The US decided to redeploy its nuclear weapons in the UK.  Is the world facing a new arms race between NATO and Russia?

Military Affairs

The recent decision by the United States to deploy nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom for the first time in...

Andreas Umland: Four Challenges Facing a Ukrainian-Russian Truce. Part III: The Crimean Conundrum

Geopolitics Military Affairs

Executive Summary There is currently an intense debate about scenarios for ending, or at least freezing, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine....

Andreas Umland: Four Challenges Facing a Ukrainian-Russian Truce. Part II: Domestic Hindrances for a Russian-Ukrainian Truce

Strategic Thinking

Picture credit: designed by artist Boris Groh/Ukraine Postal Service Summary There is intense public debate over when and how to...

Peace talks may end bloody war in Ethiopian Tigray region

Geopolitics Global Agenda

Delegates of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) met in Pretoria, South Africa...

Denmark joins the EU’s common defence policy 30 years after opting out

Geopolitics Military Affairs Non-Military Security

Denmark agreed to join the EU’s common security and defence policy in a referendum triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine....