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Perhaps the most famous take on war in philosophy is the principle of the “just war” by St Thomas Aquinas. Amongst other things, he prescribes that a war should only be fought if it can be won. Humble, diehard Catholic that I am, I respectfully disagree. What do you do…

Vladimir Putin’s regime admitted it had to withdraw from key areas around the city in the Donetsk region, in the south east of Ukraine Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky (Image: AFP via Getty Images) Russia has been forced into a humiliating retreat after Ukraine made significant gains in the battle for…

Police and activists were lined up outside a private home in North Oxford as the Russian ambassador was hosted in the city on Thursday evening. Andrey Kelin, the Russian ambassador to the UK, received an invite from the Oxford Russian Club to speak at a question and answer session. But…

Story by Thomas Macaulay Senior reporter Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on deeptech, startups, and government policy. Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on deeptech, startups, and government policy. This article features an…

A prominent Russian television and radio host called nuclear war "inevitable" while discussing Russia's conflict in Ukraine before suggesting that Moscow use its nuclear weapons to give an "ultimatum" to Ukraine's allies. Vladimir Solovyov, a well-known broadcaster and staunch supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, called on Moscow to directly…

A Soviet T-34 tank, the only tank on display in Russia's Victory Day parade on May 9, 2023, rolls through Red Square. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russia's scaled-down Victory Day military parade showed not only Moscow's insecurities over possible Ukrainian attacks but also highlighted the country's…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed decrees abolishing visas for Georgian nationals and lifting a 2019 ban on direct flights to the South Caucasus nation. According to the documents, starting from May 15, Georgian nationals will be allowed to enter Russia without visas -- unless they’re…

Last week the world simultaneously witnessed two events in Russia’s war on Ukraine that are significant, including for Australia. First, Vladimir Putin staged a fake drone assassination attempt on himself, according to the independent Institute for the Study of War. This staged event – as Putin doesn’t live in the…

The way mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his private army have been waging a significant part of Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine has been well covered in the American media, not least of all because his firm, the Wagner Group, draws most of its men from Russia's prison system. Wagner offers "freedom" from Putin's…

Confidential computing will become the standard for all tasks rather than a specialized feature used for certain sensitive workloads, and Mark Russinovich, Microsoft's Azure CTO, has hailed it as "the future of advertising." Russinovich spelled out his viewpoint in a missive this week relating his participation in this year's Open…