War and Recovery

“He called for the establishment, as soon as possible, of a ceasefire and the launch of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia for a solid and lasting resolution to the conflict,” the Elysée said in a statement.Meanwhile, the Kremlin noted[1] that Putin reminded Macron that the war in Ukraine “is a direct consequence of the policies of Western states,” and warned that any peace agreement in Ukraine must be “long-term.”Regarding Iran’s nuclear program, both leaders agreed on the need to resolve the crisis exclusively through diplomatic means.“In this regard, the importance ...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Footage aired on state media Monday showed dictator Kim Jong Un[1] getting emotional as he mourned over the coffin of North Korean troops reportedly killed while fighting for Russia in its war with Ukraine.The footage, released by Korean Central Television and reported by South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency[2], showed Kim placing a North Korean flag on a casket. The images aired as part of a cultural performance Sunday at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater, held to mark the one-year anniversary of North Korea’s[3] ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is halting some shipments of weapons to Ukraine amid concerns that its own stockpiles have declined too much, officials said Tuesday, a setback for the country as it tries to fend off escalating attacks from Russia[1].Certain munitions were previously promised to Ukraine under the Biden administration to aid its defenses during the more than three-year-old war[2]. The pause reflects a new set of priorities under President Donald Trump[3] and came after Defense Department officials scrutinized current U.S. stockpiles and raised concerns.“This decision was made to ...

155 mm M795 artillery projectiles are stored for shipping to other facilities to complete the manufacturing process at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pa., Thursday, April 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) WASHINGTON — The U.S. is halting some shipments of weapons to Ukraine amid concerns that its own stockpiles have declined too much, officials said Tuesday.The munitions were previously promised to Ukraine for use during its ongoing war with Russia under the Biden administration. But the pause reflects a new set of priorities under President Donald Trump.“This ...

The United States is halting some weapons shipments to Ukraine amid its war with Russia, the White House confirmed Tuesday. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told CBS News in a statement that the "decision was made to put America's interests first following" a Defense Department "review of our nation's military support and assistance to other countries across the globe." A U.S. official told CBS News the move was over concerns about U.S. military stockpiles falling too low. The Trump administration did not immediately confirm which weapons were being pulled from ...

Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin spoke Tuesday by telephone for the first time in over two-and-a-half years, with the French president urging a ceasefire in Ukraine but Russia's leader hitting back by blaming the West for the conflict.One week after a ceasefire ended Israel's 12-day war with Iran, the two men also discussed Tehran's nuclear programme, with Macron suggesting Moscow and Paris work together to de-escalate tensions.Fighting still raged on the ground in Ukraine more than three years after Russia's full-scale February 2022 invasion of its neighbour sparked the war, ...

Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin spoke Tuesday by telephone for the first time in over two-and-a-half years, with the French president urging a ceasefire in Ukraine but Russia's leader hitting back by blaming the West for the conflict.One week after a ceasefire ended Israel's 12-day war with Iran, the two men also discussed Tehran's nuclear programme, with Macron suggesting Moscow and Paris work together to de-escalate tensions.Fighting still raged on the ground in Ukraine more than three years after Russia's full-scale February 2022 invasion of its neighbour sparked the war, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is halting some shipments of weapons to Ukraine amid concerns that its own stockpiles have declined too much, officials said Tuesday, a setback for the country as it tries to fend off escalating attacks from Russia[1].Certain munitions were previously promised to Ukraine under the Biden administration to aid its defenses during the more than three-year-old war[2]. The pause reflects a new set of priorities under President Donald Trump[3] and came after Defense Department officials scrutinized current U.S. stockpiles and raised concerns.“This decision was made to ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky [1]said that the Trump administration diverted 20,000 anti-drone missiles originally meant for Kyiv to American forces in the Middle East.Zelensky revealed Sunday that he had secured a deal for the missiles under the Biden administration to counterattack Moscow’s deadly, Iranian-designed Shahed drones[2], which have been at the center of Russia’s mass bombardment campaign. “We have big problems with Shaheds,” Zelensky told ABC News’ “This Week.”[3] “We counted on this project — 20,000 missiles. Anti-Shahed missiles. It was not expensive, but it’s a special technology.”Volodymyr Zelensky said ...

