More subsea data cables connect to Europe than to any other continent around the world. But it was not until 2022 that European policymakers began to pay significant attention to the security of these cables. Russia’s invasion of…
Many Americans are concerned about the cost of aid to Ukraine. It took the U.S. Congress seven months to approve the last funding measure to provide aid. A November Pew poll indicates that most Americans support helping Ukraine, yet roughly a…
Russia has reportedly asked Türkiye for assistance in withdrawing its troops from Syria. Mere weeks ago, such a headline would have been hard to imagine. Yet in the wake of the jaw-dropping collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the report by…
Getty ImagesMany international travellers will soon need to register for an online authorisation before touching down in the UK or many EU…
When Russian scientists released a pair of orphaned Amur tiger cubs into the wild in a remote corner of Russia’s far east in 2014, they were trying to save a species. While the tigers, sometimes called Siberian tigers and the world’s largest…
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, sparking a devastating war that has caused immense human suffering. In nearly three years of…
Contrary to much of the public debate, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump will not usher in a new era for European security. Instead, his victory only ratifies a shift in U.S. priorities that has been a generation in coming—and that European…
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