Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says the U.S. wants to see Russia’s military capabilities weakened. The comments come following a trip to Kyiv, where he and Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University where he specializes in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis. He says talk of a Ukrainian counter-offensive in Bakhmut may be part of broader strategy.

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Tom Pepinsky is a professor of government and director of the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University, he says the deal is a major development in U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy.

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Tamara Loos is a professor of history and Thai studies at Cornell University. While a repressive human rights climate and an underperforming economy have catalyzed sentiment against Prayut; Loos says a growing dissatisfaction with the country’s conservative monarchy is what really makes this election significant.

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Sri Lanka is facing an economic and political crisis, with protesters taking to the streets of the island nation to demand government action and accountability.

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David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University where he specializes in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis, he says the document leak will have widespread tactical and diplomatic repercussions.

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The European Union’s top official called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia in a sixth package of sanctions over the war in Ukraine.

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David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University where he specializes in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis. In addition to sending a message to North Korea, he says the subs also represent a tightening circle around China.

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Thomas Jungbauer is a professor of strategy and business economics at Cornell University, he says the move puts a significant dent in Microsoft’s plans to take a unanimous leadership in the cloud-gaming market.

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Russia has cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria after both refused to meet a demand by Moscow to pay in rubles – and is now threatening to do the same to other countries.

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