Opinion

A lasting peace with Russia entails mammoth potential benefits, Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel told Sputnik. According to the analyst, Donald Trump sees Russia as a pivotal global force. However, in the context of the ongoing Trump-Russia inquiry the US president avoids making concessions to Moscow.

As North Korea conducted a new missile launch earlier today, Sputnik spoke to experts about the economic impact of potential military escalation on the Korean Peninsula.

The report of the alleged evacuation of Daesh field commanders by the US Air Force deserves further examination experts told Sputnik. While the evacuees could have been US informers or Daesh defectors fleeing the region amid the Syrian Arab Army’s advance, it appears what occurred is enough to launch an investigation.

Britain's slavish support for the Saudi kleptocracy has long been a badge of shame, given Riyadh's contempt for anything approximating to human rights and democracy, and given the British establishment's assertion that the UK represents a redoubtable pillar of both.

The reported US supplies of Soviet-era munitions to Syrian rebels not only "openly violates" legal norms against financing terrorism, but also risks igniting a greater conflict across the Middle East, Scott Bennett, former US Army psychological operations officer and State Department counterterrorism contractor, told Sputnik.

Amid escalating tensions with North Korea experts speculate on wether it is possible to persuade Pyongyang to peacefully dismantle its nuclear program and what makes the international community appeal to denuclearization.

With the ban imposed by the US Department of Homeland Security on Kaspersky Lab products anti-Russian hysteria begins to impact software market.

Meeting with US President Donald Trump late Wednesday night, top Democratic leaders announced they'd forged a deal to protect children of undocumented immigrants - a deal that supposedly would not include funds for a border wall.

After six and a half years of bloody, bitter fighting, the Syrian Civil War seems to be drawing to a close as the death knell tolls for Syrian rebel groups and Daesh, leaving the majority of the country in the control of President Bashar al-Assad and of US-backed Syrian Kurds.

A special forces team dubbed Spartan 3000 created to scare Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un is nothing short of a “huge disappointment” considering 80 percent of South Koreans favor diplomatic engagement with the North, Simone Chun, Korean Policy Institute fellow, told Loud & Clear Wednesday.

Washington is apparently mulling over regime change in Iran, political Darius Shahtahmasebi told Radio Sputnik, adding that the US has a long record of targeting geopolitically weak countries. The analyst explained that given Tehran's rich natural resources and influential allies, the US's new anti-Iran strategy is likely to fail.

Russian deputy defense minister Alexander Fomin is sure that Eastern Europe and Baltics have nothing to worry about amid the upcoming Zapad-2017 drills.

The US national debt exceeded $20 trillion for the first time in its history and some experts believe that further growth could hinder ability to finance wars.

As the US national debt exceeded $20 trillion for the first time ever last week, Sputnik spoke to experts about the impact of such a development.

The US Air Force dropped an average of 16 bombs per day in August in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s plan to attack “America’s enemies” in the country, according to the most recent Pentagon data on munitions delivered in the country.

The arduous and complex process of the United Kingdom exiting from the European Union, dubbed “Brexit,” continues, but the British people are split along party lines over a more forceful “hard Brexit” or a more gradual “soft Brexit.”

If you were one of the many impacted by Hurricane Harvey or Irma, you might not be contemplating the effects of climate change. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for some top level government officials.

China's exports increased by 5.5 percent year-on-year in US dollar-denominated terms in August, customs data showed, missing market expectations for a 6 percent increase and lower than last month's 7.2 percent.

Documents from US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal that the intelligence agency combed through internet music piracy apps that were popular before music streaming services became available, The Intercept reports.

Russia continues to score political points in the Middle East, emerging as the main negotiator in the upcoming talks over the future of Syria, RIA Novosti contributor Gevorg Mirzayan writes, adding that Saudi Arabia has finally admitted that its plan to oust Bashar al-Assad by military force has failed.