On Sunday, Russian ships fired on three Ukrainian naval vessels as they passed through the Kerch Strait, a sliver of water that separates Russia from Russian-occupied Crimea. The vessels, which had left the Ukrainian port of Odessa and were heading for the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, were seized, along with 23 crew members. They had […]
Donald Trump likes to shoot from the hip. It has helped him consolidate domestic support, bring North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to the negotiating table, and has led America’s main strategic rival – China – to reassess how it engages with Washington. When it comes to fragile international treaties, however, Trump’s unpredictability is dangerous. His […]
Few things alarm Western capitals quite as much as Russia conducting large-scale military exercises. And Russia’s Vostok exercise, which begins tomorrow in eastern Russia, is certain to cause alarm – involving 300,000 military personnel and 36,000 tanks, it will be the biggest display of the country’s military might since the end of the Soviet Union. Though much […]
