China's balancing act on Russian invasion of Ukraine explained
Mar 12, 2022 11:11 am UTC| Insights & Views
Russia has few friends in the international community following its invasion of Ukraine. But China, which shares a 2,672-mile (4,300-kilometer) border with Russia, is among the handful of nations that has refused to...
Mar 11, 2022 17:03 pm UTC| Politics
The prospect of a nuclear exchange between Russia and the United States seemed, until recently, to have ended with the Cold War. Threats by Russian President Vladimir Putin to use the weapons to keep NATO out of the...
Could the Ukraine invasion spark a global financial crisis?
Mar 07, 2022 11:06 am UTC| Economy
The Russian assault on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities has intensified uncertainty in the world economy. To condemn Putins war, western leaders announced some restrictive economic measures to target Russian financial...
Russia's nuclear power exports: will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?
Mar 07, 2022 10:13 am UTC| Politics
Russias invasion of the Ukraine has led to massive sanctions and resulted in heavy blows to its economy. It has also led to unprecedented condemnation of Russias leadership, as well as growing international...
Ukraine invasion: Why Canada should rethink its approach to economic sanctions
Mar 07, 2022 10:11 am UTC| Politics
Western countries have imposed massive sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. The West has increasingly relied on economic sanctions to punish or change the policies of foreign governments in the last...
Mar 02, 2022 08:29 am UTC| Politics
If youd asked experts just a fortnight ago what the key features of Germanys approach to foreign and defence policy were, there would have been several strands. Alignment with the west, and of course membership of the EU...
Ukraine: ICC launches war crimes investigation – here's how it will work
Mar 02, 2022 08:25 am UTC| Politics
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced an investigation into alleged war crimes being committed in Ukraine. What exactly does that mean and what will be involved? The investigation was requested by the...
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