Deep Dive: UK–China Relations; What’s Real, What’s Signed, What’s Promised — and What’s Optics

Deep Dive

NATO’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Is Growing — Even as Washington Sends Mixed Signals

Inside an Asia Society discussion on what the Indo-Pacific Four (IP4) are actually trying to achieve with NATO.

By Olga Nesterova • 5 min read

Deep Dive

Inside China's Global Governance Playbook

What Beijing's new white paper reveals about its vision for the UN, multilateralism, trade, and the future of the global financial system.

By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read

Deep Dive

Europe Just Rewrote Its Deportation System

The EU approves offshore "return hubs", longer entry bans and bloc-wide deportation enforcement — marking one of the biggest shifts in European migration policy in decades.

By Olga Nesterova • 5 min read

Explained

Washington Pulls Back — Then Calls Allied Adaptation a ‘Distraction’

The United States is reducing its physical commitments while asking allies to assume more responsibility. As Europe, Canada and Ukraine build mechanisms to fill the gaps, Washington is warning them not to become "too independent".

By Olga Nesterova • 8 min read

Explained

Ukraine and European Partners Launch Joint Anti-Ballistic Missile Program

The Coalition of the Willing also agreed to expand air defense support, coordinate operations against Russia’s shadow fleet and test a multinational force designed to operate in Ukraine after a ceasefire.

By Olga Nesterova • 8 min read

Explained

US Launches Campaign to ‘Dismantle’ International Criminal Court

The United Nations defended the ICC as a critical part of the international justice system after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would use diplomatic and economic pressure to weaken the Court “brick by brick.”

By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read

Daily Brief

Middle East Brief: The Hormuz Standoff Returns the Region to War

The United States and Iran exchanged another round of attacks across the Gulf over the weekend, effectively dismantling the short-lived diplomatic framework that was supposed to create 60 days for negotiations. U.S. Central Command said it completed its latest wave of strikes against Iranian coastal surveillance systems, missile

By Olga Nesterova • 7 min read

Deep Dive

NATO’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Is Growing — Even as Washington Sends Mixed Signals

Inside an Asia Society discussion on what the Indo-Pacific Four (IP4) are actually trying to achieve with NATO.

By Olga Nesterova • 5 min read

Daily Brief

NATO Day Two: Billions for Ukraine, an Alliance Rearming — and a New War Escalating Beside It

NATO’s Ankara summit ended with a firm declaration of collective defense, major new weapons commitments and a two-year military support pledge for Ukraine. But the summit’s final hours were dominated by a different conflict: renewed American and Iranian strikes, the apparent collapse of their ceasefire framework and

By Olga Nesterova • 5 min read