The defence community does not want Grant Shapps
“I doubt he knows how to fire a rifle,” said one industry professional.
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History offers Ukraine slender hope for a decisive victory
The wars between Finland and Soviet Russia in the 1940s hold lessons on how peace might be achieved today.
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Death of a warlord
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s assassination won’t help Russia’s flailing war effort in Ukraine.
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Putin has declared war on Russia
The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin proves that it’s not the regime’s enemies that are under attack but its heroes.
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Russian currency crash is a blow to Putin’s credibility
Sanctions have cut off the financing the president needs to increase military spending.
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What if Ukraine loses?
As criticism of Kyiv’s strategy mounts in the West, hard questions must be asked.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin and the end of the rebellion
Russian officials say that the Wagner chief has died in a plane crash.
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Casualties of the counteroffensive
In the summer’s vicious fight for territory, Ukraine is suffering heavy losses. But wounded soldiers are determined to return to…
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How Sweden lost the plot
The country is no longer a model for the world.
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The Price of Truth: meet the journalists taking on Putin
Watching this documentary while drinking tea at my desk, I feel admiration and something close to shame.
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Russia’s war on the future
Unable to defeat Ukraine on the battlefield, Vladimir Putin is targeting the next generation.
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The Global South’s lost dream of mediated peace in Ukraine
The G20 summit may prove that Vladimir Putin has annoyed too many countries with significant clout in international affairs.
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Alexander Lukashenko: The broker of Belarus
The Belarussian dictator has entangled himself further in Russia’s war.
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Inside Viktor Orbán’s ideas factory
What makes Hungary so appealling to the new, radical right?
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George Kennan, loser
The American foreign policy sage was driven as much by pessimism about the US as antipathy to the Soviet Union.
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“The guy I was before the Russians captured me has died”
Inside the torture chambers where Putin’s forces tried to eradicate Ukrainian identity.
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Niger’s crisis belongs to the West
If you want to explain this coup, look to Paris, not just Moscow.
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Putin’s secret navy
A small group of Western businesses holds back EU sanctions, and keeps money flowing into Russia’s war machine.
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The meaning of Alexei Navalny’s conviction
Vladimir Putin is determined to curb the opposition leader’s influence.
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There is only one way to win a war of attrition
Outside cheerleaders and anxious supporters cannot force the pace of the conflict in Ukraine.
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