Players’ Skewed Maps complicate Eurasia’s 21st Century Great Game – Dr. James M Dorsey

Dr. James M Dorsey | The United States and China are playing Eurasia’s 21st-century Great Game from different but equally skewed maps. While the US...

Russia avoids new doping penalties over missed deadline

AFP | Russia remains under scrutiny even though it will not be punished for missing a December deadline to allow access to the Moscow laboratory...

Russian row over ‘Siege of Leningrad’ black comedy

AFP | A "blasphemous" re-telling of one of the darkest moments in Soviet history or a much-needed comment on modern Russia? A new comedy set...

Turkey can’t leverage US-Russia tensions in Syria forever

M K Bhadrakumar | Turkey has so far played Washington and Moscow off against each other over the Syrian situation by leveraging its importance as...

The new Arms Race in the 21st century – Dr. Zafar Jaspal

Dr. Zafar Jaspal | The bipartisan nuclear arms control framework constituted during the Cold War is in the process of expiring. On 20 October 2018,...

The New Cold War may never arrive – M K Bhadrakumar

M K Bhadrakumar | An old Italian friend and a noted Sinologist based in Beijing representing a Vatican paper, Francesco Sisci wrote apropos an article...

Russian army starts patrols around Manbij in North Syria

AFP | Russian military police have begun patrolling around the Syrian city of Manbij, a spokesman said, moving into an area once held by US-backed...

Russia accuses BBC of spreading ‘terrorist’ ideologies

AFP | Russia's media watchdog accused the BBC Thursday of spreading the ideologies of "terrorist groups" via online publications of its Russian service, the latest...

Trump campaign chief gave polling data to Russian

AFP | Donald Trump's one-time presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort admitted in a court filing Tuesday he provided polling data from the campaign to a...

Turkey trial opens into Russian ambassador’s 2016 killing

AFP | Twenty-eight suspects went on trial Tuesday over the assassination of the Russian ambassador two years ago, including a US-based Muslim preacher blamed by...

UK warns Russia against ‘chess games’ over alleged spy

AFP | Britain warned Russia on Friday against playing "diplomatic chess games" after Paul Whelan, a former US Marine who reportedly also carries Canadian and...

Russia detains American suspected of espionage

AFP | Russia said Monday its security services had detained a US citizen in Moscow accused of spying, the latest in a series of espionage...