Located as it is, at the heart of our continent, Ukraine is one of the keystones to the European equilibrium that has yet to be found. The surreptitious emergence of this "unexpected Nation"1 is a phenomenon the
Here is a visual look at the 47th president’s first months in office. April 28, 2025 The U.S.-Ukraine Mineral Deal, Explained The mineral deal signed by the U.S. and Ukraine ties the U.S. and Trump to Ukraine’s future – while providing very few real security assu...
Which countries are not in the U.N.? Some places are not official members due to questions about their sovereign status. Examples include Taiwan, which China claims as part of its territory, and Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia in 2008 but is not recognized as independent ...
The U.S. has to decide whether its priority is to help Ukraine retain territory illegally taken from them or worry about Putin. Fear of escalation is what the Kremlin has deliberately inculcated and which some European leaders have tacitly endorsed. As Matthew Kaminski stated in Politico, “The...
What is Transnistria? Transnistria is a breakaway territory in Moldova, which borders Ukraine and comprises around 12% of Moldovan land. Its self-declared independent status is not recognised by Moldova or the international community. It is aligned with Russia and is home to a...
The more Russia threatens, the more likely it is that Russia's other core grievance, the provision of Western military support to Ukraine, will intensify further. That is a considerable diplomatic impasse. Whatever might be said on other issues of strategic ...
“democracy” have been used precisely like “anarchy,” to imply disorder and confusion. Those with a vested interest in preserving the status quo will obviously wish to imply that opposition to the current system cannot work in practice, and that a new form of society will only lead to ...
In the two-hour videoconference between the two leaders, Biden warned of 'implications and consequences' should China support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
To address development and security issues through coordination, cooperation and multilateral mechanism is the preferred approach of the international community. The United Nations’ status and role in world affairs are being upheld and strengthened. World wars or all-out confrontation between major ...
The US has few ways to track the substantial supply of anti-tank, anti-aircraft and other weaponry it has sent across the border into Ukraine, sources tell CNN, a blind spot that’s due in large part to the lack of US boots on the ground in the country