While EU and Chinese leaders on Thursday (7 December) managed to agree on the need for a more ‘balanced’ trade relationship, they gave little indication of being able to resolve deep-running differences over most issues. The first in-person summit in four years comes as the Chinese leadership is stepping up …

There is often an opinion among the public that small countries cannot be influential and powerful because they are unimportant. Proponents of such a position claim that small states, due to their small surface area and small population, must submit to the larger powers in the region. Such a point …

Battlefield UpdateThis week the main Russian offensive continued to push forward along the eastern axis, with the goals of capturing the remainder of Luhansk Oblast and encircling northern Donetsk. Russian assaults intensified in Kupiansk, Lyman, and the adjacent Bakhmut territory. Supporting offensive activity occurred along the southern axis of assault, …