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Leaders of the Western military alliance meet in Lithuania with the ongoing war in Ukraine as a backdrop.
Given the tensions with Russia and China, there is a clear need for greater cooperation among a larger group of countries to effectively counter the two, both in Asia and Europe.
A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Nato leaders meet in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius next week - it won’t be plain sailing.
With a visit to NATO in July, and a decision due on joining the AUKUS security pact, Chris Hipkins’ visit to China has been well timed to avoid any further provocations.
A historian explains how Russian President Vladimir Putin, weakened by a short-lived mutiny, might find a path to peace with Ukraine.
Putin was put on the defensive during an increasingly rare Q&A over the war’s progress. Meanwhile, disquiet among potential rivals is growing.
Brazil and India are among the countries pointedly not taking sides over the war in Ukraine. But this is not the nonaligned movement of yesteryear.
Ukraine’s recapture of villages in the Donetsk region in early June raises a myriad of questions.
The UK leader’s visit to the US comes amid trouble at home, with low ratings for his Conservative Party. But don’t expect much joy for Sunak on trade or Northern Ireland.
It may be half-a-world away, but the war in Ukraine is escalating geopolitical tensions everywhere – including between China and the US, with major implications for New Zealand foreign policy.
Once again ethnic tensions have boiled over in Kosovo.
Long-term Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was reelected with 52% of the vote. Will he push the country further down an autocratic, anti-West path?
NATO’s growing presence in the Pacific evokes a painful history that the western world has never confronted or fully acknowledged.
Papua New Guinea’s relative proximity to both China and Australia could give the US a military advantage in the Pacific region.
Whoever wins, the road ahead does not look pretty.
The author was part of a delegation to Kyiv of military, intelligence and diplomatic experts. Here are his impressions.
Canadians are dubious about boosting defence spending for an array of reasons. It’s time for politicians and pundits not to admonish them, but to listen to them.
The current focus by extra-regional actors is an elite project that undermines a maritime security strategy that would benefit the African people.
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