President Donald Trump spent much of 2025 attempting what had eluded his predecessors: personally engaging both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an ...

Russia and Ukraine’s war continued unabated through 2025, though this year, the United States began a new tactic of pursuing diplomatic negotiations with both sides instead of continuing to fully back ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott L. Montgomery is a geologist who writes about energy issues. Christmas Day, 1914. British and German troops lay down their ...

The year 2025 saw some of the biggest overhauls of the international order in modern history, a process destined to favor some countries and disfavor others. President Donald Trump spent the first ...

Fragmentation of geopolitical focus on several fronts favors asymmetric power dynamics. This is illustrated by the tactics employed by Ukraine at present; while the rest of the world continues to ...

Senior European officials, including NATO chief Mark Rutte and top German and Polish generals, have issued frequent and serious warnings in 2025 about the possibility of a direct conflict with Russia.

With most attention in Washington focused on the Middle East, Ukraine’s defense private sector has recently been on a tour across the U.S., trying to catch the attention of lawmakers and investors to ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin A survey of nearly 100,000 people across 98 countries has found that global perception of the US has ...

Iranian drones and missiles were vital early in the war, but Russia now produces most systems domestically. North Korea has surpassed Iran as Russia’s primary external supplier of ammunition and ...