Alex Raufoglu is RFE/RL's senior correspondent in Washington, D.C.
US President Donald Trump used the longest State of the Union address in US history to repeat the threat of military action against Iran if diplomacy fails -- and pledged to keep negotiating to end the war in Ukraine.
Four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbor, hundreds of Ukraine's supporters gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, transforming the heart of the US capital into a sea of blue and yellow.
Just ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, crowds rallied in Washington, DC, to show their solidarity and call for US support in ending the war. EU representatives and other participants asked Western governments not to turn their attention away from Ukraine.
Nearly six months after the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan met at the White House, a central question remains: Has the political breakthrough translated into irreversible peace -- or is the process still contingent on fragile domestic and geopolitical dynamics?
As Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches its fourth anniversary, former US diplomats and analysts say the conflict is increasingly defined by hardened positions and structural constraints that leave little room for a negotiated breakthrough.
After US-Iran nuclear talks in Geneva ended without a breakthrough, experts say the crisis is at a tipping point as military buildups continue and both sides remain “very far apart.”
A senior US State Department official has flatly rejected suggestions that Washington and Moscow are informally continuing to observe the limits of the now-expired, nuclear-weapon-limiting New START treaty, saying there is no “gentlemen’s agreement” in place.
Just one day after addressing the Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio used a brief stop in the Slovak capital to dispel fears of a US retreat from NATO, telling reporters that Washington remains firmly committed to the alliance.
On his second day at the Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio set out to calm nerves and sharpen focus: Ukraine and security, he signaled, very much remain the center of gravity of Washington’s transatlantic policy.
At this year's Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed European leaders with affirmations of transatlantic ties -- calling America a "child of Europe" -- while urging reforms to address deindustrialization, migration, and sovereignty challenges.
After a day defined by pointed rhetoric and “wrecking-ball” warnings from European leaders, the focus of the Munich Security Conference has shifted entirely to the man set to deliver Washington’s answer: Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz opened the Munich Security Conference by describing a geopolitical landscape bereft of former signposts, saying the old world order "no longer exists," warning of threats posed by Russia and China, and suggesting US-Europe ties must be fixed.
US lawmakers have unveiled a bipartisan bill to tighten sanctions on Russia’s oil trade, targeting foreign buyers and “shadow fleet” loopholes to curb Kremlin revenue and increase leverage in any Ukraine war talks.
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded nearly three hours of closed-door talks at the White House on February 11 without reaching a clear agreement on how to proceed with Iran, underscoring lingering differences over diplomacy and security strategy.
A bipartisan coalition of US lawmakers is seeking to tighten the legal and financial vise on Russia's global mercenary network, introducing legislation on February 10 that would designate the Kremlin's rebranded proxy forces as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs).
The top US diplomat, Marco Rubio, travels to Germany later this week to lead a delegation to the Munich Security Conference before visiting Slovakia and Hungary. The trip comes as Washington and European states grapple with mistrust over security, trade, and the future of the transatlantic alliance.
Ukraine’s parliamentary speaker spent February 6 on Capitol Hill making the case to US lawmakers that tougher sanctions enforcement remains central to Kyiv’s effort to blunt Russia’s war as it grinds toward a fifth year.
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the final remaining bilateral agreement limiting US and Russian nuclear arsenals, expired on February 5, closing a chapter that began in the Cold War and survived its end.
The US Congress has approved $200 million in security assistance for the Baltic states as Russian activity along NATO’s eastern flank intensifies.
The Kremlin’s resumption of its campaign of air strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure ignited a firestorm of bipartisan calls on Capitol Hill for immediate action to support Kyiv, but a more measured response from the White House.
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