NEAR CHASIV YAR, Ukraine -- The battle for Chasiv Yar remains one of the fiercest along the eastern front in Ukraine's Donetsk region.Perched on high ground, the city holds strategic importance: if Russian forces seize it, they could push toward nearby Kostyantynivka and move closer to key hubs like Kramatorsk and Slovyansk.Russian troops are employing a mix of tactics in the area -- including guided aerial bombs, artillery barrages, ground assaults, and swarms of first-person view (FPV) drones.At a frontline artillery position near Chasiv Yar, Ukrainian gunners from the 24th ...

A Ukrainian drone struck an anti-aircraft missile plant 800 miles deep into Russia on Tuesday — as Kyiv ramps up and prioritizes its UAV production to match Moscow’s bombardments.At least three people were killed and another 35 injured overnight when the Ukrainian drone hit the Kupol Electromechanical Plant in Izhevsk, where Moscow produces air defense systems and drones, according to Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU).Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said drone warfare is the key element in his nation’s battle against Russia, with Kyiv focused on mass producing more UAVs to counter ...

Russia is helping North Korea domestically produce its knockoff version of Iran’s Shahed attack drones, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief said, warning the tech could pose a threat to South Korea in DPRK hands.The allies are slated to push forward production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) like the Geran, a Russian copy of the Iranian Iranian Shahed-136 type, and Garpiya long-range attack drones in North Korea, Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (DIU), told The War Zone outlet on Monday.[1]References^ told (www.twz.com)

Ukraine looks to withdraw from a major international treaty on anti-personnel landmines to bolster its defense on the battlefield, where its troops are trying to hold off Russia's intensifying offensive.President Volodymyr Zelensky, on June 29, had requested that Ukraine withdraw from the 1997 Ottawa Treaty[1] that banned the production and use of indiscriminate anti-personnel mines. Though acknowledging the "complexities" that Ukraine may face in exiting such a treaty during war, he stressed that these explosives are an irreplaceable tool in defending the country."Russia has never been a party to this ...

North Korea is already using Russia Pantsir S-1 air defense systems in Pyongyang, Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR), said in an interview with Hromadske Radio on July 1. The arrival of Pantsir missiles is another sign that North Korea[1] is improving its weapons technology and military might through cooperation with Russia. The two nations signed a defense treaty[2] in June 2024, and North Korea has supplied arms and troops[3] to Moscow in exchange for training and advanced military technology."I can tell you that, for example, the first ...

Putin and Macron discuss Iran and Ukraine in first conversation in nearly three years NEWS Express newspaper 01/07/2025 22:04 Russian President Vladimir Putin held an "important" phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron about the Iran-Israel conflict and Ukraine, the Kremlin announced on Tuesday.This was the first conversation between the two leaders since September 2022.In Paris, Macron's office said the conversation lasted two hours and that the French president called for a ceasefire in Ukraine and the start of talks to end the war.According to the Kremlin press office, Putin ...

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have spoken on the phone for the first time in more than two and a half years.Following the more than two-hour conversation between the two, the discussion focused on Iran's nuclear programme and Russia's war against Ukraine, the Élysée Palace said on Tuesday.Macron is said to have emphasized with regard to Iran his desire to seek a diplomatic solution. This should enable a permanent resolution of the nuclear issue, the question of Iranian missiles, and the country's regional role.From France, ...

