
Biden Gives the Nod to Training of Ukrainian Pilots in West
With the U.S. president’s approval, fellow NATO allies can also begin the process of delivering F-16s to Ukraine later this year.

With the U.S. president’s approval, fellow NATO allies can also begin the process of delivering F-16s to Ukraine later this year.

More concessions from the Commission are to be expected as EU members remain divided on shutting down gas pipelines, barring deceitful vessels, and slapping third countries who help Russia with separate sanctions in fear of economic blowback.

Russia finds itself in a better negotiating position than even just two months ago.

Apart from Moscow’s war in Ukraine, Beijing’s increasingly muscular position on its claim to Taiwan and the South China Sea is bringing the G7 considerable anxiety.

Tunisia’s accession into the bloc would provide the country with massive economic benefits, which in turn would improve the country’s social conditions.

Japan has struggled to wean itself off Russian energy imports and made the decision with the prior approval of the United States.

The flagship measure is a ban on Russian gold imports, to align EU sanctions with those of the G7, which decided to sanction Russian gold last month.

After the war in Ukraine started, G7 leaders have been fixated on getting oil and gas from anywhere but Russia. This might prove more trying than expected.

The club of wealthy nations comprising Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the U.S. took the opportunity to renew their vow of standing with Ukraine on all fronts “for as long as it takes.”

Only now, as it becomes clear that Russia is not buckling under the previous sanctions, have countries begun to put the most serious sanctions on the table: those that touch on Russia’s energy empire.