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Trump announces imminent deal with Iran: ‘Looking very good’
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump has expressed optimism about the prospects of reaching a permanent ceasefire between the United...
Blockade as a substitute for bombing: Trump bets on hunger and hyperinflation in Iran, not on a new wave of airstrikes
NEW YORK (Realist English). Replacing massive airstrikes with a naval blockade is Donald Trump’s attempt to force Iran’s capitulation without a...
A Second Attempt in Islamabad? Washington and Tehran Try to Reach a Deal Before the Ceasefire Expires on April 21
TEHRAN (Realist English). The United States and Iran are exploring the possibility of a second round of negotiations to end the...
Britain and France create “multinational mission” to protect Hormuz — separate from Trump’s blockade
LONDON / PARIS (Realist English). Amid the failure of US-Iran talks and Donald Trump’s announcement of a naval blockade of the...
“The courage of the Iranians is protecting the entire world today”: Dmitry Novikov on the war in the Middle East, the “Iranian dividend” and threats to Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Any conflicts near Russia’s borders represent a long-term threat, not a situational gain. This was stated in an...
Why Trump is threatening to blockade a strait that Iran is already blockading
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump made another sharp statement on the situation in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday,...
US Vice President says no agreement with Iran, ceasefire in doubt
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). Talks between the United States and Iran held in Islamabad on April 11–12 failed to produce an agreement...
Vance expects ‘positive’ talks in Islamabad as Trump warns Iran has ‘no cards other than extortion’
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). The American delegation, headed by Vice President JD Vance, is arriving in Islamabad for negotiations with Iran, the...
“Iran deceived its own citizens”: Pakistani officials claim Tehran published a false version of the agreement
ISLAMABAD (Realist English). The Pakistani capital has fallen unusually quiet ahead of the critical talks between the United States and Iran....
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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