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Who leads in soldiers, budget and weapons: global ranking 2026
MOSCOW (Realist English). Global military spending is set to exceed $2.6 trillion by the end of 2026, an increase of 8.1%...
Ukraine purchases 25,000 ground robots to replace soldiers
KYIV (Realist English). Ukraine will sign contracts for the supply of 25,000 unmanned ground vehicles in the first half of 2026...
Starlink outage crippled Pentagon drone tests, exposing reliance on SpaceX
WASHINGTON (Realist English). In August 2025, US Navy officials conducting tests of unmanned vessels discovered a critical vulnerability: a single point...
Ukraine prepares supersonic ballistic missiles
KYIV (Realist English). Ukrainian company Fire Point, the manufacturer of the Flamingo cruise missile, plans to create a new air defense...
Konstantin Bondarenko: Ukraine Needs a Policy of Balances Between Europe and Eurasia
KYIV (Realist English). Ukrainian historian and political scientist Konstantin Bondarenko, who has been in forced exile since August 2023, answered...
The armed formations of the Kiev regime are prepared for both defense and attack — General Milley
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The military capabilities of the Kiev regime’s armed formations have grown significantly in recent months, they are...
Zelensky cited the consequences of the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the battle of Bakhmut
KIEV (Realist English). The kingpin of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, is confident that in the event of the defeat...
After the “grain deal” and Kherson: “a clown as a head of state” is this about Zelensky?
MOSCOW (Realist English). He who promoted and concluded this deal cared the least about safeguarding with Russia's interests, he least...
Baku handed over MiG-29 fighter jets to Kiev
MOSCOW (Realist English). The AFU uses fourth-generation MiG-29 fighters belonging to the air force of the Baku Minisultanate. This was...
Israel prepares strike on Iran: leak of uranium capture plan causes scandal in Knesset
TEHRAN (Realist English). The diplomatic process between the United States and Iran has entered its final stage, but military rhetoric on...
China and Kazakhstan launch grain hub
BEIJING (Realist English). China and Kazakhstan have agreed to establish a joint grain trading platform aimed at strengthening food security...
Putin and Xi Shape a New Architecture of Cooperation
BEIJING (Realist English). Russia and China have agreed to further strengthen their comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation, expand economic ties,...
“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...
NATO Anchors at Hormuz? IRGC Warns of Retaliation
TEHRAN (Realist English). On May 20, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued an uncompromising statement: if the United States undertakes...
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...
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