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On October 11, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in St. Petersburg for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The visit came immediately after new massive strikes on Ukraine’s infrastructure as part of a special military operation. In addition, the day before, the ministers of OPEC+ countries met …

There is growing optimism in Lebanon about the possibility of reaching a deal with the Israeli occupation state that would allow the extraction of natural gas from Lebanese territorial waters and help lift the country out of its multiple financial crises. When the ‘three presidents’ — President Michel …

Ellen Ioanes The short tenure of UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, seen here at a press conference on October 14, has been dominated by economic and political instability.Daniel Leal-WPA/Getty Images The United Kingdom, not to mention the Conservative Party currently running it, is having a bumpy fall. So …

Shlomo Ben-Ami Some argue that the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis (which unfolded 60 years ago this week) holds lessons for those attempting to prevent the war in Ukraine from escalating into a nuclear catastrophe. But that Cold War superpower standoff is not the best place to look. Better …

Roll the nuclear dice. Hope for the best. Repeat. The chance that Russia will use nuclear weapons in Ukraine may be low, but it is rising. And the consequences would be devastating. That makes the current situation extremely dangerous. In fact, this may be the closest we’ve been …

The Albanese government has a responsibility to try and assist Washington in re-establishing the guardrails in its relationship with China. From the time Australia’s relations with China began to deteriorate in late 2016, a pervasive view among many observers on both sides of the Pacific has been that …

When an ugly power play marks the end of the career of a phenomenally successful politician, it presents a painful sight. From all accounts in the British press in the most recent weeks, it was clear that the night of the long knives was approaching for the most …

National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the highest level decision making platform in Chinese political system, and usually held every five years. The First one was held in 1921, and the current is the 20th National Congress stared on 16 October and will end …

Today’s world, with its current architecture of international relations, has entered a new phase of transformation, one that will take years. As a rule, such developments transpire through an overhaul of the old system with a new one being established instead, which is typically a painful process. The …