military escalation

Moscow calls alliance operations a direct threat. NATO says it is coordinating existing activity after Russia’s military buildup and the war in Ukraine

Attacking the island, which handled 90% ​of Iran's oil exports before the war, would severely disrupt its energy trade

Finnish and Nordic reporting has documented expansion of Russian military infrastructure near the Finnish border

The remaining hesitation in some EU capitals over Russia’s frozen assets is no longer sustainable

U.S. intelligence flags possible limited Russian probe of the alliance as NATO conducts unusual air operations near Kaliningrad

Russia drops its mask. The West needs to leave the comfort zone the “plausible denial” had provided for so many years to both sides

The fact that the missile penetrated deep into Polish territory before crashing marks a clear escalation in the risk to NATO airspace

The drone strike on a U.S.-linked gas tanker at Egypt’s Damietta port marked a significant geographic expansion of the five-month-old war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine's forces struck a Russian warship and vessels used for transporting Iranian-linked military cargo in the Caspian Sea

The latest Russian barrage on civilian infrastructure amplifies doubts if recent leadership changes undermine Ukraine’s ability to deter such escalation

This threat emerges against the backdrop of renewed U.S. airstrikes on Iran and the rapid unravelling MOU aimed at halting the conflict

The latest U.S. military actions come amid Iran’s continued missile attacks on shipping and infrastructure