Keeping up morale: Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, with Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, after talks at Nato headquarters, September 28 2023.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Tight contest: there are no clear routes to victory for either of the main parties in the September 30 election.
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Slovakia has steadfastly supported Ukraine in the war, but there are signs this may change after the election.
Pirates leave a Ukrainian merchant vessel for Somalia’s shore in 2008.
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The success of the Somali case illustrates what a high degree of shared interests among international actors can achieve.
Ethnic Armenians flee their enclave in Nagorno-Karabakh along the Lachin corridor.
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The Nagorno-Karabakh crisis is just one part of a very complex issue at the heart of the South Caucasus.
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The war in Ukraine is going to be a test of will, both for Ukraine’s troops and its allies in the west.
The long-range ATACMS missiles that Ukraine desperately wants the US to provide.
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Pressure is mounting on Joe Biden and Nato leaders to supply Kyiv with more – and long-range – weapons.
Ukrainians celebrate on Nov. 12, 2022, in Kherson, Ukraine, after Ukraine regained control of the city.
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For President Zelenskyy and Ukraine’s citizens, the country’s quest for NATO and EU membership is about security – and identity.
Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko with Vladimir Putin at military exercises in Kaliningrad in 2013.
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What are tactical nuclear weapons and would Russia resort to using them in Ukraine?
GOP candidates will likely debate whether the US should continue to pour support into Ukraine’s effort to defeat Russia.
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While a few Republican politicians have aligned with former President Donald Trump’s isolationist foreign policy position, most candidates continue to push for the traditional stance of engagement.
Demonstrators attend a pro-Ukraine rally in Taiwan in February 2023.
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Foreign policy experts are divided on whether Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes it more or less likely that China will launch a similar attack on Taiwan. Here are the arguments on both sides.
A Ukrainian soldier on territory recaptured from Russia in July 2023.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
On the attack: a Ukrainian tank crew on the front line near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s summer push is now showing signs of real progress, but don’t expect an end to the war anytime soon.
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The NATO summit in Vilnius has kicked the prospects of Ukraine’s membership into the long grass. Kyiv, however, has other security tricks up its sleeve.
The July 2023 NATO summit in Lithuania saw movement toward expanding the alliance.
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NATO gets the headlines, but the Five Eyes alliance is another close connection between key Western powers, and it may expand.
Seeking divine help? Neither Moscow nor Minsk wants Wagner Group mercenaries stationed in Belarus to get out of control.
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Wagner Group mercenaries in Belarus remain a worrying wild card with possible consequences for the conflict and the wider region.
South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin (left) talks to China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, prior to an ASEAN meeting last week.
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Beijing has dialled back its aggressive stance and is adopting a more proactive and confident diplomacy to counter US encirclement.
Presidents Biden and Zelenskyy take to the stage.
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As Western leaders depart a crucial summit, a NATO scholar parses what went down.
President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska arrive for a dinner during the Nato summit.
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An aggressive Soviet strategy in Europe prompted the formation of Nato.
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The latest NATO summit has put the spotlight on the global reach of the regional alliance.
President Joe Biden and other world leaders are together at the 2023 NATO summit in Lithuania on July 11, 2023.
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The NATO summit is a chance for world leaders to hash out difficult topics, like the war in Ukraine – and for the US to show off its leadership, writes a former diplomat.