Explosions and air strikes were reported Monday morning and afternoon all across Ukraine, including in the capital Kiev and multiple cities in the country’s west. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with members of the Security Council, said that Russia had targeted Ukrainian energy, military …

Our time is very interesting, but unfortunately, it is also very sorrowful. The keyword to describe the contemporary situation is autarky, the ability of a country to live relying on its own resources. And the key question is to what extent the contemporary world is able to create …

Jacques Sapir The sanctions taken against Russia by EU countries are generating a major “boomerang effect,” one which could lead to a global energy crisis. The shock will probably be felt by the EU economy this winter and afterwards. It is therefore at this time that crucial political …

Sway Samal China is less than ten days away from its 20th Party Congress. The changes will impact the Chinese Communist Party for the next five years, a monumental event that takes place every five years. President Xi Jinping is expected to stay in power in the following …

Hemand Adlaka India and China have separately frustrated and angered many in the West by refusing to condemn Russia’s military action on February 24. The two BRICS member countries’ neutrality is driven by their respective national interests. Therefore, it is a gross error to assume that the two …

Lily Ong In a 15th-century priory nestled away in a prestigious neighbourhood of Geneva, an exclusive audience gathered on the gorgeous grounds of a university before His Excellency Geoff Hoon, who had served as the Defence Minister of Britain in Tony Blair’s Cabinet. He was speaking as part …

Eric Zeusse  Following are excerpts from (which constitute only 22% of) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech and his answers to questions at the 17 July 2022 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Plenary session, where the moderator was Margarita Simonyan, whom Putin chose in 2005 to head the Russian …

Julia Melnikova European-Chinese relations have been on pause since the end of 2020. The politicisation of interaction, caused both by objective disproportions in the development of trade and investment partnerships, and by the desire of Brussels to control the relations of member states with China, became the main …

Global natural gas markets are set to remain tight next year, with lower gas flow from Russia to Europe, high gas prices, lower demand and the impact of energy saving measures, according to the International Energy Agency’s Gas Market Report Q4 2022 published Monday. As Russia’s curtailment of …