Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced over the weekend that he replaced his defense minister with someone new – unsurprising, given the exhaustion the minister...
Editor's note: To mark the Labor Day holiday, we are republishing this article, originally released in 2020.
Labor Day became an American Federal Holiday in...
Russian connection. A delegation of Russian officials led by the deputy defense minister, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, met on Thursday with Burkina Faso’s president, Ibrahim Traore,...
There is growing international concern about a potential conflict between China and India over their disputed border in the Himalayas. However, the possibility of...
Easing tensions. The International Atomic Energy Agency will announce next month that Iran is slowing its rate of accumulating weapons-grade uranium, according to a...
As a geopolitical actor, Turkey’s greatest advantage is its domination of intersections. It sits at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa, and it...
Pushing back. France’s ambassador to Niger, Sylvian Itte, is remaining in the country, according to French President Emmanuel Macron, despite the military junta’s demand...
Backlash. Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush was suspended after Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said he had met with her in Italy and discussed...
Diplomatic exchanges don’t carry much geopolitical weight by themselves. Even the truly monumental moments in international affairs are made possible by months if not...
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