It occurred to me that the political situation in the US is a bit like in Slovenia. Large parts of the Democratic party have taken the conspiracy theory, that Russians somehow affected their presidential

Washington is sending additional 1000 troops to the Middle East in response to Iranian attack on two tankers in the gulf of Oman, off the Iranian coast. Personally, I find it hard to believe Iran would

If you live in a stable country with strong institutions, without the threat of war, with peaceful transition of power after each elections, you may be tempted to think civil wars, political violence and

Today is the day, most Europeans head to the polls to elect members of the European Parliament. Yes, I voted. I voted, because I always do, because I think it my duty as a citizen to participate. And yet,

There are lots of Russian warships and submarines in the Eastern Mediteranean. Syrian forces are preparing for the assault on rebel held Idlib province. There is also some movement of US resources to the

Turkish president Erdogan recently warned, in a letter published in The New York Times, that in the case of further US unilateral actions against Turkey, a member of NATO, his country will be forced to

How large would German economy be without millions of foreign workers imported in recent decades? We often forget, that German economic miracle was in part built by Turks, Italians, Greeks, Yugoslavs,

It seems, US president Trump has a priorities list, and waging war with Russia is not one of them. He goes around the world, trying to sell US weapons and natural gas, destroy old trade agreements and

It’s so simple. At the NATO summit in Brussels, things are not going well. US president, Donald Trump, forcefully insisted, European allies spend more on defence, inserting a little lie in the process,

It is a shocking story. Immigrant children, taken away from their parents, locked in cages. People have every right to be enraged. Even if their parents broke the law, illegaly crossing the US border,

Because they can. Only three European NATO members spend more than 2% of their GDP on defence, far less than what the US spends. NATO has commited to increasing their defence spending and there has been

It’s not his cosying up to dictators. US president Donald Trump made quite a turnaround regarding North Korea. Insulting the North Korean leader as a rocket man, sending ships towards the country and threating

There is nothing irrational for a small isolated country under sanctions and under threat of millitary attack to seek nuclear weapons and means to deliver them to their targets. Nuclear weapons are from

fter testing the patience of much of the international community, particulary the United States, North Koreans did something off a turn just before the Olympics in South Korea. Months of nuclear tensions,

When the Arab spring came, I thought there was a chance for real change in North Africa and the Middle East. Crowds of people demanding more freedom and democracy infused me with hope, that here was a

Both Turkish and Syrian forces are slowly crushing their opponents. When Afrin and East Ghouta are taken, war in Syria will enter its next phase and it will be Americans and their allies in the SDF, that

Let’s say, United States would be a lovely, peaceful country, with an army used only for helping flood victims and supporting firefighters. The only time they would go abroad, would be to bring relief

Those candidates, that didn’t have the backing of a party in State Duma, had to collect the adequate number of signatures from across Russia, to qualify. With the backing of a political party outside of