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Israel intends to coordinate its response to the recent massive Iranian drone and missile attack with its allies, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing sources. However, an unnamed Israeli official would not say when and with whom Israel would hold those consultations. At the same time, Israeli Prime …

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At a recent investment forum in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin remarked on the ill-treatment the US subjects others to. At first glance, this is hardly news. Washington has an extensive toolkit that includes all types of sanctions, economic coercion, and regime-change operations to deal with its real or perceived adversaries. But in …

The imposition of US sanctions against the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) is something of a paradox. The RSPP reflects the interests of businessmen and companies – ie. the locomotives of the capitalist economy.  So, by definition, these are the very people who most believe in free markets.  …

Canada and the UK have become the latest Western nations to voice concern over US President Joe Biden’s decision to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine. Both countries have reaffirmed their commitment to a UN agreement banning the armaments and spoken against employing them in the current conflict with Russia. “We …

The US is coordinating with its close allies to impose new sanctions on China should it decide to support the Russian military campaign in Ukraine, according to Reuters. Beijing has rejected claims that it intends to offer lethal aid to Moscow, and recently unveiled a plan seeking a peaceful settlement …

Mounting tensions with China and the conflict in Ukraine have prompted the Pentagon to create a special task force to facilitate arms sales to Washington’s allies, a senior US defense official has told the Wall Street Journal. The so-called “Tiger team” was put together in August to look for ways …

The US is ready to back Ukraine in the conflict with Russia for the long term, the Washington Post reported, citing administration officials who say the plans have been in the works for some time.  A senior State Department staffer told the Post on Friday that President Joe Biden would …

Poland’s weapons cupboard has been left too bare by military aid to Ukraine, and the country needs Western allies to replace the firepower that was shipped to Kiev, Polish President Andrzej Duda told his army commanders on Monday. “We expect the gaps that have arisen in our resources to be …

Kiev’s Western allies – the US, UK, and EU – have allegedly sidelined Ukraine while trying to thrash out a peace plan for the country, CNN reported on Friday. According to the US media outlet, citing “multiple sources familiar with the talks,” officials from Washington, London and Brussels “have in …