Violent extremism is escalating in West Africa’s coastal states. This is terrifying for citizens but is just the tip of the insurgency iceberg. Under the surface lies a covert network that ensures terrorism continues in the region. Evidence is emerging that jihadists’ activities within and through coastal states are enabling …

Four days into the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine on February 27, 2022, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu declared that the operation in question was a “war.” He explained to CNN Türk, “Under these conditions, we will apply the Montreux agreement. Article 19 is pretty clear. In the beginning, it …

Oddanie polskich MiG-ów do dyspozycji USA i ich start z bazy USA-NATO w Ramstein budzi poważne obawy dla całego Sojuszu Atlantyckiego - — powiedział wczoraj rzecznik Pentagonu John Kirby, odnosząc się do polskiej oferty przekazania myśliwców. Przypomnijmy, że Warszawa zaproponowała, by nasze samoloty przejęli Amerykanie, i poprzez bazy w Niemczech …

Der russische Präsident will seinen Überfall auf die Ukraine zu einem grösseren Kampf stilisieren. Umlackierte polnische Jets wären genau das, was Wladimir Putin sich wünscht. Es ist verständlich, dass der ukrainische Präsident Wolodimir Selenski alles versucht, um an Waffen zu kommen, mit denen sein Land sich gegen den russischen Überfall …

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having an impact well beyond Europe. Follow along for the latest updates affecting the Mideast region. Here’s what we’ve seen so far: Turkey has been testing its ties with Moscow by sending armed drones to Kyiv and invoking a 1936 treaty to limit Russian warships’ …

A key factor that explains Vladimir Putin’s military invasion of Ukraine is traditional Russian imperialism. Throughout the world’s long and bloody history, other powerful territories (and, later, nations) expanded their lands through imperial conquest, including Rome, China, Spain, France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and the United States. Russia was no exception. …

The suspected ISIS militants retreated after almost 15 minutes of fighting, the source added. Residents of the Kurdish-majority Mansoor village in eastern Kirkuk’s Daquq district repelled a suspected ISIS attack on Tuesday evening without suffering any causalities. The suspected ISIS militants attacked a checkpoint near the village, a resident, who …

Scarcely more than a week ago, Chinese social media and the country’s internet were ablaze with quick takes from both prominent commentators and ordinary folks praising Russian President Vladimir Putin’s armed bid to subdue Ukraine, as well as with fervent celebrations of what many in China saw as a toothless …

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, India—which is currently a nonpermanent member of the United Nations Security Council—has drawn scrutiny for having abstained multiple times on votes in the Security Council, U.N. General Assembly and U.N. Human Rights Council on resolutions criticizing the Russian aggression. Instead, the Indian Mission at …

Viewing the Ukraine war as starting with the current Russian invasion leads to very different conclusions than if you consider that the starting point of this war was the 2014 US-orchestrated coup in Ukraine. The coup, which had elements of an authentic popular revolt, has been used by outside powers …