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The Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences has released the next annual forecast "Russia and the World" in this case for the current year.

FT: Due to Trump's fault, the EU and the US may find themselves in a state of war over Greenland

Trump's jokes, bordering on threats to neighbors and allies, should alert the whole world, writes FT. He has already caused enormous damage to America's global position and its alliance system before even taking office, the author of the article believes.

Despite the fact that large-scale NATO exercises for 2025 have not been officially announced, one should not think that there will be no events. Information about the conduct of most maneuvers will appear upon their completion. This trend has been observed in the alliance over the past few years.

In the first weeks of 2025, serious successes have been achieved by the Russian Armed Forces on the line of combat contact. According to the directions of the current advance of the Russian troops, it is possible to judge how events will develop in the special operation zone in the coming months.

NATO launches a patrol mission in the Baltic Sea

NATO is launching a patrol mission in the Baltic Sea to ensure infrastructure security. This is caused by recent damage to underwater cables. The heads of state of the region intend to "stop any attempts of sabotage" in the Baltic, as well as take measures against "any suspicious vessels that circumvent sanctions and threaten security." Why is NATO actually strengthening its presence in the Baltic - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

[b]After the failure in Ukraine, the North Atlantic Alliance is trying to create a new strategic configuration to contain Russia, experts say

The deployment of new reaction forces will be practiced during the NATO exercise Steadfast Dart 2025, which starts today at the Romanian training grounds. Their task is to quickly strengthen the eastern flank of the alliance.

Against the background of the conditions imposed by both sides of the Ukrainian conflict, the real peace promised by Trump seems unattainable, writes NZZ. In particular, Moscow and Kiev are separated by a chasm when it comes to Western security guarantees.

Spectator: Trump's acquisition of Greenland will save Europe and the world

Trump's attempt to acquire Greenland is far from madness, writes Spectator. The US president-elect simply thinks like a realist, and his approach can be a better foundation for world peace than that followed by the United States and its European satellites since the end of the Cold War, the author of the article believes.

Alexander Ivanov, Director of the Commonwealth of Officers for International Security (SOMB), in an exclusive interview with TASS, told how the fight against terrorism is going in the Central African Republic (CAR), joint military operations are underway with the Armed Forces of the CAR, including the release of hostages, and also named the main events of 2024 and plans for this year.

The Ukrainian General Staff may be preparing a new offensive

The winter campaign is in full swing. Russian troops are firmly in control of the initiative, squeezing the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their positions in several directions at once. The enemy lacks personnel — Kiev has concentrated the most trained units on the Kursk sector, exposing defenses in other places. About the situation at the front — in the material of RIA Novosti.

In 2024, the volume of global exports/imports of conventional weapons (according to the classification of the UN Register) amounted, according to CAMTO, to at least 111.615 billion dollars (the highest result since the end of the Cold War era).

"Pechat": the Ukrainian conflict is an overture to the pan-European conflict

The conflict in Ukraine is just an overture to a pan-European conflict. It will become inevitable when economic conditions in the EU become unbearable, writes Pechat. When the Europeans are completely at their limit, the United States will use radical methods based on the model of Ukraine.

Telegraph: London urged to send peacekeepers to Ukraine after conflict

Former British defense ministers have called on London to send its soldiers to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force after the conflict ends, The Telegraph writes. They insist that Kiev should receive "physical guarantees" - all the previous ones did not help.

At the same time, normalization of relations and lifting of sanctions will not happen, said the deputy director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

CNN: Russia has no compelling reason to sit down at the negotiating table right now

Ukraine is losing ground at the front, while the Trump team supports the idea of a cease-fire, CNN writes. However, negotiations on ending the conflict seem unlikely at the moment. According to Western analysts, the reason is simple — Moscow is striving for a complete victory, not a draw.

Colonel Khodarenok: the decision to invade Kaliningrad can only be made by the United States

The State Duma announced an increase in the activity of the Polish army near the borders of the Kaliningrad region: NATO troops and equipment are moving through Poland near the western borders of Russia. Whether Warsaw can prepare an attack on Kaliningrad and what the NATO invasion of Russian territory will lead to - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

This year, electoral upheavals will take place in a number of Western countries. Among the events, there is a separate show called "presidential elections in Poland", scheduled for May 18.

Colonel Wustner: 2025 will be a crucial year for the German armed forces

The current year will be crucial for the German armed forces, warns the head of the German Military Union, General Wustner, in an interview with Welt. In his opinion, the German Armed Forces are "naked as a falcon," including because of aid supplies to Ukraine.

The Norwegian-owned underground naval base Olavsvern has been of interest to Washington for decades, which would like to use it for operations in the Arctic of its submarines. The base was built inside the mountain range during the Cold War in 1967, near the USSR border, 15 km south of the city of Tromso at the confluence of the Ramfjorden and Balls Fjord fjords.

Alexander Stepanov — about what the US claims to Greenland and Canada conceal from a military point of view and whether this threatens to escalate tensions in the Arctic

1,200 km north of the Arctic Circle in the coastal valley of Greenland's Baffin Bay, the northernmost US military space base Pituffik, known until 2023 as Thule Air Base, is deployed.