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President Trump has called on Iran to reach an immediate accord or else face the threat of a possible U.S. attack
Saudi Arabia on Saturday agreed to make major investments in war-torn Syria, including a jointly owned low-cost airline and a new $1 billion telecommunications project
When I look back at my 45 years of military service, one of the highlights of my military education was a battlefield tour I participated in during 2001 at the Somme battlefield, alongside other “high flying” students on the U.K.’s Higher Command and Staff course.The historical element of it was provided by the late Richard Holmes and we students reveled in his masterful narrative history. Holmes explained how the tank had been fielded in 1916 as a predominantly infantry protection platform to provide cover for troops as they moved across no-man’s land. It was not until 1918, after much improvement, The post A New Way of Warfare Requires More Than New Tech appeared first on War on the Rocks
Iran, the US and Iranian civil society spoke about the deadly protests which have been obscured by an internet blackout
Taiwan’s absence from the United States’ newly released 2026 National Defence Strategy has fuelled fresh debate on the island over whether Washington is deliberately sidestepping the island as it prioritises bigger interests with Beijing. The omission is in sharp contrast with earlier editions of the Pentagon’s quadrennial flagship strategy, which had explicitly referred to Beijing’s pressure on Taiwan and pledged support for the island’s asymmetric defence. The 2022 iteration mentioned the
In addition to meeting with the United States' top diplomat in her country, Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez made several key appointments to her presidential cabinet
On a frozen Himalayan ridgeline, Indian and Chinese troops still stare at each other through rifle sights. Thousands of miles away, Indian factories hum along on Chinese parts. Few rivalries in the world look this schizophrenic — or have lasted this long without snapping.India’s approach to China tests whether asymmetric interdependence gives countries strategic options that more deeply integrated economies lack. India’s import-based exposure with minimal corporate presence in China enables strategies prohibitively costly for other countries, whose firms are embedded in Chinese production networks.India has shifted from its longstanding policy of separating economic and security issues with China to The post The Indispensable Adversary: India’s Approach to China appeared first on War on the Rocks
US envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday said he had "productive and constructive meetings" with Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin's top economic adviser and special envoy, in Florida. The talks came a day before a scheduled meeting in Abu Dhabi between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators amid the Trump administration's drive to end the Ukraine war
Scheduled peace talks between Russia and Ukraine this weekend have been delayed to Wednesday as frequent strikes on Ukrainian soil continue
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Russia is focusing on attacking "primarily railway infrastructure." Meanwhile, the Kremlin has said talks with Ukraine will continue in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. DW has more
WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said that Washington and Moscow on Thursday agreed to reestablish high level military-to-military dialogue, following talks in Abu Dhabi, a move which could signal a move towards normalizing some ties between the United States and Russia. The United States halted military-to-military communication with Moscow just before Russia invaded Ukraine. The conflict, which began in 2022, is the deadliest war in Europe since World War Two and the biggest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the depths of the Cold War
The world’s two largest nuclear superpowers no longer have limits on their arsenals