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EU seeks to defuse rare earth dispute with China as trade tensions escalate
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Amid mounting pressure on European industries, EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič held a phone call on Tuesday...
China-Europe Railway Middle Corridor surpasses 20,000-train milestone since 2013 launch
BEIJING (Realist English). The Middle Corridor of the China-Europe Railway Express has reached a key milestone, surpassing 20,000 cumulative train...
‘Goodbye Trump’: Europe seeks new trade allies in Asia-Pacific
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Frustrated by escalating trade tensions with Donald Trump, the European Union is turning its gaze eastward, pursuing...
China does not want an anti-Western alliance with Russia
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between Beijing and Moscow, as well as China's goals regarding the West, are interpreted incorrectly, according...
The Ukrainian crisis has not affected relations between China and the European Union
BEIJING (Realist English). Russia's special military operation in Ukraine became the main topic of the EU-China summit held on April...
«The Kurdish card is a weapon of major powers»: Yaşar Yakış on why Turkey missed its chance to solve the Kurdish issue
ANKARA (Realist English). Yaşar Yakış — a Turkish diplomat and statesman who served as Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs, ambassador to Saudi...
Dmitry Novikov on his path to politics, the intelligentsia, the left movement, and why US aggression against Iran is a threat to Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Dmitry Novikov, Deputy Chairman of the CPRF Central Committee and First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma...
“We Are Witnessing the Messianic Footsteps”: Avigdor Eskin on Israel’s War with Iran
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli public figure and publicist Avigdor Eskin argues that we live in an era of “incredible acceleration,” when...
“Israel is not fighting the Iranian people, but the regime”: Alexander Tsinker on the goals of the operation against Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). The war in the Middle East, which began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, has entered its fifth...
Venezuela after Maduro: oil instead of democracy?
CARACAS (Realist English). When U.S. forces swooped into Caracas in January 2026 and seized President Nicolás Maduro, many Venezuelans inside and outside...
The deal was close, but Trump blew it up with social media posts
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Toward the end of last week, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal...
The story of Russian girl Kristina Romanova: a Mexican thriller with a terrible ending
MEXICO CITY (Realist English). Tatyana Poloskova, Doctor of Political Science, First Class State Advisor of the Russian Federation, based on her...
From Ayatollahs to Generals: Has Iran Shifted Under the Rule of Security Forces?
TEHRAN (Realist English). The Islamic Republic of Iran was built to be governed by clerics. It is now widely acknowledged as...
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