GOODBYE TO A CHAOTIC 2025 – AND HELLO TO AN EVEN MORE TURBULENT 2026
To those hoping that the new year would bring some calm resolve to a world gripped by significant crises across the board—think again. The year 2026 has already opened with a literal bang, and promises to be even more tumultuous than its predecessor. Taking center stage in this is the major escalation between Ukraine and […]
CATALYZING A TECTONIC CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
The first year of a presidency that promised “America First” has produced a record that is deeply divided against itself. There have been real, if fragile, departures from the logic of endless war: the formal rejection of primacy in strategic doctrine, the reopening of diplomacy with Russia and Belarus, a narrowly defined ceasefire with the […]
UKRAINE WILL PAY A HEAVY PRICE FOR ILL-ADVISED DRONE ATTACKS ON RUSSIA’S AIRBASES
In a much-anticipated telephone call this week, US President Donald Trump was at pains explaining to his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, that Washington absolutely had nothing to do with Ukraine’s astoundingly provocative drone attacks on five Russian airbases. The airbases, attacked simultaneously, house Russia’s strategic bomber fleet. The attacks appear to put a spanner in […]