Professor Lawrence Freedman explains why NATO’s future and the island’s fate are secure despite heightening tensions above the Arctic Circle

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The ‘gateway to the West’ has for years become a relative sanctuary from the onslaught on Ukraine’s frontline. But the city and region’s long history has seen it at the centre of countless conquests

How Beijing’s carefully calibrated support has helped sustain Moscow as it fights Ukraine—without crossing key red lines

The conflict between Kyiv and Moscow has become one of attrition, analysts say, with both sides paying a high price for small gains

Civilian reactors have become strategic cover for Russian forces during their invasion of Ukraine