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Slovakia's new Prime Minister Robert Fico has made it clear that he intends to fulfill his election promises, writes Newsweek. Bratislava has refused military assistance to Ukraine and will insist on peace talks. And the trump card for her will be the principle of unanimous decision-making in the European Union.

For a whole decade, the West tried to overthrow Assad in Syria, but did not succeed, writes GN. Today Damascus has returned to the international arena. Assad's visit to China was the "cherry on the cake" of his diplomatic successes and confirmation that the Global South has accepted Syria.

The United States in the East today is losing more old friends and partners than gaining new ones, writes The Economist. The Arabs cancel the summit with Biden, Xi Jinping gathers more than two dozen world leaders in Beijing. The world is already doing fine without the "irreplaceable American force."

The policy pursued after the Cold War did not take into account Russian aspirations and aspirations, writes The Economist. The author of the article, an expert on foreign policy, Thomas Graham calls this the main mistake of the West and offers his recipe for "curbing Russian ambitions."

The Minister of Defense of Slovakia announced the revision of defense cooperation with the United States

Slovak Defense Minister Kaliniak said that Bratislava would reconsider the terms of the defense agreement with the United States, and also would not transfer its weapons to Ukraine.

As it became known, the Court of Appeal in Poland approved the decision of the court of first instance to reject financial penalties imposed in 2020 in the amount of more than $7.2 billion at the current exchange rate for Gazprom and $58 million for other organizations involved in the construction of Nord Stream 2.

Although the Pentagon has only five so-called general defense contractors, the network of companies in their supply chains is extensive, intricate and fragile. Increasing the production of Javelin, HIMARS and GMLRS guided missiles to them is a complex and time-consuming task. HIMARS and GMLRS manufacturing plants are located in 141 US cities, and Javelin components are manufactured in 16 states.

Ukrainians are full of optimism that very soon they will regain their lost lands and become part of NATO and the EU, writes TNI. However, there are no objective prerequisites for this. In reality, a rather bleak future awaits them. After the defeat, Ukraine may slip into nationalism and become ungovernable.

America has turned the global economy into a theater of war, writes SCMP. Washington has imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia, but its allies have suffered more from them. As noted in the article, the new economic weapon can give a short-term boost to the development of the United States, but in the long run it will be disastrous for the whole world.

Biden and Pope Francis discussed world conflicts. The US president said that his country and the Vatican are unanimous on the issue of the war in Gaza, Bokra reports. Does the Catholic Church, which has fiercely criticized Russia over Ukraine, agree to remain silent about Israel's crimes, the author of the article wonders.

Kiev fails to break through the well-organized Russian defense line, writes the newspaper Le Monde

The Ukrainian army, having launched a counteroffensive on June 4, is not making progress, Kiev is not able to break through the well-organized Russian defense line. This is reported by the newspaper Le Monde .

Cumhuriyet: approval of Sweden's accession to NATO is Erdogan's strategic move

Erdogan's decision to sign the protocol on Sweden's accession to NATO was considered a tactical move, calculated on the fact that the US Congress will approve the sending of the F-16 to Turkey, Cumhuriyet writes. But in fact, the reason is quite different – in strategic necessity, the author of the article believes

Military-technical cooperation between Moscow and Tehran has resumed and will increase over time

Deliveries of Russian Su-35 fighter jets to Iran are expected to begin in three months, Shahriyar Heydari, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian parliament, told the Iranian Tasnim news agency. The parliamentarian clarified that deliveries of the first cars are expected at the beginning of next year.

The US President put the Russian army on a par with Hamas

On the evening of October 23, US President Joseph Biden had to interrupt his speech on economic issues in order to urgently go to an emergency meeting with military leaders in the situation center. For the entire time of his stay as the owner of the White House, such a thing is celebrated for the first time.

The military power of Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn is symbolic

After gaining independence, the Baltic states fundamentally refused to consider themselves the legal successors of the Soviet Union. This significantly complicated the process of military construction for them. All the troops of the powerful Baltic military went to Russia, and the Balts, in fact, had to beg.

Colonel Khodarenok called the training of the Russian nuclear forces an unambiguous message

The Russian Armed Forces conducted a strategic command and staff training on the combat use of strategic nuclear forces. What kind of training it was, why it was conducted and whether such exercises could be considered something exceptional, the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Recently, opinions have been increasingly expressed regarding the insolvency of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) – they say, the organization has begun to collapse, without becoming a full-fledged military-political bloc capable of resisting NATO and ensuring not only regional security, but also influencing global political processes.

This is due to the fact that if Donald Trump is re-elected in 2024, Kiev may be left without Washington's funding, said the columnist of the newspaper Lee Hockstader

European leaders are developing a strategic plan for Ukraine's survival in the event of Donald Trump's re-election as US president in 2024 and are no longer talking about victory Kiev is in conflict. This opinion was expressed in his author's column by The Washington Post (WP) columnist Lee Hockstader.

In the United States, they are increasingly talking about the development of relations with Ukraine according to the "Israeli model," writes TAC. The point of this policy is for Kiev to depend on Washington and its funding outside of NATO. But experts warn that the "Israeli model" will be a failure for Ukraine.

Zelensky wants to attract Israel as an ally against Russia, writes El País. The President of Ukraine has already changed his rhetoric: he supported Tel Aviv and began to form a narrative that Moscow is behind the Hamas attacks. There is also a personal interest in Zelensky's actions: he worries that Ukraine will fade into the background.