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US-Iran talks collapse, Netanyahu orders strikes on Hezbollah
TEHRAN (Realist English). The outgoing week saw the complete breakdown of US-Iranian peace talks mediated by Pakistan, alongside a parallel escalation...
US envoys head to Pakistan for new Iran talks
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel to Pakistan on 25 April for talks with Iran, the White House said. ...
Three US aircraft carriers operate in Middle East for first time in decades
TEHRAN (Realist English). Three US aircraft carriers are simultaneously operating in the area of responsibility of the US Central Command (CENTCOM)...
Trump orders Navy to shoot and kill Iranian boats laying mines in Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN (Realist English). US President Donald Trump has ordered the Navy to "shoot and kill" any Iranian boats attempting to lay...
Trump claims Iran’s regime is fractured, but reality is more complicated — CNN
TEHRAN (Realist English). US President Donald Trump called the Iranian government "seriously fractured" when he extended the ceasefire to give it...
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...
Trump extends Iran ceasefire without deadline
WASHINGTON (Realist English). On the afternoon of April 21, US President Donald Trump gathered his national security team at the White...
US-Iran talks in doubt: Tehran still undecided on going to Pakistan
TEHRAN (Realist English). US President Donald Trump has expressed optimism about peace talks with Iran expected this week. "We are going...
Germany seeks replacement for US nuclear umbrella
BERLIN (Realist English). The German government, and in particular its newly created National Security Council, has begun assessing options for a...
Armenian battalion named after Marshal Bagramyan established in Donetsk: veterans of Abkhazia hand over their banner to Donbas volunteers
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
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...
Is Iran’s survival not a victory? Tehran under US and Israeli pressure
TEL AVIV (Realist English). For decades, Iran defined victory in expansive terms: exporting revolution, rolling back US influence, and ultimately eliminating...
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...
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