Escalation in Ukraine. In a video address on Russian TV, President Vladimir Putin said his country on Thursday fired a new, intermediate-range ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. He said modern air defense systems “cannot intercept such missiles.” Putin also said the attack was in response to Ukraine’s use of longer-range U.S. and […]
Freezing Russian supplies. Germany’s Economy Ministry told Deutsche Energy Terminal not to accept any Russian shipments of liquefied natural gas ahead of an expected...
Trump's Ukraine plan. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to end the Ukraine war would be a “capitulation” to the Russians, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser...
On the brink. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed his finance minister on Wednesday, a move that could trigger snap elections. With the firing of...
Rising tensions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is trying to “drag Poland into the war with Russia,” Polish Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Jawkowski said. Jawkowski...
Central Asia has become more geopolitically important lately – not just as the underbelly of its economically challenged and politically isolated neighbor, Russia, but...
The great power competition currently underway has created space for second-tier states, or middle powers, to emerge as strong as ever. Alarmed by the...
Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan. The president of Iraq's Kurdish region, Nechirvan Barzani, arrived in Ankara on Wednesday. He met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
