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Europe Reopens the Frozen-Assets Fight: Who Wins If Russia’s €210 Billion Finally Moves?
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Is NATO Ready for the Next War? Ukraine Raises New Questions
Russia’s war in Ukraine has become more than a test of military endurance. It has also become a live laboratory for modern warfare, exposing...
The Politics of Shared Scarcity
Five weeks before the war against Iran began, the Pentagon published a strategy warning that the United States could find itself facing simultaneous major...
How Russia’s Jet Drones Are Challenging Ukraine’s Air Defenses
Ukraine is facing a new challenge in its air war with Russia as Moscow rapidly expands its use of faster, jet powered attack drones.
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Why Trump’s Ukraine Energy Truce May Not Fix the Global Diesel Crunch
U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to broker an energy infrastructure truce between Russia and Ukraine could remove one immediate threat to global fuel markets,...
How Are Ground Drones Changing Warfare in Ukraine?
Ukraine is increasingly turning to unmanned ground vehicles to reduce the exposure of soldiers on one of the world's most heavily monitored battlefields, potentially...
The Credibility Gap: Russia’s Rational Test of NATO’s Eastern Flank
On 12 August, NATO's ambassadors met in Brussels to respond to a fortnight of Russian drones and missile debris crossing into Polish and Romanian...
Zelenskiy Says US Envoys Presented “Decent Ideas” for Ukraine Peace Talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said U.S. peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner presented several “decent” and potentially worthwhile ideas during weekend discussions aimed...
The Asymmetry of Strategic Depth
After almost five years of attritional warfare, the war in Ukraine is entering a more dangerous phase. Russia has strong incentives to escalate. The...
Ukraine’s Corruption Story Runs on Its Own Clock, Not the Battlefield’s
Bottom line: Documented Ukrainian graft becomes diplomatic leverage on its own schedule, independent of its dollar value — the 2024 $40 million case and...