Leo Timm

Update March 2: Recent developments suggest that Russian forces have surrounded, but not established control over the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station and the satellite town of Enerhodar. As the Ukrainian regular army and militias continue...

Speaking with Japan’s Fuji Television, former prime minister Shinzo Abe discussed his past conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin  Editorial update: Abe was assassinated on July 8, 2022, while making a campaign speech. Read more:...

Russian infantry, tanks, and vehicles have entered the city of Kharkov, Ukraine’s second-largest, as defenders continue to put up strong resistance across the besieged country.  The previous day, footage and photos from the nearby Russo-Ukrainian...

Chinese have expressed concern for their compatriots present in Ukraine since the outbreak of war with Russia on Thursday, Feb. 24 amid intense fighting, and as the costs and difficulty of leaving the country rise. ...

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its third day, the invaders have yet to succeed in taking several major Ukrainian cities, notably Kiev and Kharkov, which are the country’s two largest. Only Melitopol, located...

Example set by Moscow puts pressure on Chinese communist leaders to make good on ‘reunification’ promise News analysis On Feb. 24, nine aircraft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) air force approached Taiwan from...

Armed forces of the Russian Federation began large-scale operations across the Ukraine in what may become the worst European conflict since World War II.  In the early morning of Feb. 24 local time, explosions and...

Olaf Scholz, the new chancellor of Germany, has responded to the Kremlin’s recognition of separatist-held regions in the Ukraine by halting the lucrative Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline between Germany and Russia.  Scholz said...

In a long speech given Monday, Feb. 21, the president of Russia officially recognized the separatist territories of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, while questioning the legitimacy of the latter’s statehood.  “I ask the...

The bipartisan bill copatroned by 31 state delegates was passed unanimously 82–0 on Feb. 11 after discussions on Feb. 8. It condemns the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual practice, as...

The Pentagon has stepped up promotion of socially progressive ideology in the ranks of the U.S. military as incumbent officials neglect the strong approach to China formulated during the Trump era Thomas Piketty, a French...

Shinpei Matsushita, a Japanese senator of the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has drawn attention due to an investigative report claiming that he hired a Chinese national as his secretary — possibly in contravention...