The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is set to become a thing of the past after President Donald Trump announced his intent to ‘get rid of it’.i Trump issued an executive order aimed at overhauling the US foreign aid system, citing misalignment with American interests and values. He …

Washington’s decision to broker an end to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war has caused heartburn and backlash from its European allies and Kyiv. The desire for strategic flexibility, which is as much a function of power as it is of agency, explains in part why Washington has shifted its policy on …

The report “NATO-2030”, presented in early December in Brussels, recognizes Russia as the main threat to the coming decade. The alliance is moving to a deterrence strategy characteristic of the Cold War. Military columnist Alexander Golts believes that the unity of the West is especially evident against the background of …