In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry press service on November 1, 2024, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui attend an unveiling ceremony of the plaque to mark Kim Il Sung’s 1949 visit to USSR, at Yaroslavsky railway terminal in Moscow, Russia. AP North Korea … Read more
Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House Nato has confirmed North Korea’s troop deployment to the combat zone in western Russia, as it warned that Pyongyang’s involvement in the war in Ukraine constituted a threat to both European and … Read more
The EU has implemented a series of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Yet as Ousmène Jacques Mandeng argues, the EU’s response to the war has been undermined by the level of trade many EU states continue to do with Russia. The European Union has launched a series of measures to contain Russia … Read more
Sanctions affect the economies of both sanctioned and sanctioning states. Stelios Sakkas and Konstantinos Mavrigiannakis present new research on the impact of EU sanctions against Russia on the economy of Cyprus. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 increased global economic uncertainty at a time when economies were just recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Most … Read more
There has been speculation about the prospect of Armenia breaking with Russia and developing a closer relationship with the EU. Taras Kuzio argues that despite positive statements about European integration from Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Armenia remains closely tied to Russia. Over the last few years, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has repeatedly floated the … Read more
