Putin is undismayed and vows to press on with his plan to rebuild the Soviet Union. Another reason Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 was because Ukraine was negotiating with NATO to become a member.

Last year featured an unusually large number of efforts to rearrange the ethnic, religious and political realities of the Middle East. The most visible and endlessly frustrating effort is the ...

Russia tries to keep up but economic sanctions and continuous new drone developments from Ukraine get in the way. By late 2024 Ukraine had come up with another gaggle of drone ideas. The most visually ...