Diplomacy & International Relations

Putin Stalling Ninety Percent Complete Peace Deal (Pavel K. Baev – The Jamestown Foundation)

European, U.S., and Ukrainian officials claim a peace agreement with Russia is 90 percent complete, but the Kremlin’s position remains distant from the draft...

Russia–PRC Technology and Hybrid Operations (The Jamestown Foundation)

Technological innovation is reshaping the modern battlefield. Russia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are combining conventional warfare with electromagnetic disruption, cyber attacks,...

Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Now Longer Than Soviet War Against Hitler (RFE/RL)

Three years. 10 months. 18 days. As of January 12, that’s the amount of time that’s elapsed since Russia launched its all-out assault on...

US weighs next move on Iran – and faces a complex calculation (BBC)

For President Trump, it's decision time. Ten days ago, he said the US was prepared to go to the "rescue" of Iranian protesters if...

Trump threatens 25 percent tariff on ‘any country’ that trades with Iran (Politico)

President Donald Trump threatened Monday to impose a 25 percent tariff on “any country” doing business with Iran, potentially affecting U.S. trade with China,...

Opponents rally for last-ditch bid to derail EU’s Mercosur trade pact (Politico)

Even after most member countries backed the EU’s landmark trade accord with Latin America, opponents of the deal in France, Poland and the European...

Germany and France clash over buying US arms with €90B loan to Ukraine (Politico)

Germany and the Netherlands are at odds with France in seeking to ensure Kyiv will be able buy U.S. weapons using the EU’s €90...

Scoop: Democrat introduces bill to shut down Trump’s Greenland ambitions (Axios)

A House Democrat is introducing legislation that would block President Trump from making good on his threats to either purchase Greenland or take it...

Concerns raised over scope of planned EU-US biometrics deal (EURACTIV)

An EU-US deal under negotiation to allow the transfer of biometric and other sensitive data on European citizens to US authorities in exchange for...

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