Eurasia

No options should be ruled out when it comes to helping Ukraine. But the idea of transferring UK fighter aircraft makes little military sense. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has asked the Ministry of Defence to provide options for gifting RAF fighter aircraft to Ukraine to help the country defend …

Whether the Ukraine war brings on a global catastrophe will hinge in large part on whether Washington decides to back a Ukrainian effort to retake the Crimean peninsula. The greatest threat of nuclear catastrophe that humanity has ever faced is now centered on the Crimean peninsula. In recent months, the …

Can Moscow Learn From Its Failures in Ukraine? Three months before Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, CIA Director William Burns and U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan met in Moscow with Nikolai Patrushev, an ultra-hawkish adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Burns and Sullivan informed Patrushev that they knew of …

As President Paul Biya turns ninety this week, an escalating power struggle for his position leaves most Cameroonians with little to celebrate. Journalism has long been a dangerous profession in Cameroon, but 2023 has been especially deadly. Just days after the body of muckraking reporter Martinez Zogo was found with …

What the War in Ukraine Has Revealed About Alliances NATO was created to prevent a major war in Europe, a task it accomplished well for many decades. Apart from the brief Kosovo war in 1999, its members never had to fight together or coordinate a joint response to aggression—until a …

America’s Classification Crisis In August 2016, the United States suffered one of the most cataclysmic leaks of classified information in history. An anonymous entity calling itself “the Shadow Brokers” exposed an arsenal of cyberweapons that had been developed—in great secrecy—by the National Security Agency. The intelligence community sprang into damage-control …

Now that Europe is desperate to find new energy suppliers, the resource-rich countries of the Middle East and North Africa are hoping to boost their economy and influence. Europe is unlikely to turn back to Russia for energy even after the warMENA countries have suddenly become much more valuable alliesWorld …

The importance of the Black Sea region was made obvious by the invasion of Ukraine, and the area will likely play an important role in postwar reconstruction. The war in Ukraine has revealed the importance of the Black Sea regionJoint efforts to boost cooperation could unlock the region’s potentialEconomic integration …

Leading nonaligned nations are touted as possible mediators in helping to end Russia’s war on Ukraine. It remains to be seen what role Belgrade will play. Belgrade hosted key events in the nonaligned movement 60 years apartSerbia supports Ukraine’s territorial integrity but refuses to sanction RussiaIn many ways, Serbia’s foreign …

Islamic State has faced considerable losses in recent years, but not enough to permanently prevent the organization from resurging. On February 9, 2022, the United States-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS issued a communique stating that it “remains resolutely committed to achieving the enduring defeat of ISIS. Recent events in …