by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India
(12 September 2023) The three-day state visit on July 25-27 by Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu, accompanied by a military delegation, to Pyongyang is the first-ever such high-level visit from Moscow in the post-Soviet era.
“Global Times” Interview with Kishore Mahbubani,* former UN Permanent Representative of Singapore and President of the UN Security Council
(5 September 2023) In his book, “The Asian 21st Century”, Kishore Mahbubani, a former diplomat who served as Singapore's permanent representative to the United Nations and president of the UN Security Council, pointed out the biggest thing happening in the world, yet no Western media would talk about it – the arrival of the Asian century.
(29 August 2023) Ahead of the second Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia Today conducted an exclusive interview with South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor* on 26 July 2023 about relations with Russia, the upcoming BRICS Summit, the global economy and other issues affecting the world today.
by M.K. Bhadrakumar,* India
(22 August 2023) The military coup in Niger is already three weeks old. The putschists are cementing their rule, having gained the upper hand in the shadow play with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) backed by ex-colonial powers ravaging that desperately poor West African state rich in mineral wealth.
by Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation
(15 August 2023) (Edit.) A few days before the Russia-Africa Summit in late July 2023, Russia’s president outlined his vision on the prospects for cooperation between Russia and the African continent.
by Chiara Nalli,* Italy
(28 July 2023) (CH-S) The Italian journalist Chiara Nalli from “l’Antidiplomatico” decodes the conflict situation – often incomprehensible to us – in the north and south-east of Kosovo. It seems that the Serb and Albanian inhabitants do not get along. In this report from 31 May, the reader gets a deeper insight into the conflict situation. It is still unchanged after two months, the problems persisting. How is it that almost 25 years after NATO’s war against Serbia, which violated International Law, there is still no peace in Kosovo? The responsible protecting powers, the EU, NATO, but also the UN, why don’t they solve the conflict?