MOSCOW/PARIS —Russian President Vladimir Putin had a "substantial" phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on the Iran-Israel conflict and Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, the first such exchange between the two leaders since September 2022.In Paris, Macron's office said the call lasted two hours and that the French leader had called for a ceasefire in Ukraine and the start of negotiations on ending the conflict.According to the Kremlin press service, Putin said it was necessary to respect Iran's right to the peaceful development of nuclear energy as well as its continued compliance ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin[1] and French President Emmanuel Macron held a phone call on Tuesday, marking their first direct exchange since September 2022. According to the Kremlin, the two leaders discussed the ongoing war in Ukraine and tensions surrounding Iran's nuclear program.The Kremlin called the conversation "substantial," while Macron's office in Paris confirmed the call lasted two hours. It was initiated by the French president. During the call, Macron pushed for a ceasefire in Ukraine and called for fresh negotiations to end the conflict, which has continued for more than ...

President Donald Trump[1] said he has his eyes on the 50,000 Russian troops deployed to the border near Sumy in Ukraine, where there are fears Moscow is ready to launch a new summer offensive in a war the American leader is trying to end."We'll see what happens. I'm watching it very closely," Trump told reporters after he landed in Florida on Tuesday for a visit to "Alligator Alcatraz[2]."Why It MattersTrump said ahead of his return to the White House in January that he would achieve an end to the war ...

Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin on Tuesday spoke by telephone for the first time in over two-and-a-half years, with the French president urging a ceasefire in Ukraine but the Russian leader hitting back that the West was to blame for the conflict.One week after a ceasefire ended Israel's 12-day war with Iran, the two men also discussed Tehran's nuclear programme, with Macron suggesting Moscow and Paris work together to de-escalate tensions.Fighting still raged on the ground in Ukraine over three years after Russia's full-scale February 2022 invasion of its neighbour ...

Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin on Tuesday spoke by telephone for the first time in over two-and-a-half years, with the French president urging a ceasefire in Ukraine but the Russian leader hitting back that the West was to blame for the conflict.One week after a ceasefire ended Israel's 12-day war with Iran, the two men also discussed Tehran's nuclear programme, with Macron suggesting Moscow and Paris work together to de-escalate tensions.Fighting still raged on the ground in Ukraine over three years after Russia's full-scale February 2022 invasion of its neighbour ...

Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin spoke Tuesday by telephone for the first time in over two-and-a-half years, with the French president urging a ceasefire in Ukraine but Russia's leader hitting back by blaming the West for the conflict.One week after a ceasefire ended Israel's 12-day war with Iran, the two men also discussed Tehran's nuclear programme, with Macron suggesting Moscow and Paris work together to de-escalate tensions.Fighting still raged on the ground in Ukraine more than three years after Russia's full-scale February 2022 invasion of its neighbour sparked the war, ...

Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin spoke Tuesday by telephone for the first time in over two-and-a-half years, with the French president urging a ceasefire in Ukraine but Russia's leader hitting back by blaming the West for the conflict.One week after a ceasefire ended Israel's 12-day war with Iran, the two men also discussed Tehran's nuclear programme, with Macron suggesting Moscow and Paris work together to de-escalate tensions.Fighting still raged on the ground in Ukraine more than three years after Russia's full-scale February 2022 invasion of its neighbour sparked the war, ...

On July 1, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin — their first direct conversation in nearly three years. The call was reported by Bloomberg[1], citing a statement from the Élysée Palace, according to Ukrinform.The two presidents reportedly agreed to coordinate their actions on Iran, with the call lasting over two hours.“The two presidents decided to coordinate their approaches and to speak to each other in the near future in order to follow up on this issue together,” said the French presidential administration.According to ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine in March. File Photo by EPA-EFE/STRINGERJuly 1 (UPI) -- Russian authorities said at least three people were killed as Ukraine[1] claimed an attack on a military plant in the city of Izhevsk.Head of Russia's Udmurt Republic Aleksandr Brechalov posted to Telegram Tuesday[2] that "at the moment 35 people have been hospitalized, 10 of them are in serious condition.""Unfortunately, we have [three] dead," he also explained.Brechalov also confirmed that "One of the enterprises in Izhevsk was attacked by drones" from ...

