Editorials
Trump’s election caused a shock in Europe. So great that the German newspaper Die Zeit accompanied it with a telling headline: “Fuck.” Further explanations are probably unnecessary. The reason is clear: the election will have severe negative consequences for the EU, the European economy, and competitiveness. This is mainly due to two aspects of Trump’s…
Discussions continue: should Western countries allow Ukraine to use their weapons for offensive attacks on Russian territory or not? Is it right to limit Ukraine in choosing legitimate military targets of the aggressor? What are the risks of uncontrolled escalation of military conflict toward a war of (even) greater proportions and a possible nuclear clash?…
Since the Russian aggression on Ukraine in February 2022 (and with additional acceleration after Hamas’s terrorist attack on October 7 last year), in practically all forums and international discussions about the world’s conditions, one can hear how the world order has collapsed, how the United Nations (UN) and the Security Council (SC) are completely paralyzed…
After four presidential terms and one term as Prime Minister (2008-2012), Vladimir Putin will secure his fifth presidential term this Sunday and will remain on the Kremlin throne at least until 2030. Given that he will be 78 years old by then – and if his health serves him as well as it does for…
- Denis Mancevic
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- Russia and the former Soviet Union
The story is little known: for decades, signs reading “No Way Out” hung above certain passages in the Moscow metro that did not lead to the street. These signs psychologically worsened the bleakness of the Russian ’80s and ’90s and allegedly contributed to an increase in suicides on the metro tracks. Therefore, in 2005, the…
Anniversary of the Failed Wagner Coup: Kremlin Lessons
On the 1st anniversary of the failed Wagner coup, I published a public opinion piece, which was featured in leading Slovenian media (Delo, Večer, Siol). *** Although the events of June 23, 2023, filled agency news worldwide, it seems that a year later, the entire Russian story around the failed coup of the private Wagner…