Diplomacy & International Relations

Russian Authorities Seizing Ukrainian Property to Consolidate Occupation

(Tatiana Vorozhko, Victoriia Novikova - The Jamestown Foundation) Many Ukrainian families have fled the occupied territories of Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion, fearing child...

Moscow Makes a New Step for Annexation of Georgian Territories

(Giorgi Menabde - The Jamestown Foundation) Russia and the de facto government of Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali Region (South Ossetia) signed the Treaty on Deepening...

Who Is Accountable When AI Goes Global?

(Tony Oweke - Council on Foreign Relations) Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly being deployed across borders with no accountability to the populations they...

German-Netherlands Corps to take NATO command role in Estonia, Latvia

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) NATO will strengthen the defense of its eastern flank by tasking the German-Netherlands Corps with the command of allied troops in Estonia...

Russia ratchets up pressure on Armenia ahead of June election

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Russia sharply criticized Armenia on Thursday for drawing closer to the EU, saying it was not pursuing a balanced position towards Moscow...

Islamic State Central Africa Province Adapts to Operation Shujaa

(The Soufan Center) Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) remains resilient, with mobile units active across the forested terrain of eastern Democratic Republic of...

Nearly 500,000 Russian Soldiers Killed In Ukraine Since Start Of All-Out War, British Intelligence Says

(RFE/RL) Nearly 500,000 Russian soldiers are estimated to have been killed in Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine since it began in 2022, a top...

Global news (28 may 2026)

Europe (Max Griera - Politico) The far-right Europe of Sovereign Nations party — home of Alternative for Germany — could be outlawed for failing to...

How The Russian Orthodox Church Targets Anti-War Priests

(Valery Panyushkin and Systema - RFE/RL) For more than 20 years, Father Aleksei Uminsky served as the rector of a church in a quiet...

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