Why foreign affairs will define the Starmer era
At the Nato summit, the threat posed by China, Russia and Trump will be impossible to ignore.
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How Ukraine shattered Europe’s balance of power
The European Union was impotent in the face of crisis, while Britain remained agile.
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Europe’s Iron Lady: Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas
The Baltic leader has become the EU’s strongest advocate for an uncompromising response to Russia.
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Russia, North Korea and the axis of autocracies
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un’s dangerous pact makes even China uneasy.
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The Kremlin will exploit the Dagestan terror attacks
Instead of facing a growing threat from Islamist militants, Russia will try to pin the blame on Ukraine.
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Russia’s great-power complex
Whether acting as an adversary or a partner to the West, the Kremlin has long yearned for recognition and respect.
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The end of the pariah state
What Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin’s deepening relationship reveals about the emerging international order.
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Dmytro Kuleba: On China, we know much more than we’ve said
Ukraine’s foreign minister on the peace summit in Switzerland, what Donald Trump would mean for his country, and the similarities…
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The rise of a new axis
China, Russia, North Korea and Iran are all deeply hostile to the US and its allies – and they could…
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What the West gets wrong about the war in Ukraine
If Kyiv’s allies had identified Putin’s invasion as an act of colonisation, they might have won more support from the…
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The democratic battle for Georgia’s soul
Protests against the government’s “foreign agents law” are just part of the story.
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Russia’s victory-less Victory Day
Vladimir Putin’s forces are in the ascendancy – but there is still no end to the war in sight.
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“Russia cannot afford to lose, so we need a kind of a victory”: Sergey Karaganov on what Putin wants
The Kremlin adviser explains how Russia views the war in Ukraine and the fate of liberalism.
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A raid on Russian assets would risk everything
Seizing Russia’s funds in Europe to arm Ukraine may be a tempting plan – but it could wreck the West’s…
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George Robertson: Why Russia fears the European Union
The former Nato secretary general on his conversations with Vladimir Putin.
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The age of danger
Order is breaking down as the great powers take sides in multiple wars.
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The German SPD’s foolish attachment to Putin’s Russia
Olaf Scholz’s centre-left party refuses to abandon its nostalgic ties to Moscow – and is paying a heavy political price.
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Wagner’s next act in Africa
How Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigozhin’s son have rebranded the mercenary group in the Sahel.
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How Swan Lake became a cultural phenomenon
Tchaikovsky’s celebrated ballet is an aesthetic movement in the West – but in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, it has become a…
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Kyiv’s recurring grief
Travelling through Ukraine, it’s clear that the country cannot escape its past.
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