Opinion Sep 19, 2024Nov 12, 2024 Political will or death: White House hesitation costs Ukraine billions in military aid CNN, citing two anonymous military sources, recently reported that the Pentagon had started providing Ukraine with smaller batches… Alex Johnson
Opinion Sep 12, 2024Nov 12, 2024 Rebel Land: The anomalous success of the far-right in Thuringia will not be a blueprint for Germany The election results in the German federal states of Saxony and Thuringia have hit the federal government hard:… Alex Johnson
Opinion Sep 10, 2024Nov 12, 2024 They’ll be back: Islamic State presents an increasing threat in Western Europe Islamic State is once again grabbing headlines: rioters in Russian penal facilities in Volgograd and Rostov regions declared… Alex Johnson
Opinion Aug 30, 2024Nov 12, 2024 Punishment as a crime. Why Russia’s penitentiary system is to blame for recent inmate riots The tragedy at Russia’s penal colony IK-19, where a group of convicts took their guards hostage, brutally murdering… Alex Johnson
Opinion Aug 26, 2024Nov 12, 2024 Hard-won, not granted: Ukraine celebrates its independence thanks to its armed forces – and despite Moscow On Aug. 24, Ukraine celebrated its most important state holiday: Independence Day. Contrary to false claims made by… Alex Johnson
Opinion Aug 20, 2024Nov 12, 2024 Better to ask for forgiveness than for permission: Ukraine’s unexpected Kursk operation caught both Russia and the U.S. off guard The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are continuing their offensive in Russia’s Kursk Region, reportedly destroying the third… Alex Johnson
Opinion Aug 20, 2024Nov 12, 2024 When the cost matters: Why a peace treaty is possible on Gaza but not Ukraine In recent months, the topic of peace talks has increasingly been in the headlines, both in relation to… Alex Johnson
Opinion Aug 12, 2024Nov 12, 2024 Loser stays: Venezuela’s Maduro is clinging to power like Lukashenko in Belarus, but all is not yet lost for the opposition Venezuela has been riven by protests since its incumbent president, Nicolas Maduro, declared himself the winner of falsified… Alex Johnson
Opinion Aug 06, 2024Nov 12, 2024 Believers vs. thieves: Why the terrorist underground revival in the Caucasus caught the Kremlin unawares In the month after the June 23 terror attacks in Derbent and Makhachkala, Russia’s Dagestan region outlawed wearing the niqab… Alex Johnson
Opinion Aug 05, 2024Nov 12, 2024 Verbal interventions: Iran promises Israel retribution for the assassination of Hamas leader, but has no means to respond The assassination in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s political bureau, presents a significant challenge for… Alex Johnson