The second coming of Nato
The alliance has been revived – but it can’t save the West.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
The alliance has been revived – but it can’t save the West.
ByEurope believed it had banished war for good. But Russia’s aggression in Ukraine shows we must prepare for armed conflict…
ByRussia’s exports to Eurasia are so great, its resource power won’t be dented by sanctions imposed only by the West.
ByThe Russian exclave is a point of pressure for the West but also has more to lose from Moscow’s manoeuvring.
ByWhat, exactly, is the US getting out of this?
ByHistory will judge harshly her doctrine of passivity towards Vladimir Putin.
ByWars have rules, and those who ignore them are apt to achieve surprise, simply by being stupid.
ByWhen Putin says he sees himself as an 18th-century imperialist, believe him.
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