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Moldova’s push toward the European Union is now about more than accession. It is a test of whether reform can reduce Russia’s leverage.

Strategic Affairs 2026-06-01

Gulf states widen their strategic options

Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar are using trade, energy and diplomacy to build autonomy without turning away from established partners.

Moldova’s push toward the European Union is now about more than accession. It is a test of whether reform can reduce Russia’s leverage.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-27

India's strategic autonomy faces a sharper test

New Delhi's multi-alignment strategy has expanded its leverage, but deeper exposure to Russia, BRICS divisions and volatile energy routes is raising the cost of strategic ambiguity.

Moldova’s push toward the European Union is now about more than accession. It is a test of whether reform can reduce Russia’s leverage.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-19

Inside Russia's campaign of self-deception

A recent intelligence report reveals how the Kremlin is insulating President Vladimir Putin from the truth about the Ukraine war, which risks distorting long-term strategic calculations.

Moldova’s push toward the European Union is now about more than accession. It is a test of whether reform can reduce Russia’s leverage.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-18

Pacific allies move to blunt China's undersea push

Regional powers are accelerating defense measures as Beijings ocean mapping campaign signals broader ambitions to project power beyond the First Island Chain.

Moldova’s push toward the European Union is now about more than accession. It is a test of whether reform can reduce Russia’s leverage.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-15

Paraguay's steadfast Taiwan alliance defies Beijing's pressure

Paraguay has shown how a small nation can blend principle with pragmatism to resist great-power coercion and strengthen broader international stability.

Moldova’s push toward the European Union is now about more than accession. It is a test of whether reform can reduce Russia’s leverage.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-13

Ukraine dismantles myth of inevitable Russian victory

Ukraine's battlefield innovation is challenging Russia's claim of inevitable victory as drones, digital tools and targeted strikes reshape the war.

Moldova’s push toward the European Union is now about more than accession. It is a test of whether reform can reduce Russia’s leverage.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-11

China's expanding seabed mapping exposes the Pacific's digital fault lines

A new risk is coming into sharper focus: the vulnerability to undersea cables that carry the data, money and communications on which modern economies depend.

Moldova’s push toward the European Union is now about more than accession. It is a test of whether reform can reduce Russia’s leverage.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-11

Artemis II: a new era of human spaceflight

The lunar flyby reinforced the strategic value of international partnerships amid growing competition, setting the stage for sustained lunar operations and norm-setting in cislunar space.

Moldova’s push toward the European Union is now about more than accession. It is a test of whether reform can reduce Russia’s leverage.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-04

China's dual-use deception: using research as cover for military planning

Beijing is weaponizing civilian research vessels and university labs to map the seabed for submarines and 'kill webs', but the U.S. and its allies retain the decisive undersea advantage.

Moldova’s push toward the European Union is now about more than accession. It is a test of whether reform can reduce Russia’s leverage.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-01

North Korea's nuclear push strains peninsula stability

Pyongyang is sharpening its rhetoric and expanding its arsenal, but the regime remains brittle and is leaning harder on coercion as allied coordination continues across the peninsula.