With Russia pressuring Belarus to play a more active role in the war, Ukraine is strengthening the hand of the exiled Belarusian opposition.
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The MoU signed by the US and Iranian presidents was never likely to hold.
Despite holding a low opinion of the US president and his negotiators, most Ukrainians have favorable views toward Americans more generally.
The question now is whether Russia’s economic difficulties will lead to mass protests and a split among the elites as happened in late Soviet times.
Ukraine war likely to reinforce transformation to criminal networks that are more professional, militarised and embedded within state structures.
Crimea has been the symbol of the success of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But now the peninsula is becoming isolated as Kyiv intensifies its attacks.
While many countries will try to copy Ukraine’s successful drone tactics, technology isn’t enough. A military must first build a culture capable of maximizing the potential of drones.
Splits are appearing in Europe’s approach to Russia’s aggression just when it needs to present a united front.
Most states know that without widely understood and accepted international laws and principles it would be harder to resolve their disagreements peacefully.
This year the US president stayed until the end of the summit, unlike in 2025.
Russia is losing on the battlefield – and on the global stage, as the US and China distance themselves from the war.
The war is increasingly becoming a public humiliation for Russia.
Borrowed from psychiatry, the term “ontological security” describes how nations understand themselves and their place in the world – and how it can break down.
Armenia’s westward pivot has angered Russia.
Russia has launched its biggest drone and missile strikes of the war to date. But Ukraine has hit back effectively.
A steady stream of world leaders has travelled to Beijing to visit the Chinese president.
There are long-term questions regarding support for Ukraine if far-right populists win more power in the EU’s most powerful states.
Russia is clearly now the junior partner in its ‘no-limits friendship’ with China.
Xi Jinping had his moment on the global stage – and he didn’t waste it.
China dictates the pace and areas of its cooperation with Russia.
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