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Dec 10 2024 
Director of Russiaโs Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin: interview to ‘Razvedchik’ (‘Intelligence Officer’) news magazine
โ Question: Late last year, the Razvedchik (Intelligence Officer) magazine published your article about international development trends in the outgoing year 2024. To what extent have your forecasts come true, and what are the nascent new trends? What can Russia and the international community fear and hope for next year?
๐ฌ Sergey Naryshkin: The main forecast… Continue reading -
Dec 10 2024 
You can’t win a chess match without losing pieces
Syria had been on the board for a long time surrounded by hostile pieces. As the chess match progressed, it was only a matter of time that this piece would be captured. It is like a sudden death that everyone knew was coming, yet somehow unexpected. Very sad for loved ones, but life just goes… Continue reading
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Dec 10 2024 
Syriaโs post-mortem
Terror, occupation, and Palestine.
By Pepe Escobar at The Cradle.ย
The NATO-Israeli cabal cheering on Damascus’s fall will get more than they bargained for. Power struggles and infighting among extremist militias and civil society, each backed by different regional and foreign actors who want a piece of the pie.
The short headline defining the abrupt, swift end of… Continue reading -
Dec 10 2024 
Navigating the Fog
An Interview with Professor Sergey A. Karaganov
By Nora Hoppe and Tariq Marzbaan at Al Mayadeen.
As we transition from a dying world to a new one in its turbulent birth pangs โ we find ourselves in a foggy interregnum that urgently needs more clarity for us to move onโฆ
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Dec 10 2024 
Shock, Despair: Quo Vadis
Like Syria, when my internet connection disappeared over the weekend, I felt lost. I did not know what is happening and all I saw before the world went dark for me, was this.
So, I knew. And I mourned and I kicked against the situation, and then I started thinking it through with no informational overload.… Continue reading
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Dec 10 2024 
Lessons from Syria: Assad and Putin
Why do the Brutalists Lose?
by Marat Khairullin on Substack.
Syria is important. No matter how bitter it is to realize this. But there is such a maxim, “no matter how hard the failure is, if you have learned from it, then it is no longer a failure, but the next step up the mountain.” In other… Continue reading
