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He calmly acknowledged that it’s now more difficult for Russia to advance its foreign policy goals due to the US’ renewed attempt to dominate the global economy through coercion and force, but he still believes that BRICS will play a pivotal role in furthering the global systemic transition to multipolarity. · Andrew Korybko · Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov recently gave an interview to TV BRICS about their namesake organization and…

Dennis Small- Pentagon Policy Chief Elbridge Colby at the NATO Defense Ministers meeting. Credit: NATO · Scarcely six weeks into 2026, a profound shift in the global military-strategic situation is fully underway and is being openly discussed as such in Washington, Moscow, and other world capitals. The U.S. Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby was blunt in his Feb. 12 speech to NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels: “We…

The bloc should move away from overreliance on US security guarantees, the UK prime minister has said · UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. © Getty Images · [RT] European NATO members must move from “overdependence” on the US and toward more autonomy and “hard power,” UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said. This comes as Washington has pressed the rest of the bloc to increase defense spending, and amid a transatlantic rift on a number of…

Millions in British funding, leaked contracts, and strategic media programs show how a state exports its vision of journalism to sway public opinion abroad · Imagine this: you are a journalist in your country. You are invited to a workshop on ethics, resilience, and methods for countering “disinformation.” You find yourself in a room with peers from across the region, discussing story ideas, newsroom strategies, and how to navigate the…

The political left doesn’t want to talk about it. But the most likely outcome of the 2026 general election is a government that includes New Zealand First. And that might even mean a government led by Prime Minister Winston Peters. This will be highly uncomfortable for many, but it doesn’t mean it won’t happen. So, if you wanted to place a strong bet about what happens after November 7, put your money on NZ First being part of the next…

Kiev’s fight against Russia allows the Hungarian prime minister to “grow his belly” instead of an army, the Ukrainian leader has claimed · Vladimir Zelensky. ©  Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images · [RT] Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has launched yet another personal attack on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, telling him that thanks to Kiev, he could “think about how to grow his belly” instead of building a capable army. The…

Mark Rutte made the remarks at the Munich Security Conference as he sought to justify continued assistance to Kiev · NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) speaks during a joint panel with Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky (R) at the Munich Security Conference, on February 14, 2026. ©  Global Look Press / Michael Bihlmayer · [RT] NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has said he had a conversation with a dog during his latest trip to…

The US president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will once again join Washington’s delegation · RT composite. ©  Getty Images/Oleksii Liskonih;Tasos Katopodis;Craig Hudson · Washington’s delegation at the trilateral Russia-US-Ukraine talks in Geneva next week will include American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Reuters reported on Saturday, citing a source briefed on the matter.…

Looks like there’s a new main villain supercharging Brussels’ tax-and-spend narrative By Rachel Marsden, a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English. https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/rachel-marsden/rachelmarsden.com - ©  Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images · [RT] During the Vietnam War, US National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger concocted the ‘Madman Theory’. The…

Jason RossFor the 250th anniversary of the signing of Declaration of Independence, by John Trumbull, we should be looking forward to the 300th. · Every day brings new sordid and reprehensible details about the practices of Jeffrey Epstein and his collaborators and “guests.” Some speculate that the point of his operation was to compile incriminating documentation of high-powered individuals to be used to control them through blackmail.…