Europe is undergoing one of the most significant security transformations since the end of the Cold War. Governments across the continent are reassessing defense strategies, increasing military spending, modernizing armed forces and strengthening cooperation within NATO and the European Union in response to a rapidly changing international environment.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China for a two-day visit focused on talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as Moscow and Beijing continue to deepen cooperation amid the war in Ukraine, Western sanctions, and wider global instability.

Relations between United States and China have entered one of the most tense and strategically complex periods in modern international politics.

The growing rivalry between United States and China is increasingly reshaping global politics, economics, technology, and security, raising one of the most important geopolitical questions of the twenty first century: is the world entering a new Cold War?

On 21–22 May 2026, the Swedish city of Helsingborg will become one of the key diplomatic centres of Euro-Atlantic politics. NATO foreign ministers are set to gather there for a ministerial-level meeting of the North Atlantic Council — an event that carries far greater significance than a regular diplomatic consultation. It will be the first major NATO foreign ministers’ meeting hosted by Sweden since the country joined the Alliance, and it will come at a time when Europe’s security architecture is undergoing one of the deepest transformations since the end of the Cold War.

Editor’s note: Moses Becker is a special political commentator for News.Az. He holds a PhD in political science and specializes in interethnic and interreligious relations. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the position of News.Az.

The Munich Security Conference 2026 represents one of the most consequential global security gatherings of the year, bringing together heads of state, defense ministers, intelligence chiefs, diplomats, military commanders, technology executives, and leading policy thinkers.

Iran's intelligence forces seized a 14-tonne cache of concealed cold weapons and "items usable in riots" in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Wednesday.

At least 14 people have died after a week-long cold snap hit New York City, with hypothermia suspected in several cases.