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Ukraine’s drones menace Russian and Kazakh exports

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UKRAINE/RUSSIA

Ukraine looks poised to pursue maritime drone attacks against Russian military vessels and port infrastructure. It is also trying to persuade foreign shipping and insurance…

Spending more on East European defence will be tough

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EASTERN EUROPE

Russia’s war in neighbouring Ukraine has prompted EU member-states, and the Visegrad Four (V4: Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) in particular, to rethink their own…

Russia will hold on in Donbas to pressure Kyiv

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UKRAINE

This follows a February 1 report by The International New York Times that senior US officials were increasingly warming to the idea of providing more significant defensive…

US realignment in Europe will not risk Ukraine support

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US/EUROPE

The United States announced in January the closure of 15 military bases and other rebalancing of forces in Europe. However, the base closures do not entail further drawing down of…

Prospects for the eastern EU in 2023

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PROSPECTS 2023

Prospects for the eastern EU in 2023.

Budgets may curtail US nuclear forces

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UNITED STATES

Upgrading the US nuclear arsenal.

US weapons to Ukraine would turn Donbas into proxy war

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UKRAINE/US

However, fears continue that the separatist withdrawal is an opportunity for them to reorganise their forces in preparation for an assault on Mariupol. Poroshenko said that since…

Prospects for Ukraine to end-2023

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PROSPECTS H2 2023

This perception can only increase. Essentially, the question is whether Ukraine will be able to make sufficient military gains in order to avoid having to fight -- with all the…

Ukraine crisis will bring heavy costs for Europe

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EU

The sanctions amount to a middle-of-the-road approach: leaders agreed to keep Russia in the SWIFT payment system and avoid targeting Russian energy exports. They will not cause…

US defence budget will balance Middle East and Asia

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UNITED STATES

Carter has been one of the proponents of the 'pivot' to Asia, commitment to which is often scrutinised in two areas: travel plans of officials and the Pentagon's budget, currently…