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WASHINGTON (Realist English). Reports of U.S. military losses in the ongoing conflict with Iran have raised concerns about operational risks...
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Pentagon is preparing contingency plans for limited ground operations in Iran, potentially including raids on key...
MOSCOW (Realist English). A senior Russian lawmaker has criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Saudi Arabia amid ongoing Iranian...
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States is seeking to hold talks with Iran as early as this or next week,...
MOSCOW (Realist English). The traditional model of power transfer in Russia is no longer viable, and the country is instead...
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran has rejected a U.S. proposal aimed at ending the ongoing conflict, insisting that any ceasefire will...
LONDON (Realist English). The war involving Iran has exposed the global economy’s dependence on vulnerable fossil fuel supply routes, intensifying...
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
TEL AVIV (Realist English). For decades, Iran defined victory in expansive terms: exporting revolution, rolling back US influence, and ultimately eliminating...
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...