Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin convened the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States for their annual meeting. The CIS comprises former Soviet satellites and encourages cooperation on all manner of intergovernmental issues, though Moscow is regarded as the first among equals. Their gatherings tend to be informal, often lacking a set agenda, and […]
Modern militaries increasingly depend on the continuous functioning of complex systems rather than on decisive battlefield victories. Military advantages, then, are created less by...
Out with the old. French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that he had given final approval to replace France’s flagship nuclear-powered aircraft carrier....
Postwar agenda. The United States has sent to its European partners a series of documents outlining a plan for Ukraine’s reconstruction and Russia’s return...
Russia and Hungary. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto is in Moscow for economic talks. Accompanying him are the heads of 34 Hungarian companies, including...
Kazakhstan and the EU. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with European Council President Antonio Costa during the latter’s first official visit to Kazakhstan. Tokayev...
Kazakhstan’s decision last month to join the Abraham Accords carries strategic implications that extend far beyond efforts to wind down the eight-decade conflict between...
U.S.-Russia talks. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov and the presidential special envoy on foreign investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, held talks with U.S....
Regional talks. Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Kyrgyzstan for a three-day visit. He met on Wednesday with President Sadyr Japarov to discuss bilateral...
Progress toward peace? Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators met in Geneva and discussed changes to Washington’s 28-point plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war. According to...
Washington's vision. Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Goncharenko revealed on his Telegram channel what he says is the U.S.-drafted 28-point plan to end the war with...
