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Donald Trump welcomes his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to their meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15. Sergey Bobylev / Kremlin Pool / EPA

How Russia emerged as the clear winner from the Alaska summit

Alaska summit delivered Putin a victory through a combination of poor US planning and skilful Russian statecraft.
This U.S. Army command post, seen from a drone, is loaded with modern technology but uses a centuries-old structure. Col. Scott Woodward, U.S. Army

AI is about to radically alter military command structures that haven’t changed much since Napoleon’s army

Today’s military commands struggle to manage battlefields that span cyberspace and outer space, as well as land, sea and air. AI is poised to help by breaking them out of their centuries-old structures.
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave at the conclusion of a press conference on Aug. 15, 2025 in Alaska. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Trump‑Putin summit: Veteran diplomat explains why putting peace deal before ceasefire wouldn’t end Russia‑Ukraine war

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with President Donald Trump in the aftermath of an inconclusive summit just days before. A veteran diplomat helps untangle what happened and what’s next.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on Aug. 15, 2025. Here, they arrive for a group photo at the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images. Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images

This isn’t how wars are ended − a veteran diplomat explains how Trump‑Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven

A former US ambassador and career diplomat says that history indicates that the possibilities for a lasting peace coming out of the Trump-Putin summit are pretty low.
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, US president Donald Trump and Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan join hands during a ceremony at the White House on August 8 to sign an agreement to end decades of conflict between the South Caucasus nations. Abaca Press / Alamy Live News

Will Trump’s deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan lead to lasting peace?

Armenia and Azerbaijan take step towards ending the longest conflict in the post-Soviet world.
Tsunami aftermath, 1952. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences

The Soviet Union’s secret tsunami

One of the largest earthquakes on record struck far eastern Russia this week. The last time the region was hit by a such a huge quake, the Soviets hushed it up.

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