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Struggle for succession - could Russia have a more dangerous leader than Putin?

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - July 30, 2023.

Russia has a remarkable ability to re-enact events from the past or even imitate characters from Russian classical literature, among many other peculiar and extremely...

Shoigu's shopping list in Pyongyang - trade out of necessity and violation of UN resolutions

Russia Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - July 28, 2023.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Pyongyang wearing a military uniform and met with the highest North Korean officials, including the nation's leader Kim...

Not quite the usual Chinese purge - is Xi changing foreign policy by changing the minister?

China Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - July 27, 2023.

The scene was not as dramatic and terrifying as the physical removal of former Chinese President Hu Jintao from the Congress of the Chinese Communist...

Europe is not sliding towards the extreme right - election results more convincing than a moral panic

EU The Editorial Board - July 25, 2023.

After last Sunday's elections in Spain, where none of the participants won a clear majority to form a government, it may be time to reconsider...

Trump in the maze of trials - his best-case scenario is the worst for American democracy

US Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - July 24, 2023.

Donald Trump will not have much space to plan his campaign for the Republican Party presidential nomination because his schedule is mostly dictated by the...

Putin's fear of flying - how to weaponise paranoia?

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - July 23, 2023.

Even if he had been granted immunity by the International Criminal Court, Vladimir Putin would not have travelled to South Africa for the BRICS summit...

Heat waves are not incidents but a rule - Europe is late with a systematic response

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - July 22, 2023.

European countries still treat extremely high summer temperatures as a climate anomaly, even though all indications are that heat waves have become the new normal. The...

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