Ukraine needs to disrupt Russia’s economy. The US has a different set of objectives.
- Professor of War and Technology, University of Bath
Facing an increasingly aggressive Russia and with equivocal commitment from the US, Nato faces a number of important challenges.
The was appears to be at a dangerous stalemate. But there are ways for both sides to find an off-ramp.
In Donald Trump’s second term he and his advisers have repeatedly questioned US involvement in translatlantic security.
In addition to practical measures of investment and expansion, the review lays out the more difficult changes that are needed to respond to security challenges.
Faced with US disengagement, European leaders are taking steps towards military independence.
Estados Unidos afirma que los países europeos deben aprender a apañárselas para garantizar su seguridad.
Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, says European countries should not rely on the US to guarantee their security.
Trump is urging Putin – as well as others – to end the war in Ukraine, or face consequences.
Recent messages coming out of Moscow have been tough, but the Russian president may be hoping to use rhetoric to encourage disunity within Nato.
MInes are almost universally reviled as they continue to kill in many parts of the world long after conflicts have ceased. So why is the US sending them to Ukraine?
Russian troops could enter Ukraine from multiple locations.
The UK is pointing the finger at Russia for the nerve agent attack on a former spy. How should the government react?
The war of words over a bombed UN convoy in Syria is just the latest in a long series of diplomatic breakdowns.
Unpicking the gap between rhetoric and reality.
The incident couldn’t have come at a worse time for efforts to negotiate a joint approach to the campaign against Islamic State in Syria.
Budgets were decimated in 2010, but the latest Strategic Defence and Security Review seeks to make amends.
Airspace incursions are spilling over into wider tensions.
Despite a fierce exchange of rhetoric over Russia’s airstrikes in Syria, it makes sense for Moscow and Washington to coordinate their military intervention.
A new report on the future of humanity explains what we really need to be worrying about over the next 35 years.
PM wants more unmanned intervention but he should be wary of putting all his eggs in one basket.
The demilitarised zone between the Koreas is an incredibly dangerous place to walk – but the Chinese border with North Korea isn’t much safer.
A Pew survey has found majority of citizens no long support the principle or mutual aid and support.
The situation in is Ukraine deteriorating, but the G7 powers apparently have nothing to add.
As the West and Russia go about rooting out each other’s spies, they also lose the ability to keep tabs on each other. Time to get back in touch.
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