Russia calls for greater world support for Syrian government
This is a propaganda move to disarm opposition to his recent deployments in Syria. However, it’s difficult to see anything good coming from the defeat or collapse of the Syrian government.
British Labour Party chooses Jeremy Corbyn
Corbyn represents a return to the far left for Labour. He has talked of scrapping Britain’s nuclear force and will undoubtedly not be an avid proponent of using NATO. This isn’t good news for Eastern Europe, but it is for Russia which wants NATO out of its “backyard.” Corbin’s politics, however, may keep Labour in the background for a while. In fact. many prominent Labour politicians are deeply concerned abut where Corbyn will lead the party. Perhaps he will lead them to political insignificance as did Michael Foot several decades ago.
Catalans demonstrate for independence from Spain
Nation-states, even European ones, have never been as unified as they appear. Spain has Basque separatist and now Catalan ones too.