On the 28-Point Plan to Resolve Ukraine Nov. 24, 2025 Question: Where does Belarus figure in all of this? It borders NATO in the Baltics and it is, essentially, a Russian outpost. The original invasion against Kyiv came from there. Can’t it serve as a springboard yet again? Response: Belarus is a strategically important country […]
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For more than three decades, Christmas Island has depended on phosphate mining and exports for its economic livelihood. But these supplies won’t...
Regional talks. Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Kyrgyzstan for a three-day visit. He met on Wednesday with President Sadyr Japarov to discuss bilateral...
Progress toward peace? Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators met in Geneva and discussed changes to Washington’s 28-point plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war. According to...
Any discussion on resolving the war in Ukraine must begin with two fundamental realities: Russia is unable to achieve its military objective to defeat...
Rethinking China
Nov. 17, 2025
Question: Some interesting reasoning regarding the dismissal of senior military commanders in China. It feels like these purges will be inevitable...
Washington's vision. Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Goncharenko revealed on his Telegram channel what he says is the U.S.-drafted 28-point plan to end the war with...
Though the Association of Southeast Asian Nations counts among its members some of the developing world’s most up-and-coming economies, the bloc has never been...
Israel in Syria. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops deployed to the buffer zone in Syria. Accompanied by the Israeli foreign minister,...
