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Despite the fall of the Soviet Union, tensions between the United States and Russia have been a constant since the end of the Second World War. However, they hit a new high in 2022 when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, leading to a protracted war in which the US gave aid to Kyiv while placing substantial sanctions on Russia.
If the odds were low that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would go nuclear, Putin’s recent statement indicates Moscow’s stance is changing.
The Republican Party has been tough on China but appears to be finding it harder to reconcile that with Beijing’s closeness to Moscow amid the Ukraine war. Over time, Republicans seem poised to abandon traditional foreign policy positions aligned with a liberal world order
Beijing red-carpet welcome by President Xi Jinping for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, reflects how nations have been drawn together by actions of others.
The former president, who looks set to win the party nomination for another White House run, can be expected to bring the US more in alignment with Putin’s Russia, with help from the likes of senators Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz.
- Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said package includes ‘more air defence inceptors, anti-tank weapons and other critical munitions from US inventories’
Beijing was urged to use its influence to end the ‘increasingly dangerous military cooperation’ between Moscow and Pyongyang.
The move comes amid fears that Russia and the US – the two biggest nuclear powers – could be entering a new arms race together with China.
The shaven-headed Wall Street Journal correspondent appeared briefly before journalists in a Russian court at the start of his trial.
Ukrainian forces pushed Russian positions back, and even mounted small offensive actions, after Washington allowed Kyiv to use US-supplied weapons for limited strikes in Russian territory.
The US is also allowing Ukraine to hit planes in Russian airspace with US-supplied air defence systems if they strike across the border.
Top American diplomat said to have ‘made clear’ to senior PRC officials that ‘ensuring transatlantic security is a core US interest’.
The journalist is accused of “gathering secret information” for the CIA about Uralvagonzavod, a facility that produces and repairs military equipment.
The vessel will take part in military drills, along with the Admiral Gorshkov frigate, which can carry Zircon hypersonic missiles.
Fifteen countries have signed on, a US official says, in a bid to send Russia’s Putin a message that he cannot outlast Kyiv’s allies.
White House official Pranay Vaddi described a ‘more competitive approach’ to arms control aimed at putting pressure on Beijing and Moscow
Moscow has warned of escalation in the conflict after Western nations relaxed some restrictions on Kyiv’s use of Western arms to strike inside Russia.
The covert campaigns used the ChatGPT- maker’s AI tools to try to manipulate public opinion or shape political outcomes.
The Republican presidential candidate said the journalist would be freed soon after the November election, though the Kremlin denied having contact with Trump.
The Cosmos 2576 ‘inspector’ spacecraft is thought to be capable of attacking satellites in low Earth orbit.
Ely Ratner, US Defence Department’s chief for Indo-Pacific security, expresses “serious concern” in video link with Major General Li Bin of China’s Central Military Commission.
The two leaders offer each other support on core issues amid questions about just how far their ‘no-limits’ ties can go.
Eric Garcetti defends India’s role as check against China, pointing out its early TikTok ban and loss of soldiers along the disputed border.
US Army Staff Sergeant Gordon Black is being detained in Vladivostok on suspicion of theft. He followed his girlfriend to Russia while he was on personal leave from military service.
Moscow’s forces are accused of using the choking agent chloropicrin against enemy troops.
Trip would be the long-time leader’s first abroad since his re-election, amid Western claims that China is propping up Russia’s war effort in Ukraine.
Moscow vetoed a resolution to prevent an orbital arms race, prompting the US to ask if Russia was hiding something.
The weapons, with double the striking distance, were used for the first time to bomb a Russian airfield in Crimea and Russian forces in another occupied area.
‘Patriot’, a memoir the Kremlin critic began working on in 2020, will be published in October.
