North Korea

From Moldova to Mexico, these conflicts are currently flying under the radar but could emerge as major flash points.

The intervention of Asian powers in Europe nullifies decades of U.S. strategic planning.

A new axis of autocrats has European diplomats worried.

Growing East Asian involvement shows that Putin’s war has already gone global.

Now backed by Russia, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is less likely to be open to the kind of diplomacy we saw in Trump’s first term.

Instead of leveraging Moscow’s faltering prospects by upping aid to Ukraine, Western leaders are paralyzed by fright.

Questions abound about the combat quality of Pyongyang’s troops, but they could bail out Moscow and end up alarming Seoul.

China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran are expanding their collaborations.

Pyongyang is playing Russia and China against each other—and has given up on the United States.

Pyongyang’s decrepit artillery rounds have kept Russia in the fight, and they might be the currency of even greater threats in Asia.

Seoul’s policy shift is riskier than it seems.

The United States’ biggest adversaries are far from a unified threat.

A conflict in Taiwan is likely to draw Pyongyang in—and the U.S. military isn’t ready for it.

As Beijing and Washington vie for supremacy, Moscow still has formidable influence.

As more countries prepare to go to the polls, Julian Assange is freed and Vladimir Putin cozies up to Kim Jong Un.