Tag: War

In February 2024, Columbia University Press informed me that it had sold the rights to my book on sanctions to a Russian firm that would translate it and sell it ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s negotiating style is often less about winning friends and influencing people and more about wielding a big stick—though arguably, he hasn’t mastered the art of speaking ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Israel delaying a cease-fire deal with Hamas, bolstered relations between the United Kingdom and Ukraine, and snap elections in Vanuatu. What’s ...

Early last December, opposition fighters led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) entered the Syrian capital of Damascus, capping a lightning offensive that had captured significant territory in just over one ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at an Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal, the arrest of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, and Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid. Sign up ...

More than 11,000 troops from North Korea, with possibly many more to come, are fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Many commentators speculate that the situation worries China, North Korea’s ...

The war in Gaza appears to be over, or at least paused, for now. A cease-fire announcement expected later today, according to U.S. officials, will trigger the release of some ...

I voted for U.S. President Joe Biden in 2020, and as readers here know, I supported Vice President Kamala Harris last November despite my misgivings about the administration’s handling of ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a cease-fire deal to end the Israel-Hamas war, nuclear energy cooperation between Russia and Vietnam, and a U.S. Justice Department report ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump warned in December that there will be “hell to pay” if hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are not released by his inauguration on Jan. 20. ...