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Putin Doubles Down: Russia Won’t Relent on Ukraine’s Donbas
The Donbas region, made up of Donetsk and Luhansk, has been the epicenter of conflict between Russia and Ukraine since 2014. Russian-backed separatists seized...
China Massing Military Ships Across Region in Largest Maritime Display Yet
China has deployed a massive naval and coast guard presence across East Asian waters, with more than 100 ships at the peak of activity,...
Converging Ideologies: China and Venezuela’s Strategic Alignment Amid US Escalation
China rejected US President Donald Trump's declaration that Venezuelan airspace was “completely closed,” a move Beijing considered a “colonial threat” to Venezuelan national sovereignty...
Germany Bolsters NATO’s Eastern Flank with Arrow Air Defense
Germany has become the first European country to use the Arrow air defense system, which is designed to intercept intermediate-range ballistic missiles like Russia's...
The Neo-Ottoman Doctrine and the Inevitable Confrontation in the Levant
The harsh anarchy endemic to the Middle Eastern system has, with predictable certainty, intruded upon the core interests of the Turkish Republic. In response, Ankara has...
Reality Check: Burhan’s Wall Street Journal piece misses more than half of Sudan’s tragedy
It was an interesting editorial choice by the Wall Street Journal to give General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces...
How the War in Ukraine Could End: Scenarios for a Peace Deal
U. S. President Donald Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible peace deal to end the war...
Japan Considers Restarting World’s Largest Nuclear Plant Amid Energy Crunch
A regional assembly in Niigata Prefecture is set to vote by December 22 on whether to partially restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the...
Taiwan’s President Says Security ‘Non-Negotiable’ as Defence Budget Climps
President Lai Ching-te’s remarks come days after Taiwan unveiled a $40 billion supplementary defence budget, part of an ongoing military overhaul launched in response...
When Software Becomes a Weapon: SolarWinds Is Our Final Warning
The SolarWinds attack shows that the world can be defeated without weapons. Software, which has so far formed the backbone of governments, economies, and...