French President Emmanuel Macron is due in Beijing on Wednesday, where he is expected to put pressure on his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to help secure a ceasefire in Ukraine and discuss trade relations.

This September, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation announced a $75 million equity commitment to the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund. Pursuant to the U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal signed in April, the joint fund will use the revenue from natural resource extraction to finance Ukraine’s economic recovery.

Geopolitical strategist Velina Tchakarova warns that China is now embedded in Russia’s drone war economy, linking the Ukraine war to Beijing’s strategic contest with the West.

China is drawing lessons from the Trump administration’s still unfinished “peace plan” for Russia and Ukraine, watching to see how far Washington will go to secure an agreement, and whether that means concessions to Moscow.

Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) has revealed a startling discovery about Russia’s ongoing war efforts. According to their latest report, Russian defense factories continue to rely heavily on foreign-made machinery to produce key weapons,

Taiwan's president should take part in "rehearsals" focused on potential enemy movements in order to make more informed decisions during wartime, retired Ukrainian Air Force Colonel Andrii Ordynovych said in an interview with the Central News Agency, which is partially funded by Taiwan's government.

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to land in China on 3 December, with Paris hoping its “strategic dialogue” will help advance key priorities for both the EU and Ukraine.

Corruption has always been what’s wrong with Ukraine. The investigation, and the legal and political accountability that have gone with it, is what’s right. A nation that can investigate its leaders even as it fights for its existence is one worth defending.

North Korean troops and weapons have played an unexpectedly crucial role in sustaining Russia’s grinding military campaign in Ukraine. In exchange, Pyongyang has been able to upgrade its outdated