Why Ukraine is attacking Wildberries, Russia’s Amazon
27 July 2026 On the 18th of July, Ukraine targeted two retail warehouses of the Russian company Wildberries. It signalled a marked shift in Ukraine’s usual drone and missile targets.…
Report – Polar Vortex: The Strategic Importance of Russia’s Northern Sea Route
Developing Russia’s Northern Sea Route is more than just an economic project. It is another step in Russia’s bilateral relations with China, India and, consequently, Iran. This report examines Russia’s…
Russia unleashes an IRBM on Dnipro
Dnipro, an ordinary city in Ukraine, became the center of another alarming event overnight. Russia reportedly launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, likely the RS-26 “Rubezh,” weighing 40-50 tons. This missile…
Erdoğan’s diminished Turkey faces a questionable future.
21 November 2024 Turkish leader Tayyip Erdoğan’s re-election last year means the 70-year-old President is now serving his last legal term. Questions have been raised about his future and with…
Kosovo: A thorn in the side of the Balkans
14 November 2024 In August connected to my writing on Bulgaria’s election woes I dedicated time to exploring the move in Belgrade towards Europe and the ways in which relations…
US aid not dead yet: Zelenskyy playing Trumpian politics
12 November 2024 Russia’s ongoing counteroffensive in the Kursk region will have consequences with Donald Trump’s upcoming second presidency. At the moment, Russia is amassing a force of 50,000 troops,…
Bulgaria sits on the front line of a brewing Balkan crisis and Serbia could be the solution.
26 August 2024 Over the last three years, Bulgaria has faced no less than six general elections, with a seventh (until recently) scheduled for the 20th of October. Despite repeated…
Ukrainian Special Forces Abroad in Syria…but what about their first deployment in Sudan?
Last week, Ukrainian Special Forces were attributed with an attack on Russian soldiers in Syria. The Kyiv Post published a video obtained by Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence. The video,…
Gazprom Raises a Mercenary Army – will it be Wagner’s downfall or Putin’s?
3 May 2023 Everyone is waiting on bated breath for Ukraine’s counteroffensive. Where will it take place? Will the Russian lines and chain of command crumble? Will the counteroffensive be…
A Year of Dithering: The War in Ukraine
28 February 2023 A year into the war in Ukraine and I am still left totally baffled by the utter stupidity of the ongoing “debate” occurring within NATO countries. I…