The constant jockeying for power among Putin’s subordinates serves the Russian president’s purpose.
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Without the US’s stockpile of nuclear weapons to protect it, Europe may have to increase its defences.
Niger’s military government sides with Russia in the latest sign of Moscow’s growing influence in Africa.
Maps can shape how we see conflict.
China’s need for allies is driven by its worry about neighbouring North Korea and concern about western dominance.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has placed Ukraine’s nuclear sites under considerable threat with a growing risk that further conflict may lead to radioactive contamination.
Hopes for a peaceful resolution are fading as the Sudan civil war blazes into a second year.
Georgians have taken to the streets to protest a Putin-style ‘foreign agents’ law.
The Taliban is likely to be hoping for economic and political benefits from an improved relationship with Russia.
Russia is making steady territorial gains in advance of a possible spring offensive. Without western aid Ukraine has few air defences left.
Russia is putting wings and guidance systems on old ‘iron bombs’ and using them to pound Ukraine’s cities.
China and Russia have jointly criticised the west, as well as pledging economic and security co-operation.
Some people think the decision to impose higher tariffs is just an excuse used by the EU to keep protecting its own farmers.
Thirty years after homosexuality was decriminalised in Russia, new laws making ‘gay propaganda’ an offence are criminalising being gay.
Conscription is being talked about by Nato’s European members as they grow increasingly concerned about further Russian expansion. Ukraine has just expanded its version.
The Starfish Prime test in 1962 showed how dangerous it would be to detonate a nuclear weapon in space.
Georgia is backsliding toward Russia’s sphere of influence.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
A spate of terror operations carried out by the Islamic State group affiliate has raised concerns over a potential attack on US soil.
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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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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
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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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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Professor of International Security, University of Bath
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Professor of Intelligence and National Security, University of Hull
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Associate Professor of Security and International Relations, Staffordshire University
