Alexander Lukashenko

Putin’s Knee-Jerk Nuclear Saber-Rattling

This week the Kremlin is signaling that further escalation remains on the table, with some Russian officials reportedly discussing nuclear weapons as a last resort, Bloomberg reports. The...

Belarus Highlights Contribution to Russia’s Defense Industrial Base

As the United States and allies met in Turkey for the NATO summit, Russia hosted its own parley aimed at strengthening a technological bloc to compete with the West. Addressing the INNOPROM exhibition,...

The mission behind Trump’s Board of Peace is simple — and critics keep getting it wrong

President Trump is making big moves the world over. From nabbing Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to threatening the conquest of Greenland to pushing for a Ukraine-Russia cease-fire,...

Vladimir the Terrible

Trump needs to make Putin recalculate the costs and benefits of his war

Pressure Putin

That’s what Trump must do to achieve a ceasefire

The CSTO: With Friends Like the Kremlin, Who Needs Enemies?

Armenia’s snubbing of the latest Moscow-led summit may be the first indication that Russia’s allies are beginning to realize that the glue that binds is past its sell-by date.

Will the Russia-Ukraine War lead to World War III?

So far, the conflict has remained within manageable bounds for the international community, but the prospect of further conflagration is not far off.

Putin’s soft underbelly is ripe for revolt

It's wrong to assume Russia's 'allies' will forever be loyal to Moscow - often the reverse is true. The West can exploit this

The rise and fall of Putin’s warlord

Yevgeny Prigozhin sought more than wealth and power

Yes, Xi Jinping is a dictator, and he should be proud of it

What’s Xi Jinping getting his knickers in a knot about? Was it a diplomatic faux pas for President Biden to call him — at a campaign fundraiser — a “dictator”? Of course. Was...

After Wagner Group’s failed coup, spread the word: Putin is vulnerable

In response to Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin’s threat over the weekend, Russian President Vladimir Putin refrained from any serious counteraction as Wagner troops neared the city. Prigozhin...

Russia-Georgia 2008: a Blueprint for Russia-Ukraine 2022?

The Olympics were about to start in Beijing. Thousands of miles to the west, Russia was wrapping up a big military exercise in a border region. Across the border, women and children were evacuated from...

The empires strike back

America is threatened by neo-imperialists

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: November

Swift trans-Atlantic action kept Turkey from fueling Belarus’ hybrid attacks

Following her meeting with President Biden at the White House last Wednesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated on Twitter that the rising tensions on the Belarus-Poland border...

Turkish Airlines in EU Crosshairs for Facilitating Lukashenko’s “Hybrid Warfare” With Belarus Flights

The European Union reportedly has Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s national flag carrier, in its crosshairs due to the airline’s alleged role in trafficking migrants to Belarus. If Brussels goes forward with...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early August

Dear Captain Sully: Fasten your Seatbelt

You already have decades of experience navigating the skies. Now, you will need to navigate the realm of multilateral diplomacy.

ICAO’s Authoritarian Test

When Belarus’ authoritarian strongman, Aleksandr Lukashenko, personally dispatched a fully armed MiG-29 fighter jet to intercept Ryanair Flight FR4978 in order to arrest a journalist and regime critic,...

Biden-Erdogan Meeting Suggests No Quick Fixes in U.S.-Turkish Relations

Real rapprochement between the US and Turkey may have to wait the result of Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections in 2023.