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US and China Seek Transition to “Managed Rivalry”
BEIJING (Realist English). On May 15, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping began the final round of...
Read more“Europe cannot be a mediator”: Moscow toughens rhetoric amid BRICS talks and NATO threats
MOSCOW (Realist English). Over the past three days, Russian foreign policy has developed along several key tracks: strategic rapprochement with China...
Read moreIran issues ultimatum to US and Israel
TEHRAN (Realist English). Tehran is laying out ever harsher conditions, tying the nuclear dossier to the Lebanese front, while US President...
Read moreCheap imports from Ankara: Turkish goods strangling Armenia’s economy
YEREVAN (Realist English). On 13 May, Turkish authorities decided to lift long-standing restrictions on bilateral trade with Armenia. Goods moving...
Read moreIsrael to Increase Range of F-35I “Adir” Amid War with Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced on 14 May the development of a new system designed to...
Read moreOil Market Freezes Awaiting Outcome of Trump–Xi Summit
LONDON (Realist English). On 14 May, the global oil market remained on edge. Brent crude prices hovered around $105–107 per...
Read moreCuba runs out of diesel and fuel oil: energy collapse sparks protests in Havana
HAVANA (Realist English). Massive protests have erupted across Cuba after the government announced the complete depletion of diesel and fuel...
Read moreRussia’s budget received 650 billion rubles in oil and gas revenues in May
MOSCOW (Realist English). May 2026 brought record oil and gas revenues to the Russian federal budget — around 650 billion...
Read moreUSA fears dependence on China amid Iran crisis
BEIJING (Realist English). The summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing may become another...
Read moreXi Jinping Warns U.S. About the Threat of War Between Great Powers
BEIJING (Realist English). Chinese President Xi Jinping raised the central question of the current U.S.-China rivalry during talks with U.S....
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“Restrictions Alone Are Not Enough — Children Need to Be Engaged”: Paata Amonashvili on Meaningful Alternatives to Gadgets
TBILISI (Realist English). Restrictions alone are not enough to overcome children’s dependence on gadgets — children must be offered meaningful...
US and Iran fail to reach Hormuz deal as Trump threatens new strikes
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States and Iran remain far from reaching an agreement to end the war and reopen...
Israel prepares for new war with Iran – from bombing to commando landings
TEL AVIV (Realist English). With US‑Iran talks deadlocked, the Israeli leadership has stepped up preparations for a resumption of full‑scale hostilities....
Raúl Castro remains Cuba’s “shadow king”
HAVANA (Realist English). From the very moment in April 2021 when legendary General Raúl Castro, brother of the great Fidel, handed...
Replacing Baathists with Islamists: why Kurds and other minorities in Syria have not seen equality
HASAKAH (Realist English). The overthrow of Bashar al‑Assad and the rise to power in Damascus of radical Islamist groups has not...
Russia seeks its place in China’s new transport corridor
MOSCOW (Realist English). Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official visit to Beijing, experts are increasingly discussing the hidden contradictions...
From Hormuz to Solar Panels: How Iran Accelerated the Global Shift to Renewables
WASHINGTON (Realist English). An analytical article by Benjamin Bradlow, professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton University, published in...
China No Longer Seeks U.S. Approval
BEIJING (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China on May 14–15 passed with surprising calm and almost none...
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