The remarks were made during the week of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia. In a meeting on the sidelines of the summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping had told Russian President Vladimir Putin the two countries' " profound" relationship will not change despite the turbulence in global geopolitics.

It was, perhaps, the costliest phone call in history. When Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, told his American counterpart on Monday that the Kremlin had not budged from its demand for an even bigger slice of Ukraine than its forces currently hold,

Despite these points, China’s role in supporting Russia is not a black-and-white issue for Europe. In fact, China poses a much more sophisticated hard security problem for NATO and Europe than Russia does. There are three main reasons why it is unwise to treat Russia and China as hard security actors in the same way.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced three bipartisan bills on Wednesday in an effort to tighten the screws on Moscow and its backers nearly three years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

China is rolling out the red carpet for more than two dozen world leaders at two major defense-related events this week. The guest lists, and

Vladimir Putin is winning the fight against the West, with Donald Trump’s help, as he has damaged NATO, divided Americans, and created chaos in the US, all of which benefits Putin’s