A timely contemplation, in a series of academic essays, of the strategies of war, international relations and nuclear deterrence

Both sides reported more than 1,000 drone and shelling attacks after the 32-hour truce began on ​Saturday

We can see that Nato is in disarray

If Orbán wins and continues to act as he has been doing, EU membership should be suspended

Polls show opposition Tisza party led by Peter Magyar heading for landslide victory but outcome remains uncertain

The RN’s challenge for the next year is to bring on board the bulk of the right, the traditional right as well as their hard core far-right supporters

Moves follows proposal by Volodymyr Zelenskiy from earlier this week to obverse pause in fighting during celebration

Should he be defeated, it will be the most significant setback for the populist right in years

Antony Beevor says Rasputin was a historically important figure who accelerated the demise of the Romanov dynasty

President claims ‘new regime’ has asked for ceasefire, a claim denied by Tehran, as fighting continues in Lebanon

Napoleon Bonaparte was particular target of early satirical cartoonists

Aughinish Alumina revelations in The Irish Times came a day after Russia launched a wave of missile and drone attacks across Ukraine

Trump applying pressure on Kyiv for quick end to four-year invasion as US focuses shifts to Iran war

Evidence of Limerick-produced alumina entering Russian military supply chain ‘horrific and shocking’, says Labour’s Ivana Bacik

War in Iran has given Vladimir Putin a boost

Alumina made in Aughinish, Co Limerick is exported to smelters that sell aluminium to a trader supplying Russian arms manufacturers, an investigation has found. The project analysed confidential documents, customs data and transport records along with satellite imagery and financial records, to trace the passage of materials from Guinea and Brazil, through Ireland, and on to Russian smelters.

The Oscar-winning documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin is a record of something totally unseen in the world outside Russia

In the infantile recent debate about the Mercosur deal, for example, politicians from all sides fell over each other to criticise an agreement profoundly in Ireland’s interests

Behind Trump’s erratic policies there is one common thread: to check China’s rise

Vladimir Putin endorses plan drawn up by Russian consultancy that is under western sanctions