Russia

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has promised to send more troops near Nordic countries.

Japan will double its defense spending in the face of emerging threats by China, North Korea and Russia, and may even build a new aircraft carrier, but it it may be feeding the dragon it wants to defend itself from as well.

At the G20 summit in Bali in November, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky announced a new ten-point plan to end hostilities.

Not since the 1970s oil crisis has the west seen such a focus on energy security. Suddenly in 2022 it became a critical part of the battle for Ukraine.

It has been a turbulent year in Russian-Kazakh relations. Russia’s oil rich neighbour, which straddles central Asia and eastern Europe, started the year by asking for Russia’s help in restoring stability after protests erupted in its major cities.

If you expected things to come to a grinding halt for a few months as winter takes hold in Ukraine and Russia, it looks as if you may need to think again.

In order to meet a soaring demand for artillery shells from allies fighting Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine, the United States Army wants to nearly triple production in the coming years.

The battle for Bakhmut is a critical test of Russia’s prospects in Ukraine.

More and more Russian mercenary air force jets are losing in the Ukraine-Russia war.

An apparent cluster munitions strike hit Kherson in Ukraine.

With the reality of increasingly dangerous and hostile regional neighbors becoming a threat, the Japanese government has taken a big step to double its defense spending and is reconsidering the necessity of having to strike potential adversaries first in self-defense.

The release from Russian prison of WNBA star Britney Griner has been greeted with general delight in the United States.