Will 2022 be the year of nuclear proliferation?
Weapons reduction is really just a pipe dream now, as treaties are abandoned and great powers see the utility in ramping up.
Weapons reduction is really just a pipe dream now, as treaties are abandoned and great powers see the utility in ramping up.
Russia and the West talk sports and diplomatic etiquette as the Global South steps up to the plate at the G20.
Leaders in Tehran tout the country’s close ties with Moscow, but they can’t be happy with the ripple effects of the war in eastern Europe.
Calls for a ‘coalition of the willing’ to establish a ‘maritime corridor’ are designed to obfuscate the dangers that it will create.
The tiny independent region is one of many places chafing against arbitrary borders imposed by former empires.
While Europe becomes increasingly dependent on the US in its own backyard, the alliance puts Beijing on notice.
The visit came shortly after the top US general in the region dropped by.
After a week of high-level meetings in Europe the message from the West is clear: The war in Ukraine is not ending anytime soon.
The NATO summit, as well as Lithuania’s moves on Kaliningrad, show that the lessons of WWI — its beginning and end — are lost on us.
As the war in Ukraine drags on, already diverging camps in the Atlantic Alliance are likely to fracture further.
The suffering and economic turmoil the Russian invasion is causing provides the moral incentive for finding a solution.
Sino-Russian ties are on the rocks, and the West needs all the help it can get.
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Biden’s ratings are strong overall among these respondents, even if he is struggling with public opinion at home.
The history of US interventions shows that Washington’s ‘first use’ policy of military force is a relatively recent phenomenon.
His fury is understandable given the destruction his country has endured, but it can’t become the basis for US strategy.
There are fault lines running just below the majority support for Putin. But that doesn’t mean the West should try to exploit them.
Going forward with the scheduled meeting at the end of the month risks creating serious problems when the alliance can least afford them.
Open ended economic penalties with ill-defined goals hardly ever change the behavior of their targets.
Rather than squeezed or sidelined, Turkey’s geopolitical standing looks a lot better than it did a few months ago.