Strategic Affairs 2025-07-10

The surge reflects Moscow's growing desperation for manpower and highlights North Korea's emergence as a critical lifeline in Russia's war against Ukraine.

Strategic Affairs 2025-07-09

Notable developments included the push for increased defense spending among NATO members.

Strategic Affairs 2025-06-30

The frequency of these purges suggests a deeper concern: loyalty within the ranks is not as steadfast as Xi would like.

Strategic Affairs 2025-06-27

Instead of fostering any semblance of solidarity, Moscow's actions have deepened the divide between Russia and Ukraine and solidified Kyiv's will to resist.

Strategic Affairs 2025-06-23

Pyongyang already has dispatched thousands of troops to help Russia repel Ukrainian forces from the border region. Now North Korea is sending two more military brigades.

Strategic Affairs 2025-06-18

As Moscow faces sanctions and diplomatic isolation from the West over its invasion of Ukraine, it is aggressively seeking influence in Africa.

Strategic Affairs 2025-06-17

Western sanctions have disrupted supply chains, and dozens of consumer brands have left the country, while inflation is now running above 10%.

Strategic Affairs 2025-06-12

The farthest-reaching data leak about nuclear facilities in Russian history unearthed the blueprints of strategic bases. It humiliated a state that repeatedly tries to intimidate the world with nuclear weapons.

Strategic Affairs 2025-06-11

The tank contract underscores Warsaw's strategic pivot toward Seoul as a key defense supplier in its broader push to modernize its military and reinforce NATO's eastern flank.

Strategic Affairs 2025-06-10

The Russian paramilitary group's brutal methods on the ground in Mali have been regularly denounced by human rights groups.