Joint statement by Lutheran and Orthodox church leaders following a visit to Ukraine (LWI) – Leaders of Lutheran and Orthodox churches in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have denounced th...

The Serbian president has for years pursued a diplomatic balancing act between the European Union and its strong ties with Russia, as well as China

Romania will provide military support to the Republic of Moldova in the event of an invasion by the Russian Federation. This opinion belongs to Romanian expert Cristian Barna and was…

As part of a broader defence line being developed across the Baltic states – Lithuania is planning to restore marshes al...

The defense ministers of the United Kingdom and Germany stated this during ...

For decades, Russia used pipelines to bind Central Asian oil and gas exports to Moscow. Now, that empire is fracturing.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has created a new position to address Russia's forced removal of Ukrainian children from occupied territories.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine will warn partners about Russia’s plan to expand its military use of Belarus and push for tighter sanctions

The war in Ukraine has led to the rise of drones but conventional air power can still dominate the skies.

The UK government has announced a new wave of restrictive measures targeting Russian energy exports, describing them as the "strongest sanctions yet" imposed on Russia.

HUR claims they receive only two weeks of training at the Avangard training center in Moscow Oblast before being sent to the front line.

The Russian submarine Novorossiysk, an Improved Kilo-class vessel, has been forced to limp home to the Baltic after a mechanical failure in the Mediterranean. While some reports exaggerated its plight, the incident exposes the Russian Navy’s declining presence in the region. Since losing its Syrian base at Tartus in 2024 and facing restrictions on movement through the Bosporus, Russia’s Mediterranean task force has largely collapsed. The Novorossiysk’s troubles highlight mounting maintenance issues and the broader erosion of Moscow’s naval reach in the Mediterranean.

In the book “Ecocide in Ukraine,” Ukrainian scholar Darya Tsymbalyuk places the destruction of the Kakhovka dam at the center of a broader look into Russia’s ongoing environmental destruction of Ukrai...

Pennpetro Energy has signed a deal to acquire a 100% stake in a major oil and gas exploration license in western Ukraine, positioning itself to help strengthen Ukraine’s energy independence amid warti...

After years of America weaponizing its control of global chokepoints, Beijing showed it could respond in kind – something it can only do because the West ignored earlier wake-up calls

The UK should coordinate with European partners and local communities to prioritize environmental safeguards while pursuing its strategic supply chain goals.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has redrawn the geopolitical map, intensifying the bifurcation of the global system between Washington and Beijing. For

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