The Ukrainian military announced the beginning of a much-anticipated counteroffensive on Monday, aiming to retake territory in the country’s south. Western weapons, which have helped Ukraine strike...
With Russia causing two migration crises—one by bloodshed in the east and the other by famine in the south—the United States must act now.
Decades of ignoring the menaces posed by Russia and China has led the West to a precipice.
February 24, the day Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, is going down as a turning point in modern history. As we hit the war’s 100-day mark on Friday, one of...
A diplomatic end to Putin’s war is becoming unlikely
The administration’s horror over Putin’s war is not merely performative, but functional—in the service of realigning with Iran
It closed the Turkish Straits to most Russian ships—but also most NATO ships.
Turkey’s strongman leader has expressed support for the besieged country. He has also joined Putin’s assault on the Western media.
As Russian President Vladimir Putin escalates his invasion designed to topple Ukraine’s democratically elected government, Kyiv is pleading for as many anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons as possible....
Even without sanctions, Russia’s war will increase the shortage of oil and gas.
A strategy to contain him should have been implemented years ago
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...
If Turkey joins Syria and Lebanon as the third narco-state in the Eastern Mediterranean, this will only compound the region’s trafficking and money laundering problems, while also presenting illicit non-state actors greater opportunities to exploit.
Growing military cooperation offers Washington a hedge against Ankara and Moscow.
The White House had to walk back his remarks that ‘we have a commitment’ to defend Taiwan against China.
Russia’s and Turkey’s lack of a solid economic performance is what motivates their two leaders’ steady resorting to domestic oppression.
When Mustafa Kyosov arrived at work on 18 July 2012, he did not expect it to be his last day on the job. Originally from Yurukovo in southwestern Bulgaria, Kyosov worked as a tour bus driver around the...
After being protected by Donald Trump, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could soon face US sanctions and political pushback from Joe Biden’s administration that would sour Ankara-Washington relations.
Any adjustments to U.S. force posture in Europe should focus first and foremost on sustaining or strengthening readiness.
At 5:23 p.m. on July 18, 2012, a deadly explosion rocked Bulgaria’s Sarafavo airport near the Black Sea town of Burgas, killing five Jewish Israeli tourists and their Muslim Bulgarian bus driver....