PRESIDENT PUTIN’S INABILITY TO ATTEND G20 COULD SPELL DANGER TO SA INSIDE BRICS
For the second time in quick succession, Russian President Vladimir Putin will be unable to attend a very important gathering on South African soil. First it was BRICS heads of state summit in August 2023, which was held in Sandton, Johannesburg. This time, President Putin is again unable to attend yet another global event of […]
AFTER GAZA PEACE DEAL, NOW TRUMP EYES UKRAINE
Right on the immediate aftermath of the fragile Gaza peace deal, US President Donald Trump appears set to keep his momentum, hinting at pulling off a spectacularly similar deal in Ukraine. At the behest of the Kremlin, Trump held a two-and-half hour telephone meeting with his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin. They discussed several key […]
THE UN IS TEETERING ON THE BRINK OF TOTAL COLLAPSE
This week, as world leaders gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) high-level debate as part of celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the UN, gloom and doom over-shadowed the waning nobility of the organisation’s charter. The “high-level week” at the UN is held every year in September, and attracts heads […]
INDIA TO USA: “WE’LL BUY WHAT WE NEED, NOT WHAT WE’RE TOLD”
India has made it clear: its energy security will not be dictated by foreign powers. Days before sweeping U.S. tariffs on Indian goods are set to take effect – including a 25% penalty for importing Russian oil – India’s ambassador to Russia, Vinay Kumar, reaffirmed that the country will continue to buy crude “from wherever […]
PRESIDENT PUTIN’S CALLS TO RAMAPHOSA SIGNIFIES THE IMPORTANCE OF SA-RUSSIA RELATIONS
This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin called his South African counterpart, President Cyril Ramaphosa. The purpose of the telephone call was crystal clear and straight to the point. The Kremlin sought to brief Pretoria – first hand – about President Putin’s views over his recent globally publicized face-to-face talks with the US President Donald Trump […]
SECURITY FOR ALL HUMANITY: DEVELOPMENT IS THE SUBSTANCE OF PEACE
On Monday, August 18th, President Donald Trump hosted acting Ukrainian President Zelensky and seven European leaders at the White House for a series of meetings on ending the conflict in Ukraine, following up on his Alaska summit last Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a statement following the discussions, Trump reported two primary outcomes of those […]
ZELENSKY COMPULSIVELY SQUARES OFF AGAINST TRUMP OVER LAND BORDERS, CEASEFIRE
Today in Brussels, Ukraine acting President Volodymyr Zelensky met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, after which they gave a press conference. They also both attended the European Coalition of the Willing virtual meeting. They both are now on their way to Washington, D.C. to meet at the White House on August 18 […]
ZELENSKY AND EUROPEANS MEET WITH TRUMP ON UKRAINE
Following on the successful August 15 Alaska summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, at which concrete steps toward ending the Ukraine war were discussed, Trump held a series of meetings today at the White House with acting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and with a gaggle of seven European leaders, who […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA RECEIVES BRIEFING FROM PRESIDENT PUTIN
President Cyril Ramaphosa has today, 18 August 2025, received a briefing from President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation, on the outcome of the meeting with President Donald Trump, that was recently held in Anchorage, Alaska in the United States of America. President Putin expressed satisfaction with the manner in which his talks with President […]
DON’T BE AN ARMCHAIR PESSIMIST: STAND UP AND ORGANIZE
“Global Britain” (which includes a good slice of American politicians, media, and intelligence operatives) is in a full mobilization in every imaginable domain (and some we don’t want to imagine) to sabotage the Alaska meeting between the leaders of the two nuclear superpowers scheduled for this Friday, August 15. Typical is the Wall Street Journal’s take: “Russia […]
DIRCO AND UNISA HOST A SEMINAR ON “THE UN AT 80: THE POST-WORLD WAR II PEACE ARCHITECTURE AND THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the University of South Africa (UNISA) are hosting a public seminar on Wednesday, 06 August 2025, under the theme: “The United Nations (UN) at 80: The post-World War II peace architecture and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty”. The year 2025 marks 80 years since the establishment of […]
TRUMP’S UNIPOLAR TARIFFS MAKE THE US LOOK LIKE “A MONKEY PLAYING WITH A GRENADE” – EXPERT
President Donald Trump’s yo-yoing foreign policy continues to cause unprecedented ructions in international relations, with his sudden adoption of a hard stance against Russia the latest example of the dreaded unpredictability in diplomacy. One expert has likened President Trump’s cantankerous approach to foreign relations to a “monkey playing with a hand-grenade”. In a typical flip-flop […]