This issue is entirely devoted to the media perception of the Russian political and military presence African   Perception of the Russian presence by African media  El Moudjahid,  an Algerian French-language newspaper, published on June 26 the article “Space technologies: Algeria draws up its plans with Russia” (“Technologies spatiales : L’Algérie trace sa voie avec…

(Full version is available under subscription)   The reaction of the Ukrainian government to the mutiny of the Wagner group showed the Ukraine does not have neither propaganda machine nor combat power to take advantage of political shocks in Russia. The confrontation between the Wagner group and the Russian defense ministry did not result in…

This issue is entirely to the reaction of the African media to the peace mission of the African leaders    Perception of the peace mission  The Observer,  a Ugandan weekly newspaper, published on June 21 the article “The sour milk of Africa’s aging leaders”, in which it stated that the mission could achieve its main…

(Full version is available under subscription)  The Ukrainian forces cannot break Russian defense lines due to the lack of the required combat power and Russian military preparedness for the Ukrainian offensive actions. Any considerable improvement of the current situation seem to be very unlikely, though Ukraine might be able to get some gains insignificant from…

Perspectives on conflict resolution  Kompas, an Indonesian national newspaper, published on June 15 the article “Regarding the Russia-Ukraine Peace Proposal, Prabowo acknowledges that he “followed” Jokowi’s steps”, concerning  the debates around peace plan proposed by Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.  “The Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto made an observation regarding the…

(Full version available by subscription) As expected, the Ukrainian government due to the lack of resources does not have an opportunity to launch a large-scale offensive and has to depict comparatively limited in range operations as  integral parts of the unified military plan. Now, when the first week an offensive is over, it has to…