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Warrant issued for Putin’s arrest, but will he ever face trial?

South Africa recognises the ICC, so will be expected to arrest the Russian President on arrival at the BRICS summit....

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AUKUS gathers some muscle, so how will this affect India?

Xi will probably be consoled by New Delhi’s cool reaction to the suggestion in January of the chair of the...

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Ukraine’s missing children

Ukrainian children transported to Russia range in age from toddlers to teens. In some cases, there was adoption, in others...

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Will the earthquakes scupper Erdogan’s chances in May?

14 May will mark Turkey’s centenary and its President will be fighting for the right to take the country into...

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Is China preparing to provide weapons to Russia?

If China does go ahead and supply weapons to Russia, experts believe that this would be ‘crossing the Rubicon’ in...

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Russia’s war in Ukraine one year on, two more to go

For a real reversal of Russia’s fortunes, Putin will be banking in the coming weeks on his forces, replenished by...

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Slowly but surely Russia is becoming a vassal state of China

The ‘no limits relationship’ does have limits. Beijing has not provided material support for Putin’s war effort, nor has it...

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Carriers or cables, why Djibouti is important to India

China has a military presence in Djibouti, a presence which many believe is a huge threat to India. London: With...

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At last, Germany has uncaged its Leopards

Germany’s hesitation over the tanks was caused by more than just the weight of history. The logic in Berlin seemed...

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Israel lurches to the far-right

Most observers discount any possibility of civil war, insisting that there have been stirrings of armed insurrection in nearly every...

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How Putin’s Russia will collapse

Russia may not survive the coming decade due to the divisive stresses pulling the federation apart. In 2007, two years...

Government eases restrictions on COVID-19 control, in Wuhan

Xi’s reputation plummets with his Covid U-turn

China’s Zero Covid lockdown strategy merely delayed the inevitable spread of the virus once it allowed itself to open up....

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The rise and rise of Putin’s Chef

A new generation of hard-liners is emerging, surpassing even Putin’s old guard in their aggression. Of these, the most prominent...

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Is this the end of Donald J. Trump?

‘Trump’s unelectability will be palpable by the time the (Republican) Party chooses. We all know that he’s much more likely...

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Crimea is key to solving the war in Ukraine

Zelenskyy must realise that Crimea was only given as a present to Ukraine 66 years ago simply as a gesture....

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Iran helping Russia commit war crimes

The arrival of the Iranian drones helped fill a crucial gap in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. London: Just before midnight...

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Why Vladimir Putin is living in a parallel universe

There are no signs that the Ukrainian people are weakening. Russia’s brutality has only served to increase the people’s determination...

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Why COP27 should thank Vladimir Putin

Before the war, solar and wind sources were already cheaper than fossil fuels in 85% of the world; now they...

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Why Moldova is Putin’s next victim

If you want to identify one person who is seeking to capitalise on the uneasy political situation and become ‘Moscow’s...

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Triangulating China, Russia, US is dangerous policy by MBS

Under MBS a tectonic shift in Saudi Arabia’s relations is taking place, much to the delight of China and Russia....

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Martial law shows that vladimir Putin is already toast

When hundreds of returning coffins morph into thousands, the public mood will harden quickly against Putin and the population will...

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The chant of ‘Women, Life, Liberty’ echoes around Iran

What differentiates the current protests from the past is that they have been female led, perhaps for the first time...

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The end is nigh for Vladimir Putin

Last month a group of councillors in St Petersburg, Putin’s birthplace, wrote a letter accusing him of ‘high treason’ and...

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Italy pushes Europe to the right

The Brother of Italy’s coalition with the League and Forza Italia will share the characteristics of other European right-wing brethren:...