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By Rhod Mackenzie

On the eve of the Munich Security Conference in February of this year, an interesting document was published. It is entitled the Munich Security Report 2025. It is evident that the primary message of the report has largely been overlooked, which has contributed to the current cha...

By Rhod Mackenzie
The President of Poland has closed the main channel of Western arms supplies to Ukraine, and the Estonian Foreign Ministry has promised to block the new package of anti-Russian sanctions of the European Union. It appears that the leadership of these countries has adopted policies...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The NATO summit in The Hague concluded on Wednesday. However even before it actually started, there were indications that there was a significant crisis brewing within the world's largest military alliance. Analysts are predicting that NATO could eventually break into several b...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Finland has woken up to the realities of its Russaphobia, its joining of NATO and then deciding to close its border with Russia andalso  cut its trade ties.
Following the closure of the border with Russia, the Finnish side of the territory has fallen into recession due to lack o...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Recently, the Estonian Navy, with the support of NATO aircraft, attempted to detain the tanker named the Jaguar which sails under the Gabonese flag in international waters. The vessel had left the Indian port of Sikka and was heading to the Russian Primorsk, not far from St. Pete...

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has recommended that all airlines not just European avoid almost all of European Russia. This recommendationwill be in effect until 31 July 2025. However, industry analysts are confident that foreign airlines will continue to fly to Russia.After all if NATO...