Strategic Affairs 2025-12-19

North Korea confirmed in April that it had deployed troops to support Russia and that its soldiers had been killed in combat.

Strategic Affairs 2025-12-18

'Russia remains a threat today, tomorrow and in the foreseeable future for the whole of Europe,' said Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo.

Strategic Affairs 2025-12-16

As desertions soar across the Russian army, radical nationalists are dragging AWOL soldiers from their homes while the state looks the other way.

Strategic Affairs 2025-12-15

Russian hybrid attacks have prompted some NATO members to call for a more aggressive approach against Moscow's meddling.

Strategic Affairs 2025-12-12

Under mounting state pressure, Russian educators navigate fear, confusion and resistance while delivering an increasingly politicized curriculum.

Strategic Affairs 2025-12-08

The bloc says the move is aimed at countering a raw earths 'racket' run by Beijing.

Strategic Affairs 2025-12-05

As Moscow triples prosthetics spending, a generation of wounded soldiers faces neglect, failing care and a system buckling under its own war casualties.

Strategic Affairs 2025-12-04

The government has directed manufacturers to include it on all new phones and tablets, while simultaneously blocking calls on its foreign-owned rivals in what critics have called a brazen attempt to force users to switch.

Strategic Affairs 2025-12-03

To conquer Taiwan, an island of 23 million people with a well-trained military and mountainous terrain, experts estimate China would need to land between 300,000 and 1 million troops.

Strategic Affairs 2025-12-02

The announcement comes more than three and a half years into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with Macron and other French officials warning that Moscow risks not stopping at Ukraine's borders.