Who ate all the Minsk pies?

A few notes on the Washington–Beijing–Moscow strategic triangle of today.

Recent talk of a rift between Ukraine's president and the commander–in–chief of the armed forces was not scuttlebutt.

Claims that Boris Johnson scuppered a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine last year aren't new, and probably aren't true.

Vladimir Putin appears confident the war in Ukraine is turning in his favour: he could yet be hoisted with his own petard, however.

The death of Henry Kissinger came at a watershed moment for political realism in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war.

If anyone doubts how far the Russia-Ukraine war has fallen down the agenda, look at the coverage of the Biden-Xi Jinping press conference.

An essay, of sorts, on war.

This is part two of my roundup of things I might have written more about. I'm leaving out the calls for Russia to be stripped of its...

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...

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Yes, this really does involve Stormtroopers, but not quite yet. When I started this blog, one of my (many) ideas for content was to...

I’ve been away on a summer holiday and somewhat detached from the news. Still, I did skim through a newspaper each morning and there was...

I am not usually one to throw caution to the wind, but I am rethinking my position on the rhetoric round nuclear weapons.

NATO’s annual summit has been and gone. The national delegations have returned to their home countries, dispersing like a bag of marbles...

When NATO meets in Vilnius for its annual summit next week, Ukraine will rightly dominate the agenda. The lack of consensus within NATO abou

He feels that he can say anything he likes without consequence. He gets away with airing in public his feud with the Russian military....

In the context of the war in Ukraine, I’ve found myself thinking frequently about the relationship between the intelligence community and...

The Chaplain struggles to distinguish between illusion and reality. I can’t remember the context of the following quote from Catch-22...

The war in Ukraine has thrown a spotlight onto South Africa’s relationship with Russia. Although South Africa publicly proclaims itself...

We have been hearing about Ukraine’s spring counter-offensive since what seems like time out of mind. As spring arrived, reports claimed...