Who ate all the Minsk pies?

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

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

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

Belarus's dictator hopes next weekend's election will allow him to re-legitimise his grasp on power. Little suggests that will happen.

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

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

Drones and killer robots. The future of war is neither science fiction nor a computer game, only an ethical and legal dilemma.

Great power competition in space. The militarisation of space should concern us all, as we rely on satellites in so much of our daily lives.

The United Kingdom goes to the polls this week. Does the result matter at all for Ukrainians and Belarusians?

A recent decree will make many Belarusians stateless. The opposition is trying to convince others its New Belarus passport is the solution.

One of the biggest challenges since I started this blog is that there is so much going on in, or otherwise affecting, eastern Europe and...