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A year after Vladimir Putin’s reinvasion of Ukraine, Russia is conducting a renewed offensive while Ukraine prepares a new counteroffensive. Which will prevail? What will 2023 bring? → Read More
It is neither reasonable nor realistic to expect President Zelensky to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians in exchange for a tenuous cease-fire. → Read More
In response to Ukraine’s successful attack on the Kerch bridge connecting the occupied Crimea with mainland Russia, a Russian missile — one of several exploding in Kyiv’s capital — almost hit the “Glass Bridge” Monday morning. → Read More
With Western help, it could be a turning point in the war’s perhaps most significant theater: the Black Sea. → Read More
The British prime minister just staved off a political challenge. Ukrainians are thrilled. → Read More
The foreign policy fissure within the Republican Party was on full display last weekend. While Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell visited Kyiv with several other top-ranking Republicans, Sen. Rand Paul was busy delaying the new $40 billion package aid package for Ukraine that had just passed the House of Representatives with broad bipartisan support. According … → Read More
The bizarre experience of being dragged into a Hungarian propaganda campaign. → Read More
Joe Biden received a lot of flak for suggesting that Nato might be divided about what to do next if Vladimir Putin limits Russia’s aggression against Ukraine to a ‘minor incursion’. While clumsy and ill-advised, the comments were what Americans call a ‘Kingsley Gaffe’ – a situation when a politician accidentally tells the truth. After all, … → Read More
Anxious about this week’s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland? According to climate activists, the gathering of world leaders is humanity’s “last chance” to take action against climate change. “If we don’t really take the decisions that are vital now, it’s going to be almost impossible to catch up,” Prince Charles said in an interview with the … → Read More
The EU’s trade policy under the slogan of “open strategic autonomy” reminds one of the famous quip about the Holy Roman Empire, which was neither ‘Holy’ nor ‘Roman’ nor much of an ‘empire’. Likewise, European Commission’s recent Trade Policy Review betrays a view of trade relations that is neither open nor particularly strategic. And if it does offer ‘autonomy’, it comes at the cost […] → Read More
In Eastern European countries that have accepted the Russian vaccine, destabilization has followed. → Read More
The country’s swift fall shows that managing a pandemic is a marathon, not a sprint. → Read More
Washington should seize the chance to leverage an approaching vaccine glut. → Read More
Boosting democracy is no longer a luxury for Europe. It's becoming an existential issue. → Read More
Treating Beijing as reliable undermines Europe’s ability to hold it to account. → Read More
Czechs are waking up. How long will it take the rest of Europe to follow suit? → Read More
Viktor Orban and Fidesz are not just colorful nationalists or strong conservatives; they have done serious harm to Hungary, its people, and its reputation. → Read More
The continent’s market rigidities and its lack of effective federal structures and a shared political outlook are liabilities in times of economic distress. → Read More
The epidemic’s economic shock could easily exceed that of the 2008 financial crisis. → Read More
If European countries continue to welcome Chinese investment and are unconcerned by the growth of Chinese influence, America's job will be much harder. → Read More