Ukrainian Government Reshuffle — A Weakened Zelenskyy’s Move to Consolidate Power and Silence Dissent?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has carried out a government reshuffle unprecedented since the outbreak of the war, with Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba being the most notable victim. Ukraine’s situation on the battlefield is becoming increasingly difficult, and many believe the Kursk incursion was a significant mistake, ultimately falling on Zelenskyy’s shoulders. Thus the changes in his government may be part of the Ukrainian president’s efforts to sideline political opponents and silence dissenting voices.

Szijjártó Highlights Hungary–Bahrain Cooperation on Global Peace Efforts

During a joint press conference with his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó emphasized that Hungarians particularly value those nations around the world that, like Bahrain, stand up so resolutely and vocally for peace. He also welcomed the fact that Hungary’s Festipay is making a significant software development investment in Bahrain.

You Have to Work for Peace!

‘For peace, a ceasefire is needed first. Only then can a peace plan be developed to end the conflict. Anyone who does not accept this is not familiar with the science of peacemaking,’ Balázs Orbán wrote in his analysis for Mandiner.

The Most Disputed Election in American History: The Election of 1876

In the US Presidential election of 1876, the final vote count could not be decided in three states—Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina—due to rampant voter fraud. A special ‘Electoral Commission’ rewarded all 19 electoral votes to Republican Rutherford B. Hayes, despite him losing the popular vote to Democrat Samuel Tilden. Hayes won the Electoral College by a single vote. In order to avoid a second civil war, Hayes ended reconstruction, the military occupation of the South by the North after the American Civil War.

Defence Minister: More and More Volunteer for Territorial Defence Reserves

In 2016 the Hungarian government embarked on a military development programme driven by the need for a strong military capable of protecting the lives, property, and culture of Hungarian citizens, as well as fulfilling the country’s NATO obligations. The setting up of the Territorial Defence Forces Command was part of this effort.

Illegal immigrants walking in the desert after having crossed into the United States on June 5 2024.

Attempting to Solve the Crisis of Illegal Immigration in the U.S.

‘Most wishing to migrate to the U.S. are seeking a better life, contrary to the regional violence, corruption, and economic devastation in their home countries. If U.S. and Central American governments are able to institutionalize a ‘Marshall Plan’ as Washington had done for Europe after World War II, then perhaps a workable solution is possible. However, the U.S. needs to take the lead in this, though it would be unable to do so long as members of both Democratic and Republican Parties continue to childishly bicker with one another.’

Caspar David Friedrich, The Abbey in the Oakwood (1809–1810). Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany

Crisis? What Crisis?

‘Just as liberalism did not succeed in transforming people after socialism, neither did the competing anti-liberal, post-Christian, nihilistic trends. The solution is certainly not political or movement-based: those had already failed by the middle of the twentieth century.’

EU Pro-War Foreign Ministers Take Aim at Hungary in Tense Foreign Council Meeting

The informal meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council took place amid heightened tensions in Brussels on 29 August. The mood was set by Josep Borrell’s decision to relocate the meeting from Budapest to the Belgian capital as a signal of disapproval of Viktor Orbán’s peace mission. Ahead of the meeting, pro-war ministers issued statements criticizing the Hungarian government, and the tense atmosphere carried over into the discussions in the meeting room.

Vladimir Putin chairs an online meeting on the situation in Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions following an incursion of Ukrainian troops in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict.

On the Highway to Hell

There are a number of conventional weapons whose appearance in US adversaries’ hands can cause serious damage to American interests all around the world. It is not difficult to imagine the threat of hypersonic anti-ship weapons, barely interceptable by contemporary air defence weaponry, on commercial ships, not only on the Red Sea. Arming let’s say Mexican drug cartels with modern anti-tank equipment could also seriously hamper US efforts to block the flow of drugs into the country.

A woman is watching Lebanese Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah’s speech in a car in Batroun, Lebanon on 25 August 2024 after Hezbollah launched 340 rockets on Israel in the morning.

German Components Found in Hezbollah’s Drone Used Against Israel

Germany has some of the most stringent export control laws in the world, especially concerning dual-use technologies that can be utilized for both civilian and military purposes. But the discovery of German-manufactured parts in Hezbollah’s arsenal raises troubling questions about the effectiveness of these regulations.