Europe hardening line on Russia amid Ukraine losses
Two weeks after the US president, Joe Biden, signed off on a US$60 billion package of military aid to Kiev, the impact on the battlefield has been relatively modest.
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Nothing preposterous about our Foreign Legion story
As Asia Times has noted in updated versions of a Stephen Bryen article that appears on our home page, France denied Russian non-governmental reports of a French Foreign Legion deployment to Ukraine – and the Associated Press put out a “fake news alert.” We remain unpersuaded that the basic report of legionnaires sent to Ukraine is wrong.
How Ukraine has resisted Russia’s cyber offensive
Paul Chichester, Director of Operations at the UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), describes the cyber war between Russia and Ukraine as “the most sustained set of cyber operations coming up against the best collective defense we have seen.”
What Trump’s ‘America First’ would mean for the world
Just over six months ahead of the US election, the world is starting to consider what a return to a Trump presidency might mean. While Americans might be weighing up the difference between the two candidates’ domestic policies, the rest of the globe is more interested in what foreign policy decisions they might make.
France sends combat troops to Ukraine battlefront
France has sent its first troops officially to Ukraine. They have been deployed in support of the Ukrainian 54th Independent Mechanized Brigade in Slavyansk. The French soldiers are drawn from France’s 3rd Infantry Regiment, which is one of the main elements of France’s Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère).
Trump-proofing NATO in the face of Russia’s nukes
Although a second Trump presidency is not a foregone conclusion, NATO members are gearing up to Trump-proof the organization and are reviewing their defense strategies.
Trump sticks to his guns on Korea troop withdrawal
Interviewed by Time magazine’s Eric Cortellessa on April 27 for a cover story entitled “How far Trump would go,” Donald Trump was asked, “Would you withdraw troops from South Korea?”
NATO starts deploying troops as Russia races to win
NATO is starting to deploy combat troops to Ukraine. Soldiers from Poland, France, the UK, Finland and other NATO members are arriving in larger numbers.