Papua New Guinea’s relative proximity to both China and Australia could give the US a military advantage in the Pacific region.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, met with his then-Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in March 2022 in Huangshan.
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China and Russia’s relationship is complex. But China’s decision to support Russia’s war on Ukraine could ultimately come down to China’s own political interests.
Washington has pledged to supply Ukraine with its sophisticated Patriot surface-to-air missile systems.
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Lend-lease is a mechanism that will help speed the delivery of military aid to the battlefields of Ukraine.
Javelin anti-tank missiles, T-72 tanks and Bayraktar TB2 drones are just some of the weapons that other nations have sent to Ukraine.
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An arms trade expert explains the wide variety of military aid nations around the world have sent to Ukraine.
There are few ways for the West to deter the rise of another dictator like Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The sanctions are likely to last beyond the current conflict. This may end up bringing about a solution to Africa’s desire to produce its own military hardware for its own use.
Members of the Ukrainian armed forces pass by wreckage on March 9, 2022, in Mykolaiv.
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Assistance that began when the Soviet Union collapsed has grown since Russia’s annexation of Crimea, in southern Ukraine, in 2014.
White Americans who hold racist attitudes are likely to prefer military action over diplomacy in foreign countries like Iran and, in particular, China.
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Analysis of US survey data finds that white people who hold racist views are more likely than others to favor military action over diplomacy in China and Iran, and to endorse the global war on terror.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zambian President Edgar Lungu meet on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg in 2018.
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As rival factions vie for control over Venezuela, many of the country’s 31 million people are suffering prolonged power outages, food and water shortages, and limited access to medicine.
Clashes between opposition protesters and Venezuelan soldiers at the Venezuela-Brazil border have killed an estimated 25 people.
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Robert Muggah, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and Adriana Abdenur, Brazilian Naval War College
Brazil’s president has threatened military intervention in neighboring Venezuela, called its leader a ‘dictator’ and sent troops to the border. But Brazil’s military is quietly working to avoid war.
An anti-U.S. protest in Yemen during Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia.
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As President Trump puts U.S. foreign aid on the chopping block, few Americans know much about it. Perhaps even fewer realize that the U.S. lags behind its peers on this front.