Territorial concessions used to be common after wars. The formation of the UN after WWII was meant to put an end to this.
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Human society has marked collective dead for millennia. Such monuments have changed with the evolving nature of conflict, something Ukraine is now weighing.
China’s carefully staged display of unity with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un at a parade marking China’s victory over Japan in WWII projected strength abroad, but it also risks unintended consequences.
The exhibition was dedicated to ‘all those who have the courage to disagree’.
Russia aggression, and the killing of a US political activist and its implications in the weekly world affairs newsletter.
China’s recent shows of strength and solidarity with Russia and North Korea have prompted speculation of a global changing of the guard.
If Moldova pivots towards Moscow after its next election, this will leave Ukraine and other European nations exposed.
NATO jets scrambled to shoot down at least 10 Russian drones after they were spotted in Polish airspace.
Kim was treated as a major world leader in Beijing, and gained practical support from his two big neighbours.
Control of the Black Sea coast would threaten neighbouring Moldova.
Convention suggests wars are named after the participants or the place it which fighting takes place. But who chooses − and why?
The old system of US-led multilateralism has ended. What will replace it remains unclear.
Is the Trump administration’s trade policy risking America’s position as the global economic superpower?
Israel’s ‘double-tap’ strike on Nasser hospital in Gaza has drawn widespread international condemnation.
The US vice-president recently said that all major wars end in negotiations. It’s a clue to how the US might approach ending the war in Ukraine.
And ‘land swap’ involving Ukraine ceding its strategically vital fortified cities in western Donetsk would be a disaster for Kyiv.
The US is moving away from a laissez-faire version of capitalism and toward a state-directed form.
Some European states are worrird after a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire Moscow might turn its firepower on them, so are building hundreds of miles of defensive wall.
The US and Europe hope protections for Ukraine can end the conflict. But previous attempts have fallen flat.
Despite growing international and domestic pressure, Israel is widening its military offensive in Gaza.
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