It’s perhaps not surprising that Tajikistan, which shares a poorly guarded, 750-mile border with opium-rich Afghanistan, has become a major global drug-trafficking hub—in fact, more than 80 percent of Afghanistan’s heroin…
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Joint Statement – The Tallinn Pledge
A joint statement by the defence ministers of Estonia, the United Kingdom, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania; and the representatives of Denmark, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and Slovakia. We the…
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UK defence chiefs seek funding increase to confront rising threats
In early December, Britain’s defence minister Ben Wallace and the head of the armed forces Admiral Sir Tony Radakin went to see Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at 10 Downing Street…
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Explosions rock Ukraine’s Kyiv in early hours of New Year’s Day
Numerous explosions have rocked the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, minutes after midnight on New Year’s Day. The attacks on Kyiv on Sunday followed a barrage of at least 20 cruise missiles fired at…
