Poland OKs Attacks on Germany

This post was originally published on here In a dramatic act of defiance against Germany, a Polish court refused Germany’s request to hand over a Ukrainian diving instructor accused of sabotaging Germany’s Nord Stream pipelines. German authorities allege that Volodymyr Zhuravlov helped plant the explosives that damaged the pipelines in September 2022, and he was…

Japan’s Hawkish New Prime Minister

This post was originally published on here Japan elected its first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, on Tuesday, positioning the nation for a rightward shift. While Takaichi says the Japan-U.S. alliance is “essential” to Japanese security, she wants the Japanese military to take on a larger, more autonomous role and has advocated for revising Japan’s…