MOSCOW — Russia’s former deputy defense minister was convicted on Tuesday on charges of embezzlement and money laundering and handed a 13-year prison sentence in a high-profile case that exposed rampant military corruption widely blamed for Moscow’s military setbacks[1] in Ukraine.Timur Ivanov[2] is the most visible figure in a far-ranging probe into alleged military graft that also targeted several other top officials close to former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu[3]. Shoigu, a veteran official who had personal ties to President Vladimir Putin, survived the purges of his inner circle and was ...

Macron’s office in Paris reported that the call lasted two hours and that the French leader requested a cease-fire in Ukraine as well as the commencement of peace talksread moreOn Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a “substantial” phone chat with French President Emmanuel Macron over the Middle East situation, including Iran and the Ukraine war, according to the Kremlin.Macron’s office in Paris reported that the call lasted two hours and that the French leader requested a cease-fire in Ukraine as well as the commencement of peace talks.According to the ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone struck a Russian industrial plant some 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from Ukraine, a local official said Tuesday, after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prioritized the weapon’s development and Russia pounded Ukraine with a monthly record of drones in June.Both sides in the more than three-year war following Russia’s February 2022 invasion of its neighbor have raced to improve drone technology and enhance their use on the battlefield. They have deployed increasingly sophisticated and deadlier drones, turning the war into a testing ground for the ...

While the aftermath of the "12-Day War" between Iran and Israel continues to draw international attention, including from the White House, Russian President Vladimir Putin[1] has seized on the opportunity to fuel new momentum for his ongoing war in Ukraine.As with the conflict in the Middle East, battlefield reports from Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II are notoriously difficult to verify independently. Yet news from the frontlines indicates recent Russian advances into new regions in central Ukraine, as well as a sizeable buildup of forces near the northeastern regional ...

Russia[1] completed delivery of its frigate-class warship “Tamal” to the Indian Navy at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad on Tuesday. Russia has developed eight frigates for India [2]so far under project 11356, under which the Russian firm United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), licensed by Russia’s “Rosoboronexport,” builds warships for the Indian Navy, with two more being built in India. “India is our old and reliable partner. We have built a series of ships for our Indian colleagues and continue supplying equipment and machinery for vessels that are being built in India ...

French President Emmanuel Macron believes "the worst is to come" in Ukraine after a 90-minute phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin who appears intent on seizing "the whole" of the country, an aide to the French leader said."The expectation of the president is that the worst is to come, given what President Putin told him," a senior aide to the French leader told reporters on condition of anonymity."There was nothing in what President Putin told us that should reassure us. He showed great determination to continue the operation," the ...

Russia has massed about 50,000 troops along Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast[1], three times the size of Kyiv’s forces in the key region — with Moscow preparing its latest push along the front lines that have grown to more than 750 miles long.After putting an end to Ukraine’s surprise counter-invasion[2] of the Kursk region in April, Russia is looking to flood the border with troops and conquer Sumy, which had served as a main hub for Kyiv’s defenses and the assault that had left Moscow humiliated.“Their main strategy [is to] wear us ...

Speaking on the sidelines of Moscow’s sponsored international security summit on Wednesday Alexandr Volfovich, Secretary of the Belarusian Security Council said Moscow and Minsk had jointly decided to deploy Oreshnik missiles to Belarus by the end of 2025. TASS cited Volfovich[1] as saying, “By year’s end, I believe the decision regarding the placement of Oreshnik, which was agreed upon by our heads of state, will become a reality. These issues have been resolved, and the locations within Belarus have been finalized. Preparations are proceeding as planned.”JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our ...

Russia’s two largest lenders, Sberbank and VTB, reported a sharp increase in delinquencies on mortgage and unsecured consumer loans in the first quarter of 2025, according to their IFRS financial reports reviewed[1] by the RBC news website.At Sberbank, the volume of mortgage loans showing signs of distress surged 90% between January and March, reaching 285 billion rubles (around $3 billion). The share of troubled mortgages in the bank’s portfolio also doubled to 2.6%, the highest level since 2022.Over the same period, overdue consumer loans rose 22.5% to 610 billion rubles, with ...

