On 24/1/2022, the army in Burkina Faso announced its seizure of power after it overthrew President Roch Kabore, suspended the constitution, dissolved the government and parliament, and closed the borders. Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henry Sandaogo Damiba signed…
July 12, 2021 17:00 During the recent Direct Line, when I was asked about Russian-Ukrainian relations, I said that Russians and Ukrainians were one people – a single whole. These words were not driven by some short-term considerations or prompted by the current political context….
On the 5th of January 2021, Russia intervened in the name of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), in Kazakhstan after its president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, requested its help in quelling the protests that erupted in…
On the 13th of January Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, escalated the brinkmanship with the US over Ukraine, after the Americans had refused to entertain Russia’s red line request for NATO to pull back…
The events of Kazakhstan, a country with an important geopolitical position and abundant riches, have received worldwide attention in the past few days following the eruption of violent public protests on 2 January triggered by…
With the Europeans divisive over relations with Russia over energy security and hence weak in their collective position, the cracks have enabled the America to humiliatingly remove them and even Ukraine from the negotiating table…
Background The Ukrainian crisis has pushed tensions between Europe, America, NATO and Russia towards suggestions of a Russian takeover of Ukraine in response to perceived military encroachment of NATO onto Russia’s borders. This article will…
Treaty between The United States of America and the Russian Federation on security guarantees Unofficial translation Draft The United States of America and the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the “Parties”, guided by the…
On Thursday and Friday, 9-10 December US President Joe Biden hosted by video link a “Summit for Democracy”, which gathered representatives of about 100 countries, NGOs, corporations, and charity organisations. According to France24, the list…
The US plan for Ukraine is summed up in pulling the latter out of the Russian sphere of influence and generating a hotbed of security tension to worry Russia and send shivers down Europe’s spine…