Eurasia

At a weekend summit, six party heads charted a path to ending the executive presidential system that critics say has eroded the country’s democratic institutions. Leaders of six Turkish opposition parties convened this past weekend in Ankara to chart a path back from the executive presidential system, which they say …

NATO’s top official cast doubt Tuesday on a Russian claim that it had begun pulling some forces away from Ukraine’s borders, saying Moscow still has enough firepower assembled to launch a cross-border invasion on short notice. “So far, we have not seen any de-escalation on the ground,” NATO Secretary-General Jens …

Russia is prepared to fire on foreign ships and submarines that illegally enter its territorial waters, according to a senior official quoted by an independent Russian news agency. Any decision to attack would be taken only at the “highest level,” said Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov, deputy head of the main operational department …

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., are among the 3,000 additional U.S. troops deploying to Poland to help NATO allies fortify their defenses as a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine looms, Army officials said Tuesday. A U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity Friday, omitted …

President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine remains despite claims from Russian officials that they prefer a diplomatic resolution to the ongoing tensions in Eastern Europe. Biden said he would welcome continued diplomatic talks, though military analysts “indicate that [Russian forces] remain very …

A Russian Ministry of Defence spokesman has announced that Russia will begin withdrawing troops from the Ukraine border saying these units have completed their military training exercises in the region. “Units of the southern and western military districts, having completed their tasks, have already begun loading onto rail and road …

While the U.S. warns that Russia could invade Ukraine any day, the drumbeat of war is all but unheard in Moscow, where pundits and ordinary people alike don’t expect President Vladimir Putin to launch an attack on its ex-Soviet neighbor. The Kremlin has cast the U.S. warnings of an imminent …

Greek-Turkish relations are not moving forward. The (Greek) prime minister may have started his administration believing that progress could be made, but today the impasse is obvious and no light can be seen at the end of the tunnel. Greece, Turkey and Cyprus have entered a pre-election trajectory. It has …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that he welcomed a security dialogue with the West, and his military reported pulling back some of its troops near Ukraine. But U.S. President Joe Biden said the U.S. had not verified Russia’s claim and that an invasion was still a distinct possibility. Putin …

As soon as Moscow received an American response to its security demands in Ukraine, it answered indirectly by announcing greater military integration between it and three South American countries, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba. Washington’s response, on January 26, to Russia’s demands of withdrawing NATO forces from Eastern Europe and ending …