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Friday, 26 May 2023

Summit in Hiroshima Charts Ending for War in Ukraine

From May 19 to 21, Japan hosted the most recent meeting of the seven heads of state (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States) as well as the European Union in the so-called G7 format. Overall, the key point on the agenda was certainly strengthening ...

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Monday, 22 May 2023

Central Asian Leaders Opted to Attend Curtailed Parade in Moscow

The Victory Day celebrated on May 9 is a hugely important and emotionally loaded holiday for the majority of Russians and Ukrainians, Kazakhs and Uzbeks, whose grandfathers fought together and defeated Nazi Germany back in 1945. In Russia, this solemn Remembrance Day was gradually converted by all-pervasive propaganda into a ...

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Wednesday, 10 May 2023

Muted V-Day Celebrations in Russia Amid Disastrous War

Victory Day in Russia continues to resonate throughout Russia society, and official propaganda in the past decade has strived to change the meaning of this emotionally charged and solemn day of remembrance into a feast of militarism and jingoism. The slogan “we can do it again” (mozhem povtorit) pervaded loud ...

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Friday, 26 May 2023

Summit in Hiroshima Charts Ending for War in Ukraine

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Monday, 8 May 2023

The Demand For US Leadership Outpaces Resentment Against It

President Joe Biden’s long-awaited announcement of decision to run for the second presidential term has brought into a sharper focus the new quality of US leadership in global affairs, which he has delivered, perhaps without any grand strategic design. The 2024 US elections will be run and determined primarily by ...

Political games abound over Ukraine's coming offensive

By Pavel K. Baev in Eurasia Daily Monitor

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Tuesday, 18 Apr 2023

Moscow Engulfed by Anxiety About Impending Ukrainian Offensive

Combat operations in the Donbas trenches remain deadlocked, but their diminishing intensity does not signify an impasse in the course of the Russo-Ukrainian war, which continues to evolve on the ground. One notable change has been the cessation of Russian long-distance missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure and ...

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Monday, 22 May 2023

Central Asian Leaders Opted to Attend Curtailed Parade in Moscow

Muted V-Day celebrations in Russia amid disastrous war

By Pavel K. Baev in Eurasia Daily Monitor

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Europe reinvents its security system - for the short term

By Pavel K. Baev in Asia Policy

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Wednesday, 10 May 2023

Muted V-Day Celebrations in Russia Amid Disastrous War

The demand for US leadership outpaces resentment agaisnt it

By Pavel K. Baev in Panorama UIK

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Wednesday, 19 Apr 2023

Without Clear Goals in Ukraine, All Nations Are “Fighting with the Last War” and That’s a Big Problem.

Initial Western support for Ukraine in the face of murderous Russian aggression was strong and unified. With Putin’s ambitions to capture Kyiv in shambles, Ukraine’s survival has been assured, but the war drags on. The Ukrainian government has set its sights on absolute victory, including retaking the territories Russia occupies ...