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What will happen next with Ukraine an...

What will happen next with Ukraine and Russia?

While many in the West are fearing that Putin’s end game is the reoccupation of the entire Warsaw Pact with his cross-hairs focusing on the Baltic countries and Poland right this moment – there are pragmatic reasons why this won’t happen in the near future. Putin has conceived of a Eurasian Economic Union to act […]

Putin’s Grand Strategy

Vladimir Putin looks stunned and shocked

Putin’s announcement of a ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine which was followed by a full out invasion featuring an attempted blitzkrieg of key strategic locations including the country’s capital, Kyiv seemed like an astonishing decision. The continuation of the conflict despite severe casualties and severe economic sanctions, along with Putin’s threats that are direct allusions […]

Interview with author Peter D Campbel...

Interview with author Peter D Campbell

By Anastasiya Ilyasova. Good evening Peter. You have recently published your first novel In My Brother’s Shadow, when did you decide that you wanted to be a writer? I remember the moment I decided to become an author very clearly. I was fourteen at the time and had been extremely ill. Books had become my […]

Kiwi Author to Crack Russian Enigma

Kiwi Author to Crack Russian Enigma

For many Russia is an enigma, but for author, translator Peter D Campbell, understanding Russia became a challenge he wanted to crack. The 31 year old Australian-New Zealand journalist has spent over five years living in Russia – first visiting Russia when he was 19 years old back in 2002. The author has recently published […]