Who ate all the Minsk pies?

America considers letting Lukashenka get up off the naughty step. A comment on Belarus-US relations and sanctions.

Why Trump's policy towards US allies in the Asia-Pacific may prove his greatest act of self-harm.

Moldovans go to the polls next Sunday, in a parliamentary vote that could introduce greater instability to the country.

A little more about the Trump-Putin Alaska summit happening today. Dashed off over lunch.

Jangled nerves surround Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin's summit in Alaska, with many people fearing Trump will look to sell-out Ukraine. Is the push for peace actually going anywhere?

Donald Trump and the NATO summit, a BRICS day out in Rio, and Russia's falling out with Azerbaijan.

In the wake of US strikes on Iran's nuclear programme, Vice President JD Vance gets carried away.

Will the US join Israel's attacks on Iran? Probably. Is there a legal case for the strikes? Probably not.

This could get a lot worse, quickly.

Will Trump's personal ambitions clash with the architects of US strategy? Is that strategy founded on good premises?

Three millennia ago the Egyptian king Rameses II signed a peace treaty with the Hittite Empire after protracted warfare. The two kings inscribed the treaty on a silver plaque. Two versions of the agreement existed thereafter – the Hittite king went away with a text that said the Egyptians had sued for peace, and the Egyptians' copy said the opposite. One might think an event so long ago irrelevant. Donald Trump, however, evidently thinks he is acting in accordance with time h

Trump and Putin spoke on the phone. The US president may be carrying on different negotiations from the ones reported. A contrarian's view.

Trying to make sense of the kind of relationship the UK will have with the US in the next four years.

On the legitimacy of assassinations. Plus a few thoughts on prisoner exchanges amid concerns foreign citizens are seen as targets for arrest

Moldova's voting threw up some surprises: what can we expect in the presidential run off? Meanwhile, Georgians go to the polls this weekend.

Moldova has a presidential election and a referendum this weekend. Russia and the EU are each eager to see a different result.

A postscript to my previous post. Plus a comment on a submission to the International Criminal Court about Belarus and Georgia's election.

Four reasons why the Iran-Russia relationship is the partnership western states should fear the most at present.

Beneath the veneer of bipartisan consensus in the US, the Democrats and Republicans have different positions on China.

Behind the rhetoric, what does the US really want to see happen to end the war between Russia and Ukraine?