After the collapse of the Soviet Union, little has been done to contain Russia’s consolidated dominance in the murky waters of the Black Sea.

The White House is wagging its finger, the Brits and other Europeans will be alongside Ukraine and Turkey has high hopes. And when they all come together in Istanbul on Monday for ceasefire talks with Russia the Kremlin’s reaction will be “ish-to” – so what?

Russia is prepared to consider a ceasefire in Ukraine to pave the way for a lasting settlement, but during any truce Moscow wants Western states to stop arming Kyiv and for Ukraine to stop mobilising troops,

The country exported over £670 million worth of ammunition to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began in 2022, albeit via third countries, it has been reported.

A week of geopolitical maneuvering and high-stakes energy developments sees China encroaching on Russian influence, Ukraine resisting power annexation, and global powers reshaping alliances through oil,

Estonia is at the forefront of Europe’s bid to fend off anticipated Russian hybrid attacks. Longtime Estonia observer and Deutsche Welle reporter Ben Bathke reports.

At the crack of dawn, a dozen U.S. Marines recently took position in a field on this sleepy Swedish island about 200 miles from the Russian city of Kaliningrad and fired their mobile rocket system. The dummy munitions splashed into the Baltic Sea,

THEODORE BUNZEL is Managing Director and head of Lazard Geopolitical Advisory. He has worked in the political section of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and at the U.S. Treasury Department.

Robust American LNG exports to Europe are a direct challenge to Russia’s capacity to finance its revisionist foreign policy.

Germany is set to finance the production of long-range missiles in Ukraine after the two countries agreed a defence-sector pact.Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made the the announcement alongside German chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin,