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In Iran the process of registering candidates for the early presidential elections on 28 June has come to an end. The tragic death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a plane crash on 19 May triggered early elections of the head of Iran’s executive power. In Iran the president, who is elected by direct popular vote, is neither the most high-ranking official, nor is he the head of state…

How is it we never realized what NATO is all about? How difficult is it to understand that such blocs and alliances constitute a “Reich” or a realm by definition? Looking at the language and actions of NATO nations in the past decades, how can anyone wonder why the Russians saw fit to protect their “western flank?” In particular, recent comments from American General Michael Langley, Commander of US Africa Command, help us understand better…

At a meeting with senior officials from the Foreign Ministry Russian president Vladimir Putin proposed creating a new security architecture in Eurasia without the presence of foreign powers. In addition to highlighting the fundamental aspects of Russian foreign policy, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech at the meeting with senior staff of the Russian Foreign Ministry on June 14, 2024, commanded the attention of the entire rationally thinking world, including on serious issues of international cooperation, such as the necessity of dialogue on current security issues between multilateral associations in Eurasia…