According to RM’s measurements using ISW data, from April 8, 2025, to April 7, 2026, Russia captured 1,897 square miles ...

Russia: +29,000 square miles. 12% of Ukraine. (Area roughly equivalent to half the size of the U.S. state of Illinois). Total area of all Ukrainian territory Russia presently controls, including ...

The cutoff for reports summarized in this product was 10:00 am East Coast time on the day it was distributed. AI was used in production of this digest. *Here and elsewhere, the italicized text ...

Russia: +27,089 square miles. 12% of Ukraine. (Area roughly equivalent to the U.S. states of Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire combined). 2 Total area of all Ukrainian territory Russia ...

Alexei Chepa, First Deputy Head of the Russian State Duma’s International Affairs Committee expressed hope that the United States will become preoccupied with the conflict in Iran and “forget” about ...

In that scenario [oil at $200 a barrel], sustained higher oil prices could plunge the world into a recession, raise borrowing costs, alter the outcome of ongoing wars, and shift the balance of ...

In that case, I think China would send a sharp message (as it did with Russia in 2022) that it strongly opposed any such action,” Ignatius said. Jason Bordoff and Meghan L. O’Sullivan argue in FA that ...

This study examines how proximate conflicts shape public attitudes toward foreign countries. Using survey data from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan collected both before and after Russia's 2022 invasion of ...

This article is part of a series on the impact of U.S. and Russian military complexes on the bilateral relationship. "Influence of the Defense Industry on US National Security Strategy" by Matt Korda ...

Analysts continue to debate what confluence of factors has shaped Vladimir Putin’s decision to order the so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine. Some heavyweights in the world of policy ...