Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine last year, China has been tacitly supporting Russia while trying to remain nominally neutral in the conflict. This has been most plainly evident in the UN, and of...
March 2023
A new Comintern – and a new Vasil Kolarov?
Russia has unveiled a new weapon to be used in its propaganda and hybrid warfare efforts: the International Russophile Movement. And its head is (minor) Bulgarian politician Nikolai Malinov. There are historical echoes...
Prospects for a Compromise between Serbia and Kosovo
The New Geopolitics Research Network brings to your attention an interview with Darko Obradovic, Program Manager of the Center for Strategic Analysis, Serbia. On March 18th, 2023 a meeting was held in Ohrid, North...
Russian-Ukrainian war: Hybrid mobilization in Russia and the official recognition of Putin as a war criminal
The situation at the front With their desire to capture Bakhmut, the Russians drove themselves into a trap. They have made this city their priority target and have already spent so much effort and money on it that they...
War in Ukraine: time for a longer-term approach
One year on from the start of Russian leader Vladmir Putin’s all-out war against Ukraine, we need to take a leaf from former US president Ronald Reagan’s book. With the struggle settling down to a drawn-out war of...
Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow: what to expect?
The MFA of China confirmed the visit of the country’s leader Xi Jinping to Moscow, which will take place on March 20-23, 2023 at the invitation of the Russian president. According to the press service of the...
Russian forces cannot conduct full-scale operations
Bakhmut has become the focus of Russia’s invasion, with the months-long fight becoming Europe’s bloodiest infantry battle since World War Two. Recently Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that “It is very tough in the east –...
Montenegro: will the presidential elections resolve the political crisis?
The New Geopolitics Research Network brings to your attention an interview with Ljubomir Filipović, political analyst (Montenegro). On March 19, presidential elections will be held in Montenegro, the results of which...
Russian-Ukrainian war: another missile attack on Ukraine and Shoigu defeats Prigozhin
The situation at the front According to repeated official statements by the Kremlin, the main goals of its so-called special military operation are “the liberation of Donbas, protection of its people, and the creation...
European plan for Kosovo
A long shadow from Moscow over the compromise between Belgrade and Pristina On the day of Serbian statehood, Belgrade was engulfed in riots by extreme right-wing groups. Since the beginning of the aggression against...