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Why Russia cannot help but invade

The planned Trump-Putin summit in Budapest has been shelved. The White House says there's no point meeting unless "we're ...
In the summer of 1941, German troops advanced rapidly. Twenty-year-old Nikolai Kutovsky had not even been drafted into the ...
The Global Firepower organization has just announced the Global Military Power Rankings 2025, according to which the US, Russia, China, India and South Korea will be the world leaders in military ...
Fireworks lit up the night sky in Moscow on Friday for the Victory Day celebrations, marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Russia marked the Victory Day with a ...
Despite U.S. interest in deeper military ties with Vietnam, the Nov. 2 visit by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not yield ...
Fifty years ago, in November 1975, a political officer in the Soviet Union’s Baltic Fleet launched an armed mutiny in hopes ...
For decades, Washington and Moscow relied on mutual deterrence and meticulous arms control treaties to ensure nobody crossed ...
A foresight-based look at Ukraine and global politics—six scenarios shaped by sovereignty, power, and the future of the ...