Eurasia

No European country does more than Germany to confront right-wing extremism—namely xenophobic, anti-democratic movements that perpetrate or extoll violence. Since the end of World War II, against the backdrop of the Nazi regime’s crimes, the country has battled far-right extremism in a vast array of ways: using the security apparatus, …

The company has rejected an opportunity to book extra transit capacity through Ukraine and Belarus for the third month running, even as it starts to boost supplies. Gazprom has rejected an opportunity to book extra transit capacity on pipelines to Europe for the third month running, as the energy squeeze …

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed President of Russia Vladimir Putin that Russian and Chinese strategic bombers successfully coped with the assigned tasks during their joint air patrol over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea in the Asia-Pacific region, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. The defense …

It is difficult to speak of European ambitions for international crisis management against the backdrop of the images from Kabul over the past few weeks, which seem to tell a story of the failure of Western interventionist policies. But that discussion is urgently needed. Yes, it will be necessary to …

After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the United States and its allies enjoyed a near monopoly on economic, military and ideological power in a suddenly unipolar world. Over the decade and a half that followed, the U.S. emerged as the dominant power …

Up until the spring, the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar was mainly expressing its opposition to the military junta that seized power in February through peaceful protests. But over the summer, in reaction to the junta’s violent and often lethal response, hundreds of small, armed, civilian resistance groups popped up and …

Ситуація на кордоні між Польщею та Білоруссю дещо стабілізувалася. Однак польські прикордонні служби очікують напливу нових груп мігрантів. За повідомленням прикордонників, дві великі групи намагалися прорватися через кордон: в одній було 500, а в іншій – 50 осіб. Під час інциденту четверо військових отримали поранення. Тим часом Польщу відвідав міністр …

Valko-Venäjän synnyttämän siirtolaiskriisin varjoon on jäänyt monta suuntaa, joilla Venäjä on ollut aktiivinen. Niistä merkittävin on Ukraina. Venäjän presidentti Vladimir Putin esitti taas oman teoriansa Puolan ja Valko-Venäjän rajan siirtolaiskriisistä, kun hän piti torstaina puheen Venäjän ulkoministeriön tilaisuudessa. Putinin mukaan tilanteen taustalla on länsimaiden pyrkimys lisätä jännitettä Venäjän lähellä sijaitsevalla …

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, in Foreign Affairs, I wrote that advanced economies were entering a new age: the age of magic money. Because inflation seemed dormant, central banks faced no penalty for conjuring money out of thin air. And because this money would drive interest rates lower, governments would …

Ominous signs indicate that Russia may conduct a military offensive in Ukraine as early as the coming winter. Moscow has quietly built up its forces along the Ukrainian border over the past several months, which could be a prelude to a military operation that aims to resolve the political deadlock …