Geopolitics & Worlds

Myanmar’s year of turmoil since the military took power in a coup (Reuters)

Myanmar's military took power in a coup on Feb. 1 last year after complaining of fraud in a November 2020 general election won by...

Philippines’ presidential bet Marcos shuns talk of past atrocities (Reuters)

Philippine presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr has made it clear he will not discuss the past, after dismissing media questions about his father's dictatorial...

NATO sends reinforcements and U.S. puts troops on alert as Ukraine tensions rise (Dmitry Antonov and Sabine Siebold, Reuters)

NATO said on Monday it was putting forces on standby and reinforcing eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets, in what Russia denounced...

Senior U.S. Envoy Leaves Negotiating Team Trying To Revive Iran Nuclear Deal (RFE RL)

A senior U.S. envoy working to revive the Iran nuclear deal has left the negotiating team amid a report of differences of opinion on...

Austin Places 8,500 Troops on Heightened Readiness to Deploy to Europe (US Department of Defense)

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has placed 8,500 U.S. service members to heightened preparedness to deploy given Russia's continuing provocations along its...

US carrier strike group comes under NATO command in the Mediterranean (NATO)

Today (24 January 2022), Allied ships from the NATO Naval Striking and Support Forces Command and the U.S. Sixth Fleet initiated a series of...

Secretary General discusses Russian military build-up, NATO’s Open Door policy with Finland and Sweden (NATO)

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the close partnership of Finland and Sweden with NATO on Monday (24 January 2022). He met with Foreign Minister...

NATO Secretary General takes part in meeting with US President Biden (NATO)

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg took part in a virtual meeting organised by the President of the United States Joe Biden on Russia’s continued...

Readout of the Second Meeting of the White House Competition Council (White House)

This afternoon, the President met with the White House Competition Council in the East Room to discuss actions they have taken to deliver concrete...

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