Conflict

Across the region and beyond, POLITICO assesses the prospects of key players after the ouster of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.

The landmark defense agreement between the U.S, U.K. and Australia could be in jeopardy with the maverick Republican back in the White House.

“There should be no doubt — we will not allow ISIS to reconstitute,” a top general said.

US pounds ISIS camps in Syria after Assad flees

Some regional leaders appear inclined to unveil key initiatives under the next president, giving him the glory.

“America will not be made great again by those who are content to manage our decline,” he said.

Gabrielius Landsbergis told POLITICO there is little chance of China becoming a “guarantor of peace.”

Attacks “also come from China from time to time,” Olaf Scholz told lawmakers in parliament.

Veterans’ Minister Alistair Carns says British forces would be ‘expended’ in 12 months under current Russian casualty rate.

The former Fox News host also visited Moscow in February for a sit-down with President Vladimir Putin.

Minister says UK support for Ukraine hasn’t changed after Starmer openly talks about negotiated settlement.

Călin Georgescu tells POLITICO that foreign investors are too prevalent in key utility sectors thanks to a wave of unjustified privatizations.

The president’s spokesperson on Monday offered little explanation as to why the president changed his mind, but said he maintained faith in the justice system.

Involving Africa’s diamond producing nations proves crucial for a shot at workable G7 sanctions against Russian stones.

A detonation on a critical aqueduct comes after a series of smaller incidents in the tense Serb-majority north of the country.

Russia’s military will be in a position to launch an attack against NATO by the end of the decade, Germany’s foreign intelligence chief said.

Resolution adopted on Thursday calls for EU to impose sanctions on top Georgian Dream politicians.

Lengthy statement laments “Russophobic” views of U.K. cabinet ministers as war of words continues.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy says U.K. will preserve its “long-standing commitment” to keep troops out of “the theater of action.”

The Friday meeting came amid growing fears among NATO members that the U.S. president-elect could destabilize the defense alliance.

Moscow used the high-speed ballistic missile in an attack on Dnipro as Ukraine war escalates.

“We feel that the unknown is approaching,” Polish prime minister says.

The UK prime minister risks pleasing nobody as debate swirls over the International Criminal Court’s move.