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Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stand together during the departure ceremony at an international airport outside Pyongyang, North Korea, in June 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

A new Cold War? Not really — here’s how the West could capitalize on the rise of the Global South

The Russia-North Korea mutual defence treaty sheds light on challenges and opportunities the West faces in an increasingly multipolar world.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with Vietnam’s President To Lam during an official visit at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam on June 20, 2024. (Nhac Nguyen/Pool Photo via AP)

Why Russia still has friends on the world stage

While most European nations are on board with western sanctions, countries in the Global South have maintained economic and political links with Russia.
The Soviet Union’s leading newspaper only mentioned D-Day in small print at the very top of its front page on June 7, 1944. Pravda

Soviet media downplayed the significance of the D-Day invasion

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said D-Day ‘was not a game changer’ in World War II – and Soviet media delivered that message starting the day after the invasion.
Women lay flowers to pay last respects to Alexei Navalny at a monument in Moscow on Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Western leaders threaten to undermine Navalny’s legacy in Russia

Alexei Navalny’s successors — not western leaders — are best placed to carry on the fight for Russia’s future. But they’ll only succeed if Navalny’s cause isn’t seen as anchored to western ideals.
A U.S. Justice Department image showing Victor Manuel Rocha during a meeting with an FBI undercover employee. U.S. Department of Justice via AP

A US ambassador working for Cuba? Charges against former diplomat Victor Manuel Rocha spotlight Havana’s importance in the world of spying

Cuba gets less attention as an espionage threat than Russia or China, but is a potent player in the spy world. Its intelligence service has already penetrated the US government at least once.

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