In the second of a three-part interview series, RFE/RL talks to Clifford May, the founder and president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, about the changing world order.

Ukrainian troops were at risk while getting critical supplies to the front lines. Now they're using fiber-optic ground drones ...

Clifford May is president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and says that US President Donald Trump's "America First" foreign policy has succeeded in forcing European NATO members to step ...

April frosts and a lack of rain have harmed crops in Ukraine’s Kherson region this spring. Deadly drones and land mines don’t ...

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine will hold direct face-to-face peace talks for the first time in more than three years in Istanbul, though the teams will be comprised of lower-level technocrats ...

US military leaders are increasingly concerned that the United States faces the prospect of global flashpoints turning into ...

The UN aviation council on May 12 found that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian commercial jet over ...

US President Donald Trump has offered to make a detour and stop in Turkey during his trip to the Middle East if it will ...

A Moscow court sentenced prominent Russian election monitor Grigory Melkonyants to five years in prison after finding him ...

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman signed a strategic economic partnership agreement hours ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will be waiting in the Turkish capital, Ankara, to hold a meeting on May 15 with President Vladimir Putin, and will only meet face-to-face with his ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 20th week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region.