The Trump administration is dismantling the pillars of the United States’ democracy. Europe, whose own democracies are facing internal challenges and external threats, has seen this playbook before. Its leaders ...
In September 2021, Russia and Belarus launched Zapad (or “West”)—a massive military exercise on NATO’s eastern flank, near the borders of Lithuania and Poland. It included around 200,000 troops, 80 ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a Russia-Ukraine arms race, Denmark and Greenland apologizing for decades of systemic abuse, and the destructive force of Typhoon Ragasa. Bigger ...
Has U.S. President Donald Trump finally seen the light? In a post on his Truth Social network on Sept. 23, he wrote: “I think Ukraine, with the support of the ...
As the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) kicks into high gear, it offers a glimpse into what a world devoid of Washington’s diplomacy might look like. ...
Newly confirmed US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz called on Moscow to “urgently stop” expanding its war into NATO nations after the Kremlin launched drones into Poland and ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Poland’s response to Russia’s drone incursion, British ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and how Israel’s strike on Qatar may ...
Discussions of irresponsible media coverage often lead to the fictional character of Wenlock Jakes. Supposedly the “highest paid journalist of the United States,” this infamous figure features in Evelyn Waugh’s ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at NATO intercepting Russian drones over Poland, the rise of France’s Block Everything movement, and deadly anti-government protests in Nepal. ‘Large-Scale Provocation’ ...
Last night, Russia invaded NATO. Any other description is an obfuscation. At least 19 Russian drones, some launched from Belarus (Moscow’s close ally), flew into Poland. NATO scrambled jets and ...
