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Over 60% of expected PLA attendees absent from Party plenum amid corruption crackdown
BEIJING (Realist English). President Xi Jinping’s tightening grip over China’s armed forces was on full display this autumn as an...
China’s sweeping purge of PLA generals intensifies as Xi’s anti-corruption campaign reaches highest ranks
BEIJING (Realist English). Even by the standards of President Xi Jinping’s anti-graft drive, the scale of recent investigations into alleged...
Xi Jinping removes top general and eight senior PLA commanders in sweeping military purge
BEIJING (Realist English). Chinese President Xi Jinping has dismissed General He Weidong, the second-highest-ranking officer in the People’s Liberation Army...
Beijing marks 80 years since Japan’s surrender with massive military parade
BEIJING (Realist English). China marked the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender and the end of the Second World War with...
China’s military-civil fusion opens defence sector to private firms — but at a cost
BEIJING (Realist English). For years, China’s promises to allow private firms into the defence sector remained largely symbolic. But since...
Russia moves to tighten migration health controls and enforcement
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s State Duma is preparing a package of legislative initiatives aimed at tightening and recalibrating the country’s...
Turkey elevates Africa as strategic priority amid intensifying global competition
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey is placing Africa at the center of its strategic outlook as geopolitical competition on the continent...
Iran faces mounting internal unrest as U.S. pressure intensifies after Venezuela operation
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran is confronting a widening convergence of internal unrest and external pressure as protests linked to a...
U.S. to receive up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil, Trump says
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that interim authorities in Venezuela will transfer between 30 million and 50...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
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