“Xi’s trip to Moscow has been viewed as a major boost for his strategic partner Putin, who is subject to an international criminal court warrant over accusations of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children. The Chinese leader is expected to continue to position himself as a potential peacemaker in the Ukraine war during his two-day visit to
“The head of Russia’s mercenary Wagner group [Yevgeny Prigozhin] (right) caused a stir by saying that an end to the war in Ukraine would be an “ideal result.”…“The ideal option would be to announce the end of the special military operation and declare that Russia has achieved all of its planned goals — and, in
The last few days have seen a desperate flurry of international political maneuvering calling for “peace” in Putin’s war with Ukraine by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (left), a member of the BRICS forum comprising of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. As reported by Gabriel Araujo and Eduardo Simoes, “Brazilian President
Prussian military analyst Carl von Clausewitz (left) in his posthumously published book, Vom Kriege (1832), outlines what has become defined as the “fog of war”. He describes the “fog of war” as, “War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog
At the start of Putin’s 2023 war with Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron, former banker and currently President of France, constantly pushed for ‘talks’ with Putin as Putin’s forces relentlessly bombarded the civilians and infrastructure of Ukraine with swarms of his Iranian UAV “doodlebug” bombers. And today, in light of Xi Jinping’s recent meetings in Moscow with
One of the more insidious developments in Putin’s Russia is the extent to which Putin’s “Thought Police” will go to ensure that the people of Russia do not even think that his war with Ukraine is wrong or unjust. As reported by Politico, “A man sentenced to two years in prison in a case launched
And so, for his three day visit to Moscow, the “Bromance” between China’s President Xi Jinping and Putin has caught the attention of the world audience. As reported by Helen Davidson and Justin McCurry,“Xi’s trip to Moscow has been viewed as a major boost for his strategic partner Putin, who is subject to an international
On Friday 10th March, Xi Jinping was unanimously elected as head of the ruling Communist Party of China. As reported by Oli Smith (left), “Xi Jinping will reign over China for at least the next five years after he was handed a historic third five-year term as Chinese president. Mr Xi was unanimously elected as
Putin’s latest onslaught against the people of Ukraine has all the hallmarks of a man desperate to cling onto power. As reported by Hanna Arhirova and Elena Becatoros, “Russia unleashed a missile barrage targeting energy infrastructure across Ukraine early Thursday, hitting residential buildings and killing at least five people in the largest such attack in
The internationally announced “peace plan” of Xi Jinping to end Putin’s war with Ukraine shares much in common with the Minsk “peace plans” of Angela Merkel, a “peace plan” that had Putin’s fingerprints all over it. The Minsk I and Minsk II “peace plans” pushed by Merkel onto Ukraine had, as its backdrop, the agenda
