Joe Biden has been urged to attack Houthi militants whose strikes on shipping have threatened to halt the passage of freighters through the Red Sea. After a succession of missile strikes on various commercial vessels, two major shipping companies said they were pausing operations in the region, where as much as...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention;  Fragility & Resilience

Ukraine has pushed for years to join the European Union. Now, there's some movement. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor joins CBS News to unpack the latest development as Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Thursday he will continue the.

Democracy & Governance;  Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Thursday night, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked a European Union vote on a $54 billion aid package for Ukraine. The move came after leaders agreed to officially begin negotiations for Ukraine to join the European Union. BBC News reporter Sofia Bettiza has the details on the vote. And former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor joined CBS News to discuss the relationship between...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plan to unveil a “new vision” for cooperation when their leaders meet in Tokyo this weekend for a commemorative gathering as Japan seeks to align the 10-member bloc with its strategy for a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” amid concerns over China's growing assertiveness. The three-day special leaders’ summit, meant to mark 50 years of...

Democracy & Governance

Donald Trump is considering a plan to let North Korea keep its nuclear weapons and offer its regime financial incentives to stop making new bombs, according to three people briefed on his thinking. The move would mark a sharp departure from his past stance on the issue and a shift toward accommodating the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, with whom Trump developed an unusually friendly relationship during...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, President Joe Biden has argued that aiding Ukraine in its war with one of America’s chief adversaries is a bargain enhancing U.S. national security. And for over a year, to the tune of about $75 billion in military and economic assistance, the national security argument worked – both in public opinion and in Congress. But no more. As the war has hit a stalemate...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

FBI director Christopher Wray is in India this week for a trip aimed at strengthening security cooperation and deepening a partnership. But it comes in the wake of a major law enforcement issue between the two nations – one far more sinister and with the potential to cause cracks within that alliance. Just two weeks ago, the United States accused an Indian government official of being involved in a conspiracy to...

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Twenty-three soldiers were killed in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday when heavily armed militants attacked a security post in one of the deadliest assaults on the country’s security forces in recent years, officials said. The pre-dawn raid occurred on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which borders Afghanistan and has been plagued by...

Violent Extremism;  Fragility & Resilience