Twenty-five years after 9/11, the greatest peril comes not from bedroom-radicalized terrorists, but from populist world leaders wielding atomic arsenals.
Browsing: Putin
Turkey seeks to offload Russian missile defense systems to Gulf buyers to salvage F-35 access, creating fresh radar risks for regional Western infrastructure.
Moscow And The Middle East represents Russia’s structural campaign to erode Western influence and expand Kremlin leverage across the region.
Moscow’s response to the Iran strikes reveals deep structural limits beneath rhetorical solidarity, favoring diplomacy over military alliance.
This strategic analysis reviews how the stalling of the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline reveals the stark economic limits of Moscow’s leverage with Beijing.
Russia revisionism helped Moscow defy global rules. But with the US now acting the same way, Russia revisionism is becoming a strategic liability.
Surging oil prices and relaxed sanctions have funneled billions to Moscow, providing a critical fiscal cushion for Russia’s ongoing military operations.
Putin gains from Iran war through oil windfalls and US distraction despite reversed drone supply dynamics with Tehran.
Moscow exploits Iran’s crisis as bargaining chip, offering seasonal courtesies while refusing military aid or alliance obligations.
Putin exploits Iran war to distract US from Ukraine, supply Tehran, and position Russia as indispensable regional mediator.