President Vladimir Putin’s visits to North Korea and Vietnam reinforce Moscow’s relationships with these two countries at a time of regional and global flux.
EU countries have imposed restrictive measures on agricultural trade given domestic and regional triggers such as the farmers’ protests and the Russia–Ukraine war.
The Russia–Ukraine war has not only exacerbated already broken relations between the US and Russia but has emerged as a major hindrance to the conduct of the arms control talks.
The successful Ukrainian missile strike on the Russian naval base in Sevastopol, Crimea on 13 September 2023 could force the Russian Navy to relocate the Black Sea Fleet to Novorossiysk on the Russian mainland, which could increase supply chain vulnerabilities.
UCAVs can impose a major decision dilemma on the adversary and act as a part of a combined arms offensive in the air, in their role as ‘loyal wingman’ for manned fighter jets.
