Defence & Diplomacy

Defence & Diplomacy

Why South Asia has a stake in the next US Presidential elections

6 years ago

Recent media focus on US government shutdowns and on quirky turns in investigations into Russian meddling in Trump’s 2016 election leading to a demand for his impeachment have obscured an important new trend that is heralding a new era with deeper implications for US politics and even for the rest of the world.

Defence & Diplomacy

Can Russia and the EU Overcome Their Differences in the Balkans?

6 years ago

In any discussion of problems in Russia and the EU’s shared neighborhood, Ukraine is among the first subjects to come up. Once that topic is broached, any further dialogue between Russians and Europeans is pointless: the chasm between the positions of the two sides is too deep, even if they are genuinely brimming with good will.