Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are meeting Wednesday to address their usual topics of discussion: bilateral relations, the situation in Syria, and the like. But the mood before the meeting was overshadowed by Erdogan’s recent statements to the United Nations about not recognizing the results of legislative elections in Crimea […]
NATO in Kosovo. NATO peacekeeping forces stepped up ground and air patrols along the Serbian-Kosovar border in response to Belgrade’s reported deployment of tanks...
Background: Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008, less than 10 years after a NATO-led peacekeeping operation began there. Serbia, however, has yet...
German elections. Germany’s Social Democratic Party won the most seats in Sunday’s national elections, narrowly beating Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union. Both parties...
Watching for signs. There are conflicting reports about whether embattled Chinese property giant Evergrande made a major dollar bond interest payment that was scheduled...
Background: The post-Brexit United Kingdom is still trying to define its new role in the international system. London has been trying to replace the...
Get in line. Taiwan formally applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. This makes Taipei the third government to do...
