The UK needs to find strong partnerships to push back against China, but it may struggle to do so.
Added firepower: US MLRS systems being used during a live-fire training exercise in Minnesota, July 2022.
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In terms of stated war aims, some sort of Russian ‘victory’ — albeit a costly one — is closer than the sort of victory upon which Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pinned his hopes.
Youthful patriotism: Russia’s sense of its own history remains unclear.
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The head of the Russian space agency announced that the country will withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024. A space policy expert explains what this means and why it’s happening now.
Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov are intent on growing Russia’s African influence.
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A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
All smiles: Russian president Vladimir Putin, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan meeting in Tehran, July 2022.
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The United States still sees itself as the world’s one and only superpower… The reality is now quite different: for several years, the country has been undergoing a slow but inevitable decline.
Scenes like this one are becoming increasingly common in the Arctic.
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Polar bears are increasingly seeking sustenance in human trash because of melting sea ice and a loss of hunting opportunities. The result is a rise in human-bear conflict – and dead bears.
A woman runs from a house on fire after shelling in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine in June 2022.
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Russia and other countries and political regimes have a long history of forcing people to move, mostly for security and economic gains.
Members of the Levica party march on a government building during a protest in Skopje, North Macedonia, on July 6, 2022. Thousands of people marched for several nights after French President Emmanuel Macron announced a proposal to enable the country’s admission into the EU that many North Macedonians find controversial.
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The EU is creating resentment in North Macedonia over its feud with Bulgaria. In the midst of the Russia-Ukraine war, it will only serve to benefit Russia in its efforts to undermine the EU.
The Serb leader in Bosnia & Herzogovina, Milorad Dodik, has been an outspoken supporter of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.
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Russia is doing oil and gas deals in the Balkans, where ethnic tensions are on the rise.
While attending the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced sanctions against Russia
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New research shows that at least half of Canadians have encountered pro-Kremlin propaganda online and that those who hold left-leaning views are less susceptible to the Kremlin’s disinformation.