“The terms of the new Memorandum of Understanding agreed to between Washington and Tehran over the weekend have now been made public, and the agreement as currently formulated is more lopsided and less favorable than even the skeptics had initially predicted.”
The potential for change within Iran persists—although the mechanism and timing for such a change are still unclear.
Which version of the Russia story will global publics end up believing: the one in which it is a misunderstood friend, or the one where Putin is prepared to bankrupt the state to satisfy his will to imperial power?
Putin's quest for immortality... fuels speculative science;
Some deterrent messaging from NATO;
Ukraine strikes at the heart of Russian naval power...;
...And targets Russian oil refineries;
The economic strains of the Ukraine war continue to mount
China's informational inroads in the Caucasus;
The Iranian regime versus Starlink;
Russia's European information offensive