Category: Foreign Policy

The US is reportedly sending a number of its secretly purchased Soviet air defense equipment to Ukraine to bolster its air defense capacity.

Could you imagine your country without military security? Probably not. However, this is the case for several countries that do not have their own military forces.

The Patriot air defense systems from Germany and the Netherlands have started to arrive in Slovakia to bolster the alliance’s eastern flank amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Germany is now set to purchase 35 units of the modern and advanced F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet to replace its aging fleet of Tornado aircraft amid Russian threats of nuclear war.

After President Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal, the Kremlin has now threatened to put the US “in their place”.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the US Congress in a historic speech, pleading to US lawmakers to send Ukraine more munitions and implement a no-fly zone. Following the speech, US President Joe Biden approved an additional $800 million security assistance package to Ukraine to help them further repel Russian forces.

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met with Chinese Foreign Policy Adviser Yang Jiechi in Rome to warn China of consequences if it were to help Russia circumvent economic sanctions and supply them with weapons.

Despite Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s openly Chinese-centered foreign policy during his 6-year term, he has now pledged that the Philippines is willing to let the US Armed Forces use Philippine bases in the case that the fighting spills over to Asia.

Two Patriot missile defense systems will be sent to Poland from Germany to prepare their defenses if Russia decides to move further west.

Negotiations and the finalization of the new Iran Nuclear Deal had taken a turn, with talks being paused due to sudden Russian demands linked to their sanctions from their invasion of Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden announced that the US would impose an immediate ban on oil imports from Russia. Gasoline prices are now at an all-time high following the announcement.

President Biden promised that the US would continue assistance to Ukraine during his SOTU address. The White House requested $10 billion to accomplish it.