Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming choice. In public, he exudes optimism. He has pulled his country back from the abyss and,

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says the United States, China and Russia have the prime responsibility to pull the world back from the brink

In contrast, the Russian Federation has been referred to as an “imitation democracy”. It has institutions that one would find in democratic systems of government (a parliament and a directly elected president). But, among other flaws, these institutions do not function within a genuinely competitive or fair electoral environment.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the clock to 89 seconds before midnight—one second closer to the theoretical point of annihilation.

Green campaigners are loudly calling for governments to spend up to 25% of our GDP, choking growth in the name of climate change.