Tag: Russia

[G]reat powers rarely come to the rescue of smaller states once their own strategic interests are at stake.

If Russia and China were to provide Iran with military, intelligence and technological support, along with the necessary military equipment, particularly in the fields of air defense, aviation, electronics and drones ... then Iran would undoubtedly turn into a dangerous trap for the U.S.

If escalation hardens into a binary alignment, India’s pivot will be quiet but decisive.

The danger is not merely hypocrisy, but normalization, a world in which coercion replaces cooperation and sovereignty becomes conditional.

Increased power, perhaps counterintuitively, appears to breed increased fear of weaker competitors.

Whereas Vladimir Putin is financed and propelled by his oil and gas cronies, Trump has tech bros.

The more the U.S. interferes, the more likely [Venezuela] will drift into chaos.

The stabilization of Eastern Europe is only possible if Russia is sufficiently deterred.