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John Bolton: Putin's strategy

As 2026 opens, Vladimir Putin projects the image of a calm, confident leader. Although political maskirovka comes naturally ...
Despite being at war with Russia, Ukraine has few reasons to attempt an assassination of Vladimir Putin. Russian president ...
Vladimir Putin has fueled 'doomsday' fears as he touts unstoppable nuclear torpedo that could 'swallow everything.' ...
In Ukraine, on December 30, 2025, a heated diplomatic dispute arose following Moscow's claims of an alleged air raid ...
Trump's alleged Venezuela operation against Maduro sends clear message to Russia and China about U.S. superpower status in ...
Standing alongside President Trump at his Palm Beach estate, Volodymyr Zelensky could only smirk and grimace without overtly ...
Orthodoxy-Nationality, is being reinterpreted today by Putin's ideologists as the new triad: Sovereignty-Traditionalism-Welfare State. Yet, it i ...
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky is therefore insisting on effective security guarantees, and ones that are more or less ...
It was a made-for-Netflix moment, giving Donald Trump exactly the kind of attention-grabbing spectacle he craved.
In separate posts, the European Commission president said that the European Union reserves the right “to use the cash ...
When a single social media post wipes out a fortune, it exposes how fragile wealth can be in an authoritarian system. Former ...
Trump wants to show he is a strongman but also wants to reassure his Maga base that he is not repeating the “endless” wars of ...