Soon after the assembly elections, Pakistan and its agencies began to instigate trouble in the Kashmir Valley through a series of terror incidents. On 20 October, an attack by The Resistance Front (TRF), a Pakistan-based terror outfit, killed seven people and injured five in the Ganderbal district. On 2 November, security agencies killed a long-wan

will create tensions within the Alliance and reduce the already unclear level of joint commitments. In such circumstances, Russia, together with its allies, may decide to launch a direct aggression against a NATO member to confirm the inoperability of the Euro-Atlantic security architecture and create a new political reality in Europe on Russia’s

It is a mistake to believe that the war between Russia and Ukraine can end with compromise and concessions from Ukraine. Such agreements could lead to a temporary de-escalation and transfer of the conflict to a low-intensity level, a tried-and-true Russian method of fixing political reality and normalizing relations with the West. The so-called “

other actions. Good neighbourly relations are key to future progress, as neither Slovenia nor Serbia, let alone Bosnia and Herzegovina or Montenegro, objectively pose a threat to Croatia. The greatest danger to Croatia stems from its own destructive policies, positioning the country as a base for potentially controversial actions. Equally concernin

Japanese utilities restarted two additional nuclear reactors in 2024 that had been suspended from operations in response to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident, taking the total number of restarted reactors to 14 since the accident. In November, Tohoku Electric Power Co. restarted its 796-megawatt (MW) Onagawa Unit 2 reactor, and in December Chugok