Photo by Maël BALLAND on Unsplash Last week in Sudan was more about what didn’t happen than did, although the violence continued unabated. A meeting of the Quartet (the United States plus three regional powers, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE) seeking a resolution to the conflict, was called off at the last minute. Reasons…
Photo by Albert Hyseni on Unsplash While Russia continues to throw unprecedented resources into its war machine, the country’s industrial foundations are showing clear signs of strain. Key strategic sectors including automotive, metallurgy, and agricultural machinery are quietly reducing operations. Enterprises such as AvtoVAZ and KamAZ have transitioned to four-day working weeks, citing falling demand and…
Photo by Janosch Diggelmann on Unsplash As Russia’s war in Ukraine drags into its fourth year without any military conclusion, the Kremlin is intensifying efforts on another front – not military, but political, psychological, and humanitarian. One of the most concerning tools in this unbalanced arsenal is the weaponisation of irregular migration. Instead of tanks,…
Photo by Elgin Akyurt on Unsplash The French NGO CAP Liberté de Conscience (CAP) and Brussels-based Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) have filed a joint written statement to the United Nations expressing their deep concern about the use of chemical weapons by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in the violent civil war that has raged…
Photo by Tayla Kohler on Unsplash The North Atlantic Council says it strongly condemns Russia’s malicious cyber activities. It says these constitute a threat to Allied security. The council issued a statement which says, “We stand in solidarity and recognise that Estonia, France, the United Kingdom and the United States have recently attributed malicious cyber…
Photo by CrowN on Unsplash Meeting in Strasbourg on 9 July, they expressed firm support for the investigations of the International Criminal Court. The text, approved on Wednesday by 507 votes in favour, 77 against, and with 45 abstentions, states that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which was launched in February 2022, has shattered peace…
Photo Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), made a legitimacy dash to Seville in Spain last week, to attend a UN international development summit, the first of its kind in a decade. Addressing the conference, he made sweeping claims about Sudan’s important steps toward ‘civilian-led democratic transition’, claims…
Photo by Sasha Pleshco on Unsplash Moldova’s future is in the European Union, says EU council president Antonio Costa. “This is our common goal, and the European Union is here to support Moldova every step of the way,” he said after the first ever EU-Moldova summit. Costa praised the Moldovan government for leading Moldova and…
Photo by Hao Zhang on Unsplash By all appearances, Russia is positioning itself as a global leader in nuclear technology, promoting innovations like the RITM-200 small modular reactor (SMR) as a key element of energy independence for remote regions and developing nations alike. Sleek promotional campaigns by Rosatom promise high-tech, compact, and safe nuclear solutions…
Photo by Jannik on Unsplash Most Americans see the benefit of NATO according to the latest poll. As world leaders gathered for a crunch NATO summit, new polling says that nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults see a benefit to NATO membership. The Pew Research poll comes amid what has been called the most important NATO…
