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Some western companies have continued operating in Russia since it invaded Ukraine, while others have left the country altogether.
It is not mere expansion, but the character of the expansion which will guide the five Brics countries on whether they admit new members.
About 100,000 Crimean Tatars died as part of a massive deportation of these people by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin towards the end of the second world war.
Ukraine’s summer push is now showing signs of real progress, but don’t expect an end to the war anytime soon.
Ethnic politics, the presence of foreign troops and the weaknesses of past responses to coups encouraged Niger’s recent military takeover.
The United States and Russia, the two biggest nuclear powers, have no imminent plans for talks on a nuclear deal. That should change, writes a former US diplomat.
Putin has progressively sickened Russian society, creating a toxic culture that celebrates xenophobia, nativism, and violence.
Large pareiasaurs are among the earliest huge plant-eating tetrapods to appear in the history of the development of life on Earth.
Following deteriorating relations with the West, Russia has shifted focus to Asia, and hold China to help expand its influence.
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.
Ideally, Russia would withdraw from Ukraine peacefully. Absent this, cluster munitions represent an effective way for Ukraine to defeat Russia’s invasion.
Despite wanting the war to be over, ordinary Russians are rallying to ‘do their bit’ to support their country’s troops at the frontline.
African leaders at the second Africa-Russia summit need to speak with one voice.
Wagner Group mercenaries in Belarus remain a worrying wild card with possible consequences for the conflict and the wider region.
Tactics used to censor the teaching of American history in Florida schools bear much in common with those seen in the illiberal democracies of Israel, Turkey, Russia and Poland.
Despite initiatives which appear to be normalising Suria’s relations with Arab states, Damascus remains isolated and insecure.
Russia has long been a ‘paramilitarised’ regime, where the state can be challenged and undermined, but is not completely destroyed, by paramilitary or criminal groups.
The Russia-Africa summit has obvious benefits for Moscow: it conveys a perception of normalcy and the tacit approval of African elites.
Claiming the moral high ground in any war isn’t just about justifying a war effort — it’s also about how a war is fought. Both Ukraine and Russia, sadly, have plenty of civilian blood on their hands.
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Relations, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor, School of Geography, University of Nottingham
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Lecturer in Modern European History, Queen's University Belfast
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Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
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Professor of International Security, University of Bath
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor of Security and International Relations, Staffordshire University
