Eurasia

A Russian military tugboat carrying a surface-to-air missile launcher to Snake Island in the Black Sea sank after two Ukrainian missiles struck it, Kyiv announced Friday. The Russian Black Sea Fleet tugboat Spasatel Vasily Bekh was part of an effort in recent weeks to resupply the contested, strategic island about …

“Chinese thinkers have clearly stated that the core operational concept of intelligentized warfare is to directly control the enemy’s will. The idea is to use AI to directly control the will of the highest decision-makers, including the president, members of Congress, and combatant commanders, as well as citizens.” — Colonel …

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Macron, Scholz, Draghi plus prezydent Rumunii odwiedzili Ukrainę, gdy w Europie narastają nastroje antywojenne. Wizyta zbiegła się z sondażem europejskiej Rady Polityki Zagranicznej, niezależnej „fabryki myśli”. Z sondażu wynika, że Europa pragnie jak najszybszego zakończenia wojny w Ukrainie, nawet za cenę ustępstw wobec Rosji Putina. Wśród narodów objętych badaniem wyróżnia …

The Iranian delegation led by senior adviser to the Iranian foreign minister for special political affairs, Ali Asghar Khaji, met with the Russian delegation on the first day of the 18th round of the international meetings of the Astana process in the Kazakh city of Nur Sultan. During the meeting, …

The conflict in Ukraine will have major strategic consequences for Chinese foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific. It will promote the deepening of Russian–Chinese economic cooperation that will make both countries more resilient to Western economic pressure. Long-term instability in Europe will make it more difficult for the United States to …

Kyiv’s Theory of Victory As Russia’s all-out war of aggression in Ukraine drags on for a fourth consecutive month, calls for dangerous deals are getting louder. As fatigue grows and attention wanders, more and more Kremlin-leaning commentators are proposing to sell out Ukraine for the sake of peace and economic …

President Macron’s aspiration to mediate between Putin, who does not respect him, and Ukraine, which does not trust him, is damaging French influence at a time when European leadership is critical. French President Emmanuel Macron has once again put himself forward as the leading voice for a negotiated end to …

In the gathering war of attrition in Ukraine, Russia has the upper hand – and Ukraine’s only hope is for international support to now be stepped up. The Russian war in Ukraine is entering its third stage and is finally becoming a war of attrition. This requires readiness not only …

In recent years, hard-line views once limited to ultra-nationalist Russian politicians like Vladimir Zhirinovsky have increasingly been espoused by the highest levels of the country’s leadership. How has this happened? The war in Ukraine has prompted much soul-searching among Russia watchers and policymakers, to try to consider where we might …