and South Korea

A chronicle of the escalation between North and South Korea in late April and May 2023

In this latest in his series of digests on the increasingly tense situation on the Korean peninsula the author presents an overview of the situation up to mid-June 2023. On April 15, in response to Pyongyang’s test of its new solid-fuel ICBM, the Hwaseong-18, the US and South Korea conducted joint air force exercises involving B-52H strategic bombers supported by South Korean F-35A and F-15K and US F-16 fighter jets. On April 16 a North Korean patrol boat crossed…

Konstantin Asmolov

The possibility of a shift in Libya’s eastern zone toward the US

The General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Field Marshal Khalifa is prepared to transfer full control to his sons and has no intention of participating in the 2023–2024 election campaign. Analysts estimate that such a transit of power could lead to a pro-Western direction in eastern Libya. The 79-year-old warlord’s refusal to participate in the electoral process aimed to reconcile the country’s east and west is owing to his declining health as well as foreign pressure, particularly from Egypt, one of the key supporters of the eastern zone…

Бахтиар Урусов

Iran announced new gas project while Turkey is still thinking...

Following the undermining of Russian gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2 in the Baltic Sea by Western special services at the end of September 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the Russian Energy Week forum in Moscow on October 12, 2022, proposed to depoliticize the issue of gas trade and create a “major gas hub” on the territory of Turkey. Moscow plans to redirect the main gas export flows through Turkey to third countries (including the EU). This topic has caught the attention of world actors and provided the same Turkey with new horizons for energy development. The Russian leader’s initiative also came as a surprise…

Alexandr Svaranc

On the results of the meetings the South Korean Minister of Defense held in Singapore

Konstantin Asmolov

The military alliance between South Korea and the United States has upgraded its status to “nuclear”

Бахтиар Урусов

China-Central Summit

How Best to Understand the China-Central Summit Without Propaganda

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why China ignores USA

Fernando Gaillardo

The “third neighbor” in Mongolia

2023 and perception of the “third neighbor” in Mongolia: people’s attitudes are changing

Boris Kushhov

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