Who Ate All the Minsk Pies? offers independent analysis of international affairs. Our world is changing as the powerful try to redraw borders, and as new technologies reshape war, diplomacy and the future -- Who Ate All the Minsk Pies? helps you to make sense of the changes. It began in early 2023 and is written by Paul Hansbury (PhD in International Relations, University of Oxford) and publishes on average four times per month.
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The blog is for you if you follow world politics and want informed and independent analysis on international affairs. You can expect coverage of war, diplomacy and global trade. The author has a particular interest in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, but the blog deals with geopolitics broadly, including security and foreign policy issues relating to China and the United States.
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