Tensions between Japan and China have risen sharply amid the situation surrounding Taiwan. In November 2025, Japan's newly appointed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi openly stated that a possible armed attack by China on Taiwan would become ‘a situation that threatens Japan's survival’ – meaning it could require a military response from Tokyo...

In three and a half years of war, the EU has reduced its imports of Russian gas (pipeline and LNG) from 45% in 2021 to 13% in the second quarter of 2025. This dynamic not only weakens the financial basis of Russian aggression, but also highlights how Europe, despite growing LNG imports from the US (45% of 100+ billion m³ in 2024), is balancing between urgent replacement and long-term sustainability...

The Black Sea is on the rise: its development has been included in the top ten most powerful European energy projects of the decade. Turkey is gaining energy sovereignty, Romania has launched the largest gas project in Europe, and Bulgaria is returning to deep-water exploration...

The leak reveals that the 28-point ‘Trump plan’ is actually Russian proposals that were delivered via Witkoff.

The country still gravitates towards Russian energy sources, particularly gas, due to the complexity of quickly restructuring its energy balance. The problem lies in settling the balance between Japan's obligations to the G7 (sanctions against Russia) and its own national interests in energy security...

In March 2025, the Croatian government officially approved a policy on the production of its own ammunition, in particular 122 mm and 155 mm artillery shells. This marks a transition from importing weapons to developing its own military industrial complex...

The formal reason for Russia's invasion of Ukraine is said to be the protection of the Russian-speaking population. However, Russia has begun Russification in the occupied Ukrainian territories, in particular by banning education in the Ukrainian language. This confirms that Russia's real goal is to destroy the Ukrainian nation and statehood...

After 733 days of confrontation between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip, the rumblings of war have subsided. The release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and the partial withdrawal of IDF troops from Gaza is the first stage of US President Donald Trump's peace plan...

On 5 November, elections and referendums were held in eight states around the United States. The elections for mayors, governors and state legislatures have shaped a new political reality for the country. This is preparation for the midterms (intermediate elections), in which one-third of the Senate and the entire House of Representatives will be elected, and which will take place exactly one year from now...

In 2024, immediately after the Russian presidential election, an active process of internal repression against the Russian elite began...

Ukraine needs effective security guarantees from other countries to restrain Russia. Turkey is among the countries that have expressed their readiness and willingness to provide such guarantees or commitments. However, how exactly can Turkey participate in the post-war security architecture, and is this even realistic?

The sanctions effectively blocked the companies' ability to operate in international markets. The Treasury Department gave them time to shut down their operations by 21 November 2025. Overall, this threatened the existence of the entire international network of assets of Russian companies.

On 22 October 2025, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson signed a declaration of intent for Ukraine to purchase from 100 to 150 of Sweden's latest JAS 39 Gripen E fighter jets.

On 21 October 2025, a woman became Prime Minister of Japan for the first time. The nationalist Sanae Takaichi headed the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and was elected Prime Minister by the lower house after Shigeru Ishiba had resigned. The political geometry has changed...

Europe will have to rebuild its conventional armed forces to prepare for war with an enemy that does not value the lives of its soldiers.

The United Kingdom is one of Kyiv's leading allies in the war with Russia, supplying modern weapons, providing financial assistance and acting as a key advocate for Ukraine on the international stage. The question therefore arises: how might internal instability affect British foreign policy?

During Aleksandar Vucic's visit to Beijing in September 2025, negotiations took place during which the Serbian president expressed his willingness to cooperate with Rosatom in the context of the construction of a nuclear power plant, as the corporation has competitive advantages, in particular the presence of a complete production cycle – from construction to fuel supply and waste disposal...

The reality of today is that the shelling of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant is a test of the civilised world's readiness to defend the very idea of security. It is becoming clear that the Alliance needs to abandon the logic of ‘expansion’ and adopt the logic of adaptive existence. It is from this logic that Ukraine's ‘nuclear’ entry into NATO can begin — not just as a symbol of political union, but as a point of no return for the entire Euro-Atlantic system...

For Prime Minister Robert Fico, the economic situation in Slovakia is not looking good. The economy is in decline, leading to the need to consolidate the budget. As a result, the ratings of Fico's Smer party are falling...

On 28 October 2025, Moldova found itself at a historic crossroads. Parliamentary elections were to decide the fate of the country: continuing on a pro-European path or returning to Moscow's orbit...

Revenues from the sale of oil and petroleum products have traditionally financed not only social programmes but also the large-scale military-industrial complex. Therefore, the fuel problems we see in this country today are, without exaggeration, critical for Russia.//

The escalation currently gaining momentum on the part of the Kremlin, is both an attempt to scare Europe away from the intentions on which a consensus has finally been reached in leading European capitals, and an attempt to persuade Chinese leader Xi Jinping to provide better assistance than is currently available...

The world is drowning in oil. Oil supply is increasing, while demand remains weak. OPEC+ countries are trying to regain lost market share, while non-cartel countries such as the United States, Canada, Brazil and Guyana continue to increase production...

Ukraine will need the United States as an ally in the future. To do so, Ukraine must secure the commitment of American elites. Peter Thiel's influence on American politics is growing. So how can Ukraine turn the billionaire on its side, and is he interested in doing so?

This article continues the series of articles entitled ‘The nanometre race’. Today, we will look at the development of semiconductors in Russia and how this affects (or does not affect) the world...

Currently, we can see that the traditional problems of the Russian economy in the coal industry, railways and local budgets have been joined by new crisis areas: metallurgy, the agricultural sector, and the crisis in real estate and foreign investment has finally been confirmed...

Goldman Sachs was chosen as part of the potential ‘Witkoff-Dmitriev pact’ to legalise the weakening of sanctions due to three key factors...

Thanks to satellite images, in this study, we will analyze and assess the available reserves of mechanization of the Moscow occupation forces: their quantity, quality, and overall trends as of February 2025...

Former Finance Minister Zadornov said that if oil prices drop, the NWF's reserves will last for six months. He made this statement after the liquid part of the NWF dropped from 10.8 trillion ($113.5 billion) at the beginning of 2022 to 3.8 trillion ($37.5 billion) at the end of 2024...

Today, Trump confirmed that he is ready to consider the option of the Europeans purchasing American weapons for Ukraine. There are several reasons for this statement. But the main question is: “Why did this statement come out today?” The answer lies in the processes that are happening in Europe...

Recently, President Zelenskyy reiterated the need for a sufficient and unitized army of European States with an emphasis on the need for change coming from the EU itself...

We have prepared a study on the state of the enemy's cannon and rocket artillery based on satellite imagery as of mid-2024. In our opinion, it is the desire to follow these tendencies that is the main goal of this study - apart from, of course, an attempt to count “enemy guns”...

Aggregated review and translation of journalistic investigations by the Romanian group Snoop. From the information provided by popular European publications, it may seem as if Calin Georgescu, as a presidential candidate, appeared out of nowhere and somehow managed to gain unexpectedly high popularity in just a few weeks. However, I think it would be important to follow the chronology of events and explore the very “soil” from which this controversial candidate grew...