war

According to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on global arms transfers, the United States has become the world’s largest arms exporter. From 2020 to 2024, the United States emerged as the predominant exporter of major arms, accounting for 43 percent of...

Over the years, the whole world has been fully committed to a Two-State Solution, with Israel and a Palestinian State living side by side in peace and security. Amid Israel’s shocking brutality in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria, a small window of hope has nonetheless emerged. Almost the entire world...

The US and Europe have suddenly begun to count their own economic losses from the war in Ukraine. US President Trump wants peace in order that America should not spend any more money supporting a war that cannot be won. In exchange, he wants Ukraine to hand over the rights to its mineral wealth...

by Sebastian Straus Since the war in Ukraine began, towns and cities have been turned into ruins and the peaceful live of millions of people has been destroyed. This conflict has made us realize how fragile our world is and how important it is to protect it, because the consequences will be...

The current government is an ardent supporter of financing Ukraine. It is one of the leading donors to this country, alongside the US and Germany. The UK has pledged £12.5 billion in support to Ukraine since February 2022, of which £7.6 billion is for military assistance. This includes £3...

The world is closer than ever before to starting a nuclear war due to reckless statements by several countries. The matter is European countries which are simultaneously the members of two large and influential international organizations (the European Union and NATO) are seriously discussing...

Polls conducted in the United States have shown a gradual ebbing of public support for the US financial involvement in the Ukrainian war, especially among Republicans. Some 55% of Americans said in a CNN poll in August that Congress should not authorize additional funding to support Ukraine. The...

The White House and Pentagon publicly insist there is no official change in administration policy towards Ukraine – that they still support Ukraine’s aim of forcing Russia’s military completely out of the country. At the same time, Biden’s administration cannot help but notice growing public...

On January 10, NATO and the European Union signed joint declaration. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda welcomed it saying that it sends a strong message of transatlantic unity. The declaration, signed by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, European Council President Charles Michel and...

Escalation of tensions between Russia and West over anticipated invasion of Ukraine has reached the highest level. Huge amounts of weapons and military vehicles were transferred by the U.S. and its allies to Ukraine. These steps were made after Russia and Belarus announced conducting joint...

LithuaniaEvery nation has its national character, and Lithuanians are not an exception. It is well known that Lithuanians are the people who are proud of their country. It is generally accepted that we are very patriotic, curious, pragmatic, sensible, hard-working, superstitious, conformist and...

Lithuanian authorities do not give up the idea of further increasing the foreign troops presence in Lithuanian territory. They made efforts to attract attention to the military threat from the East using all available meetings and foreign visits. NATO Some recent events and statements...

Israel is facing a major dilemma with regard to the conflict in Syria. On one hand is the old foe in Assad who is hinged to the Iran Hezbollah nexus. The alternative is ISIS which is a sworn enemy, by virtue of its ideological leanings and radical Islamism. The secular opposition is fronted...

It seems that the international community especially the West is being caught offguard by the global flux of contingencies especially in the arena of war and terrorism. Nobody saw Al Qaeda and the Taliban coming. In Somalia, the Islamic Courts, a disciplined force was ousted by Ethiopia at the...

Smoke and flames rise over a hill near the Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 23, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach (Reuters) - U.S.-led air strikes...

I don't know whether this is the right place for this thread but isn't it odd that soldiers on opposite sides of the battlefield go for each others jugular dispensing with each other with absolute resolve yet they never met? They could even be compatible and become the best of mutual friends...

By committing to support Assad militarily, Russia has just plunged itself into the limelight of attention from jihadi groups. And there are precedents in Beirut where over 200 American marines were killed. I believe that something is in the offing and Russia should tread carefully in Syria...

The siege on Aleppo seems imminent with govt forces seeking to seal off the city and lay a deadly siege. The ceasefire looks fragile with Russian warplanes in action as ground fighting rages on. Aleppo is a gamechanger in the Syrian conflict and could either lead to a ceasefire along the lines...

The war in Syria has been ranging on for 5 years now. It seems that Russia has given the Syrian regime a new lease of life and Assad is about to turn the tables decisively in his favour. I postulate that the quickest way to stop the war is to hit directly at the decision makers and their...