Latvia goes to the polls on Saturday, at a time when having Russia as a neighbor is particularly uncomfortable.
Category: War and peace
Death of a liberator
The last Soviet leader leaves a legacy that will never be forgotten.
August electoral roundup
A regular feature: this month, news from Kenya, Kuwait, Senegal and Canada, plus an update on a Washington story.
Kosovo is not Crimea
A war scare in the Balkans offers a warning against being misled by the force of bad analogies.
Mr Salvini & the Russians
Italy's three right-of-centre parties are co-operating to try to win government, but their very different positions on the war in Ukraine may herald a serious problem.
Lessons for Taiwan
A planned visit by Nancy Pelosi has again raised the question of Taiwan's future, and of what lessons can be learned from the invasion of Ukraine.
Death in Japan
The assassination of Shinzo Abe seems to have given his party an electoral boost, but it also puts the spotlight on the defence issues that he championed.
EU expansion, part XXIV
The European Union approves two new candidate countries for membership, one of them very big and difficult. But it's only the start of a long process.
Another win for Ukraine
Danish voters approve an end to their exemption from EU defence activities, in a further sign of Europe's commitment to countering Russian aggression.
Ukraine does well at the polls
The war in Ukraine has led to a wave of strategic rethinking in Europe, with ripple effects in a German state election at the weekend.
The World is Not Enough 