Border crisis. The situation at the Polish-Belarusian border is still tense. Last night, scores of immigrants tried to breach Poland’s border, at least according to the defense minister. And now the blame game has officially begun. Poland’s prime minister accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of orchestrating the crisis at the border. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg […]
Despite the internal economic difficulties caused by the COVID-19 lockdowns and sanctions pressure, Russia has continued to expand its influence in Central Asia using...
Nuclear buildup. China is planning to quadruple its stockpile of deliverable nuclear weapons by 2030, according to the latest version of the Pentagon’s annual...
Syrian maneuvers. Russia and Syria conducted several simultaneous joint flight exercises from Syrian airfields. The main maneuvers took place around the Tiyas air base,...
Sudan coup. Sudanese forces detained Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other Cabinet members and announced the dissolution of the transitional government. The army chief...
Beijing versus energy prices. Shortly after coal and oil futures in China reached all-time highs on Tuesday, the government began signaling that a series...
China’s power crisis. Beijing is moving to liberalize electricity pricing in the country, while also surging imports of both coal and natural gas (including,...
Agreeing to disagree. U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke Tuesday and, according to Biden, agreed to preserve the "Taiwan agreement,"...