A Russian court has sentenced ex-Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov to 13 years in prison on corruption charges on Tuesday. Ivanov, then serving as the deputy to ex-Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, was arrested in April 2024[1] for reportedly taking a bribe of at least 1 million rubles ($10,800 at the time), during contracting and subcontracting works for the Defense Ministry.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official[2]. Ivanov was found guilty of embezzling 3.2 billion rubles ($41 million) from the Moscow-based Intercommerz bank, which collapsed in ...

At Russia’s annual marquee event for business investment, a Kremlin-funded bubbly celebration of promise and opportunity, the country’s top economic minister poured cold war on the party.“According to the numbers, yes, we’ve got a cooling down now,” Maksim Reshetnikov said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “Based on current business sentiment, it seems to me we are on the brink of transitioning into recession.”[1]If that wasn’t enough of a damper, the head of the Russian Central Bank seconded the downbeat sentiment.“We have been growing for two years at a ...

A Russian fighter jet has crashed in the Russian Volga region of Nizhny Novgorod. The Su-34 aircraft crashed during a training flight, the Russian Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.According to the report, the crew failed to lower the landing gear during the landing approach.The crew then flew the fighter jet into an undeveloped area and the pilots ejected and survived the crash. The ministry said there was no damage on the ground.The Sukhoi Su-34 is a modern two-seater fighter-bomber. The Russian armed forces put it into service just over ...

Russian forces have advanced along parts of the frontline in Ukraine, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW[1]), as a map by Newsweek shows the latest developments in Moscow's summer offensive.The think tank said there were Russian advances in the Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions on Monday in the push, which began in May to break through Ukrainian defenses across multiple fronts. Newsweek has contacted the Russian defense ministry for comment.A map, based on data provided by the Institute for the Study of War and the American Enterprise ...

Russia’s Shahed drone swarms are pummeling Ukraine on a nightly basis, inflicting ever more death and destruction in cities that had managed to carve out some sense of normalcy amid wartime.Civilian alarm has grown. With traditional air defense stockpiles running low, the government is banking on newly created “interceptor-drones” to restore a baseline of public safety.“Ukraine is already using interceptors to shoot down Shaheds[1] and is expanding their production,” President Volodymyr Zelensky[2]’s office wrote[3] on June 21.As with much of Ukraine’s unmanned aerial vehicle[4] development, a fleet of nascent interceptor ...

The Kyiv Independent’s Oleksiy Sorokin sat down with Eivind Vad Petersson, state secretary to the Norwegian foreign minister and co-chair of the joint Norwegian-Ukrainian Working Group on Nuclear Safety and Security. They discussed the threats Russia’s war poses to Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, Russia’s hybrid attacks across Europe, Norway’s investment in Ukrainian defense production, and how to keep Western military aid — including NASAMS air defense systems — flowing to help Ukraine protect its civilian infrastructure from Russia's escalating attacks.They also discussed whether the Arctic could become a battleground between ...

Russia launched a record number of drones at Ukraine in a mass overnight aerial attack, Ukraine's Air Force reported the morning of June 1. Russia attacked[1] Ukraine during the night with 472 Shahed-type attack drones, breaking its previous record[2] — set just last week on May 26 —  by over 100 drones. In addition to nearly 500 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Moscow also targeted Ukraine with three Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles[3] and four Kh-101, Iskander-K air and ground-based cruise missiles, the Air Force said. Ukrainian air defense units shot down 210 drones[4], ...

The attack comes shortly after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promises to increase Ukraine’s drone production.A Ukrainian drone attack[1] at an industrial plant in central Russia has killed three people and injured 35 others, a Russian regional governor has said.Alexander Brechalov, head of the Udmurt Republic, said in a post on Telegram on Tuesday that the attack took place at a factory in Izhevsk city. Ten of the wounded were in a serious condition, he noted.There was no immediate official comment from Kyiv. But a Ukrainian security official confirmed the attack, telling ...

