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India’s dependence on Russian weapons tethers Modi to Putin

For all the success of the U.S.-led campaign to isolate Russia on the world stage, India has stood out as one major democracy that has been reluctant to criticize Vladimir Putin — and billions of dollars in weapons purchases mean that’s unlikely to change anytime soon.

Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 2022

Can Seoul Court Beijing’s Perception Problem?

While it might be unrealistic for Seoul to completely sever itself from Washington’s global geostrategy, Beijing and Seoul could still reach a modus vivendi on South Korea’s contribution to the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Strategy and its future relationship with the Quad.

The News Lens · Mar 18, 2022

Poland, in Russia’s shadow, nervous as war in Ukraine intensifies

WARSAW, Poland — Justina Dziwicka was not yet born when Poland shed the shackles of the Soviet Union and joined NATO, the U.S.-led alliance that would protect the Eastern European country. But the child-care worker is getting a swift lesson on what a Russian-generated conflict looks like.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 10, 2022

Finns warm to NATO in alarmed reaction to Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is causing a rapidly growing number of Finns to support membership of NATO, suggesting the country's delicate balancing act between the Kremlin and the U.S.-led military alliance could be coming to an end.

Reuters · Mar 3, 2022

Analysis: Ukraine war tests growing China-Russia partnership

China and Russia have grown closer in recent years, raising the specter of an alliance of authoritarian states to challenge a U.S.-led democratic West in a new Cold War

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2022

Japan mulls sanctions on Russia

The Japanese government has begun coordinating economic sanctions against Russia in the event of a military invasion of Ukraine, with a view to joining U.S.-led restrictions on exports of semiconductors and other products.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 22, 2022

Japan likely to join any U.S.-led sanctions on Russia - Yomiuri

Japan will likely join U.S.-led sanctions on Russia, including a ban on chip and other key technology exports, should President Vladimir Putin order an invasion of Ukraine, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Reuters · Feb 22, 2022

Russian diplomat says: U.S. and British spies can't be trusted on Ukraine

The assessments of U.S. and British spies on Ukraine cannot be trusted as they made so many grave mistakes in the run up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Russia's first deputy permanent representative to the United Nations said on Sunday.

Reuters · Feb 20, 2022

Israel participates in huge U.S. Mideast naval exercise alongside Saudi, Oman

Israel is taking part in a huge U.S.-led naval exercise in the Middle East, for the first time publicly joining Saudi Arabia and Oman, two counties it has no diplomatic relations with despite its normalisation of ties with some Gulf states.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2022

U.N. report says Taliban have killed scores of former Afghan officials, others

A U.N. report seen by Reuters says the Taliban and its allies are believed to have killed scores of former Afghan officials, security force members and people who worked with the international military contingent since the U.S.-led pullout.

Reuters · Jan 30, 2022