The Russian president has lowered the bar for Russia resorting to using nuclear weapons. Now it’s up to the west to respond.
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The prospect of a nuclear holocaust has receded since the end of the cold war. But maybe the world should take it more seriously.
Russian attempts to use the Arctic as a military resource for the war are starting to be diminished by more effective western pushback.
Ukraine’s incursion on to Russian soil puts Vladimir Putin under pressure and presents an opportunity for Kyiv’s western allies to call his bluff.
Tensions are rising between Russia and Nato and the key battleground is Europe.
A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.
A closer look at Canada’s announcement that it’s buying 12 new submarines makes clear that it’s ‘business as usual’ in terms of defence spending. Canada is doing the bare minimum.
Abandoning Ukraine, withdrawing from Europe and pivoting to Asia will severely disrupt the principles on which Nato was founded.
NATO’s primary tenet is that an attack on one member is an attack on all. Donald Trump has made clear that he won’t uphold that core principle, putting the future of NATO at risk if he’s re-elected.
The SCO has a bigger land area and population than Nato.
The three-day meeting is touted as a time to celebrate the alliance’s 75th anniversary. But gathered leaders face serious questions that will affect NATO’s future.
The 75th anniversary summit has three main areas of focus: Ukraine, defence, and global partnerships.
A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.
Kyiv has rebuffed the Hungarian leader’s suggestion for a ceasefire, saying it will not compromise on sovereignty.
Scholars of communication and politics assess a presidential debate with a clear loser, but no clear winner.
Nato member countries are facing a number of security threats including sabotage.
The next Nato leader will need all his consensus-building skill and pragmatism to steer the organisation through an era of ‘polycrisis’.
A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.
Volodymyr Zelensky and his friends in the west are failing to get support from the rest of the world for their demand that Russia completely withdraw from Ukraine.
NATO’s treaty has loopholes that give member countries, including the US, power over whether or not they want to intervene in a particular conflict.
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