Ukraine, the Baltic Sea is now the focus of geopolitical interest and conflict. An expression of this is the increase in … trade routes. In response to the war against Ukraine and Russian naval activity in the Baltic Sea, littoral states have …

Convention is a lever of power. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has enabled it to use this lever even more in the …The Black Sea is a region of tension. It is the arena of the Russia-NATO confrontation while at the same time serving … Ukraine, NATO is no longer present in the Black Sea. This means that an important pillar of deterrence and defence is missing …

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has fundamentally changed the terms of Russia-China economic relations …. Economic cooperation with China has become vital for the Russian economy. Trade turnover between Russia and China has increased … significantly since February 2022. However, Chinese companies remain hesitant about investing in Russia. Energy cooperation remains …

Any conflict with a nuclear power like Russia carries the risk that nuclear weapons could be used, and President … Vladimir Putin is aggressively exploiting such concerns. With its nuclear threats, the Kremlin is moving away from Russia … from providing more substantial support to Ukraine, but also to intimidate the Western public. However, as long as NATO …

While the world’s attention is focused on Russia’s war against Ukraine and the inten­sifying conflict between the US …

Among the many significant geopolitical consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine has been the reinvigoration of the … increasingly attrac­tive alternative route between Europe and China. Russia’s war has disrupted overland connectivity via the New … Trans-Caspian International Transport Route is likely to increase its potential at the expense of Russia in the long …

President Vladimir Putin escalated Russia's war on Ukraine in September 2022, announcing a partial mobilisation and …