China’s dangerous embrace of Russia — and why the West must look to Ukraine China’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and the Victory Day Parade will stay ingrained in the memory of the Western world. The events clearly designed to rattle the West gathered the leaders from some of the most populous, influential and anti-American nations in the world with the aim to forge a closer alliance. https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2025-09-10/opinion-china-embrace-russia-west-look-ukraine-19046325.html

Europe's Security Depends on Ukraine's Drones Earlier this month, President Donald Trump sat down with Russia's leader, Vladimir Putin, in Alaska, marking the start of a high-stakes bid to end the war in Ukraine. While momentum for peace has brought the trans-Atlantic allies together, consensus on the terms of ending the war remains elusive. https://www.newsmax.com/ivansaschasheehan/balkans-transatlantic-alliance/2025/09/05/id/1225312/

How the US and Ukraine Can Redefine Drone Deterrence Although the Russia-Ukraine war is the most drone-intensive conflict of the twenty-first century, the implications of this reality have only recently spilled beyond its borders. In August, Polish officials confirmed that Russian drones had crossed into their airspace before being shot down near the frontier. Around the same time, Danish and Norwegian airports were reportedly targeted by suspected drone disruptions, which local analysts described as highly likely to be Kremlin-backed. https://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-the-us-and-ukraine-can-redefine-drone-deterrence