Recently, while outlining the deterioration in relations between Beijing and Seoul, the present author commented on a new scandal that further inflamed tensions. It has to do with highly critical comments made by Xing Haiming, China’s ambassador to Seoul, concerning South Korea’s foreign policy. The problems began on June 8, 2023, when South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung visited the residence of Chinese Ambassador Xing Haiming, for a dinner meeting in order to discuss Japan’s plans to dump radioactive waste water from the damaged Fukushima…

Russian-Turkish relations have been on an upswing, some would say unparalleled, since the early 2000s. The latter occurred or may be associated with the change of power in Russia and Turkey, as well as the arrival of two charismatic leaders, Putin and Erdoğan, respectively, and, more importantly, with certain transformations in geo-economic and geopolitical processes and the construction of regional security in the Middle East and the South Caucasus. It cannot be said that in the centuries-long history…

“Moscow-Algeria: closer than ever before,” “Algerian-Russian Axis: New Prospects for Cooperation,” “Summit of Friends.” These and similar headlines in Algerian media reflect the reaction to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s recent state visit to Russia. During the visit, the Russian Federation and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria signed an in-depth strategic partnership declaration, as well as eight separate agreements. These bilateral ties between the two nations are universally referred to be “privileged” by experts. They began in the 1950s, when Algerians were fighting for independence from France’s colonial rule, and Moscow provided…

We must think of the nice German expression “Vorauseilender Gehorsam,” – anticipatory obedience to understand much of what is going on nowadays. Meanwhile, the Titan submersible has taken over the media, a GREAT distraction, and most timely, considering the ongoing perils of Biden and his son, plea deals, the “proxy war” in the Ukraine, lame claims that Putin is prepared to use nukes, the truth of Russian gate, and prospects for the global and dismal domestic economy, etc. For now, it’s a sad distraction—and it comes at a convenient time—they are dead…

Western pressure on the Republic of Turkey increased as a result of Erdoğan’s election victory. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won this challenging victory despite the fact that the whole Western world had projected his defeat in the presidential elections of May 2023. After his inauguration on June 3, the Turkish politician began a new term. In the forthcoming period, Erdoğan and his government will have to address a number of challenges. The economic perspective should be a key issue on the re-elected president’s agenda. The earthquake in early February and its devastating aftermath shook the country’s already vulnerable situation…

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has begun his first trip abroad after his latest inauguration – a visit to the internationally unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). After that trip he will visit Azerbaijan. It could hardly be said that Ankara has opened a completely new, and hitherto unsuspected page in the agenda of Turkish diplomacy. For example, while speaking in North Nicosia he reaffirmed his commitment to a peaceful resolution of the Cyprus problem, and warned the Greek Cypriot authorities that Turkey was in a position to resolve the issue “by other means.” The only “other” solution that the Turks could possibly…

Who has the inside track on why the head of Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, went turncoat the other day? Prigozhin, whose mouth has gotten more significant with each small victory of his skilled fighters, betrayed his fellow citizens, his president, and hundreds of thousands of Russian military personnel, laying it on the line in Ukraine. The recent past and the current news cycle of the days surrounding what Vladimir Putin called “an armed mutiny” give us clues as to Prigozhin’s motives. June 24th, 10:00 Moscow time, President Vladimir Putin…

The rapprochement between China and Russia in the last few decades has been a very significant development for the entire system of international relations. The partnership between these two major countries is developing at a rapid pace and without let up, in many different areas and taking many different forms, and it is also managing to resist considerable pressure from external factors – from the waves of sanctions imposed on Russia in 2014 and again in 2022, to the COVID-19 pandemic. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the country most affected…

The phrase “New Asian Alliance” in the headline is not the invention of the present author, but comes from an article by an Indian expert who, to judge by his academic career, has studied the changed strategic relations between China, India and Japan in great detail. And any changes in the strategic relations within this particular triangle of nations will have a considerable impact on the future of the entire Indo-Pacific region. And in the current stage of the Big World Game the focus is shifting towards precisely that region. Although the US, as the leading world power, is still making its presence…

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…

If you work near the Joseph Biden administration in Washington, it’s reached the point of “no news is good news.” The country is broke. The Russians are winning in Ukraine, despite all efforts by the West. The EU is on the verge of levying more taxes. The BRICS will grow, and create its own unique currency to oust the dollar. Moreover, sanction measures to limit Russian oil revenues have failed. The United States is swimming in failures because of Joe Biden and George Soros. When corporate-owned CNBC is forced to come and say the West’s oil war against…

This was stated by the President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Suk-yeol on the Memorial Day of the fallen in the war with North Korea. Such rhetoric is unlikely to help reduce tensions and strengthen peace on the Korean peninsula. Every year on June 6, one of the main national holidays is celebrated in the Republic of Korea – Memorial Day, or as it is also called by the people the Day of Loyalty – loyalty to their history and gratitude to the soldiers who died in battles for the salvation of the South Korean homeland. On this day, Koreans celebrate the signing…