Eurasia

After almost two years of work, the first draft of the European Union’s (EU) so-called Strategic Compass was presented on Nov. 15. The objective of this military strategic plan is to agree on a set of proposals to guide the bloc’s defense cooperation efforts for the next five to ten …

Despite difficult relations between the UK and Russia in recent years, their respective approaches to the Middle East show areas of common ground which can be built upon through dialogue. UK–Russia relations have been, at best, complicated over the past decade. This has also been apparent in the Middle East …

Although China’s recent hypersonic missile test is evidence of significant Chinese technological advancement, it does not represent a paradigmatic shift in nuclear deterrence. In October, the Financial Times reported that China’s hypersonic missile test over the summer represented a technological breakthrough for nuclear weapons. The operational proof-of-concept missile flew at …

Tym razem białoruski reżim sztucznie wygenerował powód, dla którego Europa coś od niego może chcieć. Kryzys humanitarny to jedno. Ryzykant czy pragmatyk? Autonomiczny przywódca czy ledwie namiestnik prowincji Rosyjski Bliski Zachód? Co go motywuje? Jakie ma pole manewru? Którego kija się boi, jakich marchewek chce? Kto zdoła odpowiedzieć na te …

Location: Virtually via ZoomGovSubcommittee: Europe, Energy, the Environment and CyberWitnesses:Andrea Kendall-TaylorSenior Fellow and DirectorTransatlantic Security ProgramCenter for a New American Security

Nearly 15,000 Yemeni Houthi fighters have been killed near the strategic city of Marib since June, sources close to the rebels said Thursday, in a rare admission of their casualties during the seven-year war. “The air strikes launched by the Saudi-led military coalition and the battles have killed nearly 14,700 …

This past spring, Russia amassed 100,000 troops and a host of military equipment near the Ukrainian border in a transparent bid to threaten Kyiv; it seemed that an invasion might be imminent. Then, Russia withdrew most of its forces, claiming they had completed a training exercise, and the crisis was …

What happened and who is allegedly involved? On 16 November, a trio of suicide bombers targeted Kampala, Uganda’s capital city, one detonating his vest outside police headquarters and two more blowing themselves up near parliament. The attacks killed at least four other people, according to official reports, and wounded 37 …

The Russian military has successfully test-fired a hypersonic cruise missile against a target in the White Sea waters in northern Russia, amid rising tensions between Moscow and the West over NATO drills and the recent migrant crisis in eastern Europe. The Russian Defense Ministry made the announcement on Thursday, saying …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized the United States, the European Union, and NATO over their stance on the situation in the territories controlled by Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine and other issues, but said his country is ready “for contacts and a dialogue.” In a wide-ranging speech to Foreign …