Tracking the World, One Axis at a Time
Turkey’s parliament is set on Wednesday to ratify a defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan that includes a collective defence clause, committing NATO’s second-largest army to Riyadh’s defence as…
Saudi Arabia and Syria signed a cooperation agreement between the two countries’ defense ministries on Wednesday, Saudi state news agency SPA reported, as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group continues its missile…
Morocco will stay committed to the ceasefire in Western Sahara despite the end of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the territory, the Royal Palace said on Wednesday. – The…
Cost of War, in a political sense, refers to the overall consequences of armed conflict for a nation’s political stability, government legitimacy, public confidence, leadership, electoral outcomes, domestic power dynamics…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in an interview on Wednesday, said he hoped gains by Democrats in the US midterm elections would generate more help for Ukraine in its 4-1/2-year-long war…
South Korea plans to expand the operations of its anti-piracy Cheonghae unit to waters closer to the Strait of Hormuz, the Defence Ministry said, following pressure from US President Donald…
Alice Weidel has become one of the most prominent figures in contemporary German politics through her leadership of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), a party that has moved from its…
Jeremy Corbyn is a British politician whose career has been shaped by decades of parliamentary service, socialist politics and campaigning on issues of economic equality, peace and human rights. First…
Bernie Sanders has spent decades challenging the boundaries of American political debate, building a career around economic inequality, workers’ rights, universal healthcare and the concentration of wealth and political power.…
The administration of US President Donald Trump is negotiating an agreement with Venezuela that would allow for a long-term US military presence in the country, The New York Times (NYT)…