A leak exposes for the first time the extent of Russia’s misuse of Interpol to request the arrest of critics.

Environmental and Energy problems in the South Caucasus are providing opportunities for larger neighbors, such as Iran and ...

The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was once one of Europe’s largest and most powerful states, built on an unusually free political system and broad religious tolerance. Over time, that same system ...

Detained in a penal colony in Mordovia, the 70-year-old historian, who specializes in the Stalin regime's crimes, is one of Russia's oldest political prisoners. His crime? Refusing to accept ...

The West has largely fixated on images of nuclear test sites, but a more fundamental engine of the Kim Jong-un regime remain unchallenged: A domestic system of terror that is different from the Soviet ...

Despite the changing of the guard in Venezuela orchestrated by the U.S., the regime still imprisons pro-democracy leaders. But one call from Trump could change all that.

Military turmoil in China raises Taiwan invasion concerns as Xi Jinping removes senior officers. Analysts warn of growing ...

These cases point to a general pattern. Economic pressure tends to matter in war only when it triggers one of three outcomes: the collapse of a state’s capacity to fight, the fragmentation of the ...

Fionnán Sheahan, the forthright editor of the Irish Independent, wrote an article a few weeks ago called ‘Let’s just leave ...

Moscow’s “Oreshnik” strike on January 9, 2026 is best understood as strategic signaling designed to shape what NATO will and will not do. Russia’s use of ...