All posts tagged Vladimir Putin

Putin’s War Russia-Ukraine January-August 2024
August 29, 2024, Comments Off on Putin’s War Russia-Ukraine January-August 2024

29 August Russia-Ukraine energy war roars back into action after mediation fails Russian refineries burn as Ukraine’s ...

Vladimir Putin & Russia August 2023-July 2024
July 9, 2024, Comments Off on Vladimir Putin & Russia August 2023-July 2024

Putin’s legal troubles A quick survey of recent and drastic problems Putin’s Failures to Deliver On each of ...

Wednesday Night #2200
May 15, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2200

China-Russia relations The Xi-Putin partnership is not a marriage of convenience – It is one of vital, long-term n ...

Food (in)security February 2023- April 2024
April 6, 2024, Comments Off on Food (in)security February 2023- April 2024

The Global Food Institute, George Washington University Black Sea Grain Initiative UN Joint Coordination Centre World Fo ...

Wednesday Night #2192
March 20, 2024, 1 Comment

Spring has sprung -sort-of and the concurrent celebration of the season of Nowruz, the annual 13-day festival that marks ...

Wednesday Night #2181
January 3, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2181

Janus Night, The first Wednesday of 2024. We look back -with no affection- on 2023 and forward -with faint hope- to 2024 ...

Russia September 2022- December 2023
December 26, 2023, Comments Off on Russia September 2022- December 2023

The imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny resurfaces with darkly humorous comments “I am your new Santa ...

Wednesday Night #2178
December 13, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2178

COP28 has ended – a day late – with a legally non-binding Agreement that tepidly endorses a transition away ...

Corruption & crime November 2021-December 2023
December 13, 2023, Comments Off on Corruption & crime November 2021-December 2023

Transparency International The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Conference of the States Parties to ...

2023 Delhi G20
September 12, 2023, Comments Off on 2023 Delhi G20

Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) Whither the Gs? Summitry in a Time of Disruption Senato ...