Ukraine's new defense minister says wide-scale desertions and draft-dodging are major challenges as Russia's invasion ...

This report is part of the Council Special Initiative on Securing Ukraine’s Future. Executive Summary Ukraine’s long-term stability and security depend on its ability to recover economically. While ...

The far north has long been a region of exceptional international cooperation. But Trump’s designs on Greenland come at a ...

China's trade with Russia in 2025 pulled back from a record level in 2024 and dropped for the first time in five years, ...

Ivan Fedorov, governor of the Zaporizhia region, says it has been under threat since Russia’s full-scale invasion nearly four ...

War-related violence in Ukraine killed 2,514 civilians and injured 12,142 last year, a 31% rise in the number of victims from ...

India is closely watching the US legislation proposing up to 500% tariffs on countries buying Russian crude oil, emphasizing ...

People will be more willing to return if Ukraine is able to regain most of the territory seized by Russia since 2014, Hladun suggests. But anything short of that could leave Ukrainians feeling ...

For many analysts, tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan have reached a critical point, with numerous Iranian and regional ...

Enhe was once home to thousands of ethnic Russians. Under Xi Jinping’s push for ethnic unity, little remains beyond nostalgia ...

A theatre that became one of the bombed out symbols of a Russian siege of the city of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine in 2022 has reopened after a huge redevelopment, Russian authorities have announced.

Moscow-installed authorities marked the reopening of the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater with a gala concert on Sunday night. Images distributed by Russian state media showed the rebuilt venue ...