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.

Strategic Affairs 2025-06-03

Britain's strategic review recommends an 'always on' domestic munition production capacity, ramping up munition stockpiles and increasing investment in long-range strike systems.

Strategic Affairs 2025-05-29

The planned maritime security hub 'will be Europe's early warning system in the Black Sea,' according to the EU.

Strategic Affairs 2025-05-27

While it could take years for Russia to build up sufficient forces to launch an assault on Finland, the effort is already well under way, analysts warn.

Strategic Affairs 2025-05-23

The destroyer may have been developed with Russian assistance, potentially in exchange for Pyongyang supplying arms or even troops to support Moscow's war in Ukraine, say observers.

Strategic Affairs 2025-05-20

More than a dozen senior military and defense officials have been charged with corruption or abuse of power.