A deepening spat between Russia and Azerbaijan shows Vladimir Putin's waning influence in the South Caucasus, analysts have ...

Vladimir Putin’s worldview, forged in the rigid, zero-sum logic of Soviet-era geopolitics, is central to this strategy. His ...

Officials in three of the five Russian regions bordering Ukraine have been accused of embezzling funds for border defenses.

Elbridge Colby wants the U.S. military to pivot toward Asia, even if it means turning away from Europe and the Middle East.

In June 2025, Kyiv destroyed a third of Russia’s nuclear bomber fleet in a meticulously planned strike codenamed “Operation ...

A sweeping cyberattack has forced hundreds of pharmacies across Russia—primarily in Moscow—to shut down, per reports. The ...

The director of national intelligence told Americans this week that what everyone has known about the 2016 election is backwards.

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s document releases about the Obama administration’s review of the 2016 election are leading President Trump to call for prosecution of former ...

Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that ...

A problem with lengthy sanctions regimes is that as trade diminishes, they tend to become less effective. As economist Albert Hirschman argued in his seminal work on trade and power, trade is both a ...

A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, saying the request doesn’t meet any of the ...