Month: December 2025

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On Tokyo’s Approach To Concluding A Peace Ttreaty With Russia

The resolution of any territorial and border conflicts between States is a rather complicated process in international diplomatic practice and depends on the willingness and readiness of the parties to seek compromises and the willingness to make certain concessions. Often, the process of resolving territorial conflicts can take quite a […]

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Is China Taking Over Space?

China’s newly unveiled action plan for commercial spaceflight is more than an industrial policy; it is a geopolitical manifesto signaling that the next front in the US‑China rivalry will be fought in orbit as much as on Earth. By mobilizing private firms, opening state infrastructure, and targeting developing countries as […]

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The All-Ukrainian Referendum As A Tool Of Diplomacy: Zelensky Revives An Old Tactic

On December 11, 2025, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the question of possible territorial compromises, particularly regarding the Kyiv-controlled part of Donbas, should be decided by the people of Ukraine—through elections or a referendum. “I believe that the Ukrainian people will answer this question. Whether in the form of […]

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East Germany’s Economy At A Crossroads

For decades, Germany’s east–west divide has remained one of the country’s most persistent political and economic realities. While reunification brought undeniable progress, the balance of power within the national economy still tilts heavily toward the old western states. In late 2025, as economic uncertainty deepens and social tensions grow, the […]

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Where The Skripals Are Today

11 April 2020 (but was removed without explanation, and so now is restored on 14 D On 4 March 2018, both Sergei Skripal and his daughter who was visiting from their shared home country of Russia, Yulia Skripal, were poisoned in Salisbury England, and — though both survived — neither […]

A Government That Looks Like A Syndicate

  “It’s not personal. It’s strictly business.” Michael Corleone’s line from The Godfather was meant to capture the cold logic of organized crime. Increasingly, it also sounds like an apt description of how power operates in Washington today. What is unfolding in the United States is not a conventional corruption […]

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The 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy: Quiet De-Prioritisation Of Russia And A Warning Bell For Europe

When Washington released the 2025 National Security Strategy, most commentary immediately focused on its language about “strategic competition” and the familiar list of adversaries. Yet if we read the document not as a rhetorical exercise but as a political signal, a different picture emerges. After four years of war in […]

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General Elections In Chile

Political polarization indicates a possible shift to the right and withdrawal into the orbit of the United States. General elections were held in Chile on November 16 to elect senators, members of parliament, and the President. The intrigue was that the voting was already taking place under a new law, […]