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The history of warfare has no precedent for what is happening right now in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Never before has a nuclear power plant been on the front line of a

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iran on July 19 to bolster ties with Tehran. In only his second trip abroad after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, Putin met Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

The momentum behind Western sanctions against Vladimir Putin is flagging. Even as the European Union toasts its toughest restrictions yet against the Russian war machine -- including a partial ban on oil imports -- concessions are mounting, from exempting pipeline crude to removing Putin's favorite cleric from the sanctions list.

Sanctions fatigue is next obstacle in confronting Putin

The cost of hitting Putin where it hurts — energy — is preying on many leaders’ minds at a time of high inflation and economic slowdown, as is the grim

Before Putin's new geopolitics turned the world upside down, there was a time not so long ago when Finland and Russia

Russia said the West should have no illusions that Moscow "will simply put up with" the Nordic expansion of the Western military alliance, casting the move as a mistake that would stoke military tension.

<strong>The long read</strong>: For the first time in years, its role has become a topic of furious debate. But what do we talk about when we talk about Nato?

The similarities in the two rival systems are clear

There are several historical referents we should keep in mind about the Ukraine war.