In some respects, the diplomatic peace offensive is as important as the Ukrainian ground offensive, because conflict termination will ultimately come from the bargaining table and not the battlefield. This phase of the conflict is critical.
Informing on your classmates comes back into vogue;
The Kremlin's curious retention policy;
Citizenship for service;
Next stop, Minsk;
Russia's brain drain intensifies
Birds aren't real?
Super soldiers, reconsidered;
China's phantom space strike;
AI wingman takes flight;
The PRC's stealth bomber gets an upgrade
South Africa takes sides;
Guinea's civilian opposition gains traction;
Ethiopia inches toward a wider peace;
Sudan's civil strife creates a wider crisis
Last month, China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, visited Kyiv, Warsaw, Berlin, Paris, and Brussels with “a clear message”: European governments should view Beijing as an alternative to Washington, and recognize Ukrainian territories seized by Moscow as belonging to Russia in order to quickly end the war.