In a multipolarizing world, it is realpolitik for nations to defend themselves against aggressors like Russia

A comprehensive overview of ongoing and historical armed conflicts, military engagements and geopolitical tensions shaping the world today.

Study and practice of how sovereign states, international institutions, and non-state actors interact across borders. Encompasses diplomacy, negotiation, alliances, and conflict — the foundational domain through which global order is constructed, contested, and maintained.

Security arrangement under which states commit to treat an attack on one as an attack on all, obliging joint response. Underpins alliances such as NATO and provisions of the UN Charter, making shared deterrence and coordinated military planning central instruments of international stability.