Eurasia

The 27 EU leaders need to unanimously agree on restarting talks with Russia for a meeting to take place. EU leaders on Friday failed to agree on the way forward on relations with Russia, with most of them rejecting a proposal by France and Germany to hold a summit with …

We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of pieces on the impact of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. To complement these articles, we decided to ask a broad pool of experts for their take. As with previous surveys, we approached dozens of authorities with specialized expertise …

Analysts have broadly welcomed the formation of a new cyber unit to coordinate responses among member states to cyber-incidents, though warn its effectiveness could be compromised by distrust toward EU bodies. The European Commission on Wednesday laid out plans to build a new Joint Cyber Unit to coordinate responses among …

U.S. President Joe Biden did not secure a commitment from his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday to renew a U.N. cross-border aid operation into Syria, a senior administration official said ahead of an expected showdown over the issue at the United Nations Security Council next month. Washington and several …

Россия постоянно напоминает Западу о недопустимости провокаций — но никогда еще жизнь так быстро не подтверждала наши слова. Утром в среду на Московской конференции по международной безопасности глава Генштаба Валерий Герасимов заявил, что “действия кораблей США и их союзников у российских границ носят явно провокационный характер”, и привел несколько прошлогодних …

C’est l’une des premières mesures prises par Joe Biden : annuler l’interdiction édictée par Donald Trump de s’engager dans l’armée sous une “identité de genre”, celle que les transgenres peuvent faire reconnaître à l’état-civil. Les soldats qui n’auraient pas passé le cap peuvent aussi, désormais, se faire opérer aux frais …

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has much to lose, both domestically and internationally, if the truth comes out. A muddled debate about the origins of the virus serves China just fine. Evading accountability — and suffering no little negative fallout — for unleashing a pandemic on the world that killed …

Samal ajal kui Eestis peeti võidupüha ja jaanipäeva, tegutsesid Saksamaa ja Prantsusmaa juhid diplomaatilistes ringkondades, et eile-täna Brüsselis toimuval EL-i riigipeade ja valitsusjuhtide kohtumisel võetaks teemaks EL-i ja Venemaa suhete uus strateegia. Angela Merkel ja Emmanuel Macron soovivad muu hulgas, et hakataks jälle pidama EL-i ja Vladimir Putini tippkohtumisi, millele …

Joey Hood, the acting assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, also said the United States expects the elections scheduled for December to take place. After a conference on Libya’s political future ended without a concrete plan for the withdrawal of foreign forces, a top US diplomat expressed optimism …

Bab al-Hawa, the crossing between Turkey and Syria that is the last authorized humanitarian corridor, is at risk of closing if Russia could vetoes a U.N. resolution requiring it to stay open. The U.S. and its allies on Wednesday ramped up the pressure on Russia to allow the continued operation …