French marine commandos operate on a speed boat off the coast of Somalia, in the Gulf of Aden.
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The current focus by extra-regional actors is an elite project that undermines a maritime security strategy that would benefit the African people.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau say goodbye at 4 Wing Cold Lake air base in Cold Lake Alta, in August 2022 after a Stoltenberg visit.
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Canadians were shocked by how fragile their health-care system was under the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic. But our military is under similar stresses and only a major disaster will open our eyes.
Saudi Arabia has moved closer to China as an ally.
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Saudi Arabia is edging closer to China and away from the US, says an expert.
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China’s global ambitions are real but they should not be over-hyped. New Zealand’s strategic interests lie outside any direct participation in AUKUS.
Endless battle? Bitter fighting has raged around the town of Bakhmut since the middle of 2022.
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The leaks suggest neither side has the capacity to force an outright victory this year.
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For Australia to be taken seriously, it needs to show up whenever possible.
Finnish military personnel raise their country’s flag at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
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A historian looks at the steps leading up to Finland joining the Western strategic alliance – and what that means for small nations elsewhere.
Welcome to the club: Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg, right, with Finland’s president, Sauli Niinisto.
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Finland has gone from neutral to Nato member in 30 years and Sweden could be set to follow.
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More than 5,000 documents were leaked by an anonymous whistleblower.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict over the past fortnight.
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Friendly fire incidents have always been a feature of war, but the array of different countries’ equipment makes it very challenging for Ukrainian troops in the field.
Opening the doors to Russia and China’s perception.
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The setting was grand, so too was the plan. But behind the peace plan put forward by China and welcomed by Russia, is the question, what do both nations seek?
Estonia’s prime minister Kaja Kallas at the European Union leaders’ summit in Brussels, Belgium, in October 2022.
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Estonia is going to the polls but the Ukraine war casts a long shadow over its politics.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past week.
Nato and the EU: working together – separately.
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Where do Nato’s responsibilities end and the EU’s begin – especially when it comes to defence?
Demonstration in support of Ukraine in Vilnius, March 11, 2022.
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Since 2021, the tiny Baltic nation of Lithuania has come up against three authoritarian regimes: Belarus, China, and Russia. Its capital, Vilnius, is at the forefront of Western support for Kiev.
A Ukrainian soldier trains near a front line in the Russia-Ukraine war on Feb. 18, 2022.
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Considered to have one of the most powerful militaries in the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin has little to show for his invasion of Ukraine.
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Vladimir Putin is playing a long game by not formally declaring war. It may be to avoid international escalation.
It wouldn’t take much to turn this remotely operated mobile machine gun into an autonomous killer robot.
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The technology exists to build autonomous weapons. How well they would work and whether they could be adequately controlled are unknown. The Ukraine war has only turned up the pressure.
Putin’s decision to go to war has seen great geopolitical ripples.
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A year into the war in Ukraine, a historian reflects on how it has affected the geopolitical environment.