Who ate all the Minsk pies?

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.

A round up of a week I missed: Operation Spider's Web, the UK Strategic Defence Review, and US meddling in European affairs.

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...

Donald Trump's war of words with Volodomyr Zelenskyy. Is the US about to cut a deal about Ukraine's future without consulting Ukrainians?

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

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

One thousand days of war. The US reportedly agrees to lift restrictions on Ukraine targeting Russia with long-range missiles.

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.

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

Interpreting a recent escalation along the Belarus-Ukraine border. Is there anything for Ukraine to worry about?

The Ukrainian military operation inside the Russian border, which began on Tuesday, is going quite well. What's going on?

Belarus is the first European state to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation; Lukashenka's 30 years; and Tsikhanouskaya visits the UK.

A few comments on the UK's Strategic Defence Review, which was announced earlier this week.

As NATO marks its 75-year anniversary, this new volume from Sten Rynning is a fitting appraisal of 'the world's most powerful alliance'.

From Putin's phoney peace offer to his meeting with Kim Jong-Un, there is little cause for optimism. But you can often see what you want.