Canada is being wracked by what appears to be a moderately important internal crisis over First Nations’ objections to the construction of a natural gas pipeline in British Columbia. This crisis gives me a chance to write about the geopolitics of North America, with particular focus on Canada. Normally, we would not need to address […]
The explosions occurred every ten seconds for three hours. Shelling in east Ukraine was so intense on Tuesday (18 February) that there were 1,094 explosions in the town of Kadiivka alone between 5:35 and 8:30, international monitors have said. That amounted to an explosion every ten seconds for three hours, EUobserver reported. The “marked spike in […]
For the Russian elites the year 2024, although a long way off, is already the main date in their calendar. The year when President Vladimir Putin finishes his constitutionally mandated fourth and last term in office is supposed to be the moment when Russia gets a new leader for the first time in more than […]
Major global powers are, once again, competing for rich natural resources, market potential, and influence opportunities offered by the African continent. The continent bore witness to the imperial struggles of colonist countries and their efforts for gaining access to new markets and accumulating more resources following the industrial revolution during the first “scramble for Africa” […]
Russia is afraid of UN General Assembly resolutions. But it is most afraid of new sanctions. It is fear of the possibility of new repressions or complete isolation that pushes the Kremlin into more and more adventures. Moscow’s initiative to hold a Security Council briefing on February 18 is just such a step. The task […]
Hatred of the world, aggression against others, waiting for exposure, fear of punishment and horror of imminent retribution are the reasons for a serious illness called the “Kremlin burnout”. The symptoms of the chronic stage of this disease are manifested in complete loss of connection with reality, denial of proven facts, anxiety, anger, resentment. The […]
Large-scale disasters have always been the object of attention of both governments involved countries and the world community. Empowered rarely come to a consensus on the causes of the disaster, still less to establish the perpetrators. And if it happened through the fault of the military of another state – never! The history of civil […]
Something strange is being observed in the Russian information segment after Iran pleaded guilty to the downing of the Ukrainian airliner flight PS752. More precisely, it all started right after the version was totally debunked of the Boeing being downed by U.S. specops forces on the ground, a U.S. UAV, or a U.S. missile. So […]
November was a turning point for the streaming wars with two new big-name entrants from Disney and Apple joining the big three – Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu – in an effort to gain your subscription. And, 2020 is bringing even more players onto the field. Disney lovers make for loyal fans as shown in […]
May 27, 1986, in the Dutch port of Rotterdam, the Soviet cargo ship Kapitan Tomson, coming from Soviet Baltic port of Riga, steered for its berth at the Unitcenter dock in the Waalhaven section of the harbor (Executive Intelligence Review, Volume 13, Number 34, August 29, 1986). The ship had made this journey many times, attracting little […]