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Western countries' strategies to contain Russia's influence and power
Russia has clear, long-standing strategic interests in the Arctic — energy, military basing, the Northern Sea Route and resources — and Moscow is watching the Greenland debate closely, but available r...
is not a functioning liberal democracy today: while its constitution proclaims a democratic, law‑bound republic, scholars and international indices characterize the system as authoritarian or illibera...
The question of whether caused the – war cannot be answered with a simple yes or no: repeatedly cited NATO expansion and the prospect of as a principal grievance prior to the 2022 full-scale invasion,...
—rooted in , and 20th‑century thinkers like —views international politics as driven by states’ pursuit of power and a pessimistic reading of human nature, and it remains a live interpretive lens for m...
A rapid takeover or effective control of , and as telegraphed by would aim to consolidate strategic resources, energize an Atlantic–Arctic sphere of influence and reshape regional alignments—but it wo...
Danish and ic officials have framed proposal to as a diplomatic problem to be managed, but one bounded by an unequivocal red line: sovereignty is not for sale or negotiable. and have engaged in trilat...
Western seizures of vessels tied to sanctioned oil flows have prompted sharp diplomatic protests and accusations of illegality from Russia and China, and have accelerated a suite of practical evasions...
Analysts are divided: a substantial school argues NATO’s eastward expansion created the security fears that helped precipitate Russia’s 2022 invasion, a competing school emphasizes Russian agency, imp...