The geopolitical landscape is shifting at a breakneck pace, raising urgent questions about how the China-Russia strategic relationship—both with each other and with the United States—might…
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Category: 2. Editor’s Choice
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Should China have a role in ending the war in Ukraine?
President Donald Trump’s direct engagement with Russian President Vladimir Putin has kick-started efforts by the United States and Russia to negotiate an end to fighting in Ukraine. U.S. and Russian…
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The real reason Russia invaded Ukraine (hint: it’s not NATO expansion)
The article was originally published by 19FortyFive.
The increasingly fraught endgame to the Russia-Ukraine war reflects…
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As Trump pivots to Russia, allies weigh sharing less intel with U.S.
Some U.S. allies are considering scaling back the intelligence they share with Washington in response to the Trump administration’s conciliatory approach to Russia, five sources with direct knowledge of the discussions told NBC News.
The…
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The U.S. has long been a target of Russia’s ire. Under Trump, the tone has changed
After U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his marathon speech to Congress Tuesday night, media outlets around the world pored over the messages, facts and falsehoods.
In Russia, state media outlet RIA Novosti tracked how many times Trump…
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Russian warship tracked near British waters by Royal Navy
The Royal Navy has released images of a Russian warship which it tracked sailing near British waters.
The corvette Boikiy was part of a task group which was tracked by HMS Somerset for three days as it made its way through the English Channel and…
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Briton captured while fighting for Ukraine jailed in Russia
A statement released by the Russian court claimed Mr Anderson had pleaded guilty but this cannot be verified, as he has not been heard from independently since he was taken.
On Wednesday, a Russian military court ruled that Mr Anderson would spend…
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Growing Trump-Putin detente could spell trouble for the Arctic
During a wide-ranging 90-minute speech to the US congress of March 4, Donald Trump revisited his determination to “get” Greenland “one way or the other”. Trump said his country needed Greenland “for national security”. While he…
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how effective could it be against Russia?
In February 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron said it was time to reflect on the European dimension of French nuclear deterrence. He proposed a strategic dialogue as well as joint nuclear exercises between European partners. Five years…
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the world according to Putin and Trump
What does an ideal world look like for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump? In a word: ugly.
Trump’s embrace of Russia’s dictator, his bullying of a weakened Ukraine, his musings about new US…
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