Russian forces are intensifying efforts to indoctrinate children in temporarily occupied territories of Kherson region, using youth organizations to spread propaganda and prepare them for future involvement in the war. The Center for National Resistance reported[1] on July 1 that more than 7,100 Ukrainian children have already been recruited into the largest of these groups — “Movement of the First”.According to local collaborator Vladyslav Yarchenko, over ten such organizations are currently operating in the region. In parallel, occupying forces are expanding so-called “student rescue corps” under the guise of volunteer ...

The Kremlin on Tuesday rejected[1] accusations by U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg that it is delaying the next round of peace talks with Ukraine as Russian forces continue to bomb civilian areas.“No one is delaying anything here,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “We’re interested in achieving our goals, which we are pursuing through the special military operation [and] by political and diplomatic means.”Kellogg, who U.S. President Donald Trump appointed as his special envoy to Ukraine, had earlier criticized Peskov’s remarks on the stalled negotiations as “Orwellian” and “unfounded,” accusing ...

Business activity in Russia’s manufacturing sector registered its most significant drop since the early months of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to new data released[1] by S&P Global.The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for Russian manufacturing sank to 47.5, down from 50.2 in May.Any reading below 50 indicates a contraction.The decline not only pushed the index into negative territory, but also marked the steepest monthly drop since March 2022, when Russia was in the early phases of its full-scale war and the West hit Moscow with sweeping sanctions.Three of the ...

An image that surfaced online shows an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle in Russia equipped with a Soviet-made 2A72 30-millimeter cannon, replacing its original Bushmaster M242 25-millimeter gun.The vehicle, seen in good condition, is presumed to be a Ukrainian Armed Forces platform that was captured by Russia.It’s unclear whether the 2A72 integration is intended for combat operations, military testing, or other applications, but similar unconventional alterations to armored vehicles have surfaced throughout Moscow’s now three-year invasion of Ukraine.US Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Photo: US ArmyDetails about the photo’s owner and location ...

Kim Jong-un[1] has paid tribute to North Korean soldiers killed during Russia’s war with Ukraine[2], resting his hands on their repatriated coffins in a rare public acknowledgment that his armed forces have suffered fatalities in the conflict.Photographs of the North Korean leader pausing in front of a line of half a dozen coffins draped in the country’s flag were displayed on a screen at a gala performance held on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of a military treaty between the North and Russia[3].The event at East Pyongyang Grand Theatre ...

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 30: Teams and civilians work on the area of damaged post office building ... More after the airstrikes conducted by Russian troops in Kharkiv, Ukraine on June 30, 2024. (Photo by Yakiv Liashenko/Anadolu via Getty Images)Anadolu via Getty ImagesDispatches from Ukraine. Day 859.Kharkiv region. Russia attacked Kharkiv on June 30th, with a guided bomb, targeting postal depot Nova Poshta. The attack killed one person and injuring nine[1], officials said. Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote on his Telegram channel, the bomb hit near the city center, triggering ...

In 2001, a man was stabbed to death near a lakeside restaurant in Yekaterinburg, an urban centre in Russia’s Ural Mountains region.With his dying breath, he whispered the names of his alleged killers to the police, local media claimed.The man and his presumed murderers were ethnic Azeris, Turkic-speaking Muslims whose families fled to Russia in the 1990s after the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, an Azeri region dominated by ethnic Armenians.But it took Russian authorities 24 years to identify and detain the presumed suspects – even though they ran the restaurant and ...

For a long time, Central Asia has been understood through the lenses of the “great game” and “great power politics.” With the shift in U.S. strategic interests from counterterrorism to great power competition, analysts believe[1] that Central Asia will turn into a zone where the three major powers—the United States, China, and Russia—will find themselves with increasingly conflicting[2] geopolitical interests. While all three are united today for a more stable Central Asia protected from radicalism, the divergence comes as each wants to supplant the others as a primary partner of ...