US, S. Korean militaries to conduct joint drills despite detente with Pyongyang

The US and South Korea will go ahead with military drills off the Korean peninsula despite the “Peace Olympics” and the recent thaw in North-South relations, the South’s defense ministry said in a report to the National Assembly. In the run-up to the Olympic Games in PyeongChang, Seoul was able to convince Washington to delay […]

EU needs new ‘detente policy’ for Russia, current sanctions-based approach ‘unrealistic’ – German FM

The EU policy towards Moscow, presently based on strict sanctions, is “unrealistic,” the German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has said, adding, that he “ardently supports” the idea of a new “de-escalation policy” in relations between Europe and Russia. “Why cannot we dare to lay a new foundation to the disarmament and arms control [policy] instead […]