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Britain and EU hold talks on €90 billion loan scheme for Ukraine
YEREVAN (Realist English). Britain begins formal talks on Monday 4 May on participating in an EU‑led €90 billion loan scheme for...
EU and US prepare reciprocal tariffs on €380 billion
FRANKFURT (Realist English). The economy of the European Union found itself at a crossroads in April 2026. On the one hand,...
Pentagon withdraws troops from Germany: minus 5,000 soldiers in Europe and cancellation of a missile battalion
BERLIN (Realist English). On 2 May, the Pentagon officially announced the withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next...
US warns Europe of weapons delays due to Iran war, Pentagon prioritizes Middle East and Asia
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The US administration has warned European allies, including the United Kingdom, Poland, Lithuania and Estonia, of lengthy delays...
Greek National Guard vs Turkish contingent in Cyprus — a comparative analysis
NICOSIA (Realist English). Cyprus, divided since 1974 into Greek and Turkish parts, remains one of the most militarised regions in the...
“Russia Has No Aggressive Intentions Toward Europe”: Russian Foreign Policy Results for April
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s foreign policy activity in April 2026 was characterized by two contrasting trends. On the one hand,...
Eurozone economy slows to 0.1%, inflation hits highest since September 2023
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The eurozone economy is clearly showing the effects of the war in Iran and the blockade of the...
Merz vs Macron: how German military spending is splitting the EU
BERLIN (Realist English). Less than a month after historian Liana Fix published an essay on the "perils of German power", she received an...
NATO selects Swedish-Canadian AWACS aircraft instead of US Boeing
VIENNA (Realist English). NATO's Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has selected Sweden's Saab and Canada's Bombardier to replace the alliance's ageing...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
Pentagon withdraws troops from Germany: minus 5,000 soldiers in Europe and cancellation of a missile battalion
BERLIN (Realist English). On 2 May, the Pentagon officially announced the withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next...
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