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Expert Fyodorov: Despite Zaluzhny’s admission of “stalemate,” shared need to rebuild armies, Russia, Ukraine still reject key concessions for peace – that Russia win land, Ukraine join NATO.
Amid unfolding events related to the Ukraine crisis, the focus on various aspects of China’s policies has sharpened considerably. This paper aims to analyze core aspects of the Chinese leadership’s strategy using a dependable source base spanning from December 2021 through March 2023.
This paper analyzes new features and peculiarities of warfare in large cities (metropolises, urban agglomerations, and urbanized enclaves) amid the changing conditions of confrontation (battle space formation) in the context of gaining superiority over the enemy (advantages in areas of activity). It gives several recommendations for preparing and conducting an attack on settlements that have been transformed by the enemy into powerful fortified areas.
Ekspert: Pashinyan must now confront the wrath of Armenians for letting Karabakh go, Russia will need to determine a way to protect its interests in the South Caucasus.
Karpovich: Pashinyan lacked emotional ties to Karabakh, viewed region as a bargaining chip to use with west; Russia will work with Azerbaijan to ensure respect for people left.
THIRTY-TWO years ago, an event took place that American political scientist Francis Fukuyama claimed marked the “end of history.” It was argued that the disappearance of the Soviet Union from the world political scene and the end of the Soviet socialist project meant that there was no socioeconomic alternative to a liberal capitalist world order – a system that puts the individual above society and private business above national interests and gives overconsumption priority over progress.
The US Indo-Pacific Strategy, whose main principles were formulated in the US National Security Strategy released in December 2017, is aimed at preserving a unipolar structure of the world in an era of global changes that undermine US claims to world dominance.
The Concept confirms our choice in favor of an independent development path. It stresses Russia’s role in maintaining the balance of power in international affairs, as well as its status as a unique nation and civilization and a vast Eurasian and Euro-Pacific power.
Skosyrev: China strengthening Army commissars to avoid possible ‘Prigozhin mutiny’ scenario.
Even by the most conservative estimates, precious metals and diamonds worth over $100 million could have fallen under Yevgeny Prigozhin’s control….