Ukraine Recap: Russian threats, Europe frets and China rises
Jul 18, 2022 07:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Vladimir Putins imperial ambitions in Ukraine, dressed up for domestic consumption as a military operation to de-Nazify the country, have sent a shiver of apprehension through the rest of the region. In Moldova,...
Ukraine conflict: how China could follow Russia's playbook to increase its own powers
Jul 14, 2022 15:34 pm UTC| Politics
Amid the restructuring of the global order that has been accelerated by Russias invasion of Ukraine, the evolving position of China had been lost in the fog of war. The heads of the UKs security service (MI5) and US...
As China flexes its muscles in the Indo-Pacific, Canada and Australia must step up
Jul 14, 2022 15:34 pm UTC| Politics
Neither Canada nor Australia currently has a comprehensive strategy for the Indo-Pacific region. But its essential that both develop one given the rapidly evolving environment in the area. First, NATO recognized the...
Ukraine war: Russia's G20 walkout heightens tensions at fractious summit as China's rise continues
Jul 13, 2022 14:26 pm UTC| Politics
While G20 foreign ministers were meeting in Bali, Indonesia, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, threatened further escalation in his war against Ukraine, announcing to the world that by and large, we have not started...
Jokowi's visits to Russia and Ukraine are more about domestic gains than the global interest
Jul 07, 2022 16:08 pm UTC| Politics
After the recent diplomatic visits of Indonesian President Joko Jokowi Widodo to Ukraine and Russia, some Indonesian politicians and public figures have suggested that the Indonesian leader should earn the Nobel Peace...
Ukraine is losing this war at the moment. The west needs to massively step up its military aid
Jul 07, 2022 03:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
For a few weeks Ive been in Kyiv, partly as a visiting fellow at leading Ukrainian thinktank the Transatlantic Dialogue Center. Kyiv is an astonishingly elegant and beautiful city; a premier league European capital. The...
Ukraine: US deploys more troops in eastern Europe -- here's how it compares with the cold war
Jul 04, 2022 16:39 pm UTC| Politics
US president Joe Biden is beefing up the US military presence in eastern Europe as a reaction to the Ukraine war. Biden plans to redeploy troops from Germany to Poland and Romania and send more destroyers to strengthen...
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