The Putin backlash
Russia is stuck with a form of warfare that depends on artillery barrages and indifference to casualties.
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Nato’s taboo of not sending tanks to Ukraine is slowly being broken
The West’s military aid to Ukraine is getting heavier and heavier.
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Letter from Ukraine: new year, same war
The Ukrainian novelist writes about ringing in 2023 amid drone attacks.
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Ukraine’s problematic nationalist heroes
Kyiv’s lionisation of 20th-century nationalists linked to atrocities is alienating allies and playing into Russian propaganda.
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Fifty years after joining the European Communities, Britain still doesn’t know what it is or wants
Britain’s unresolved Europe question is inseparable from its unresolved England question.
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The Ukraine war has made predictions futile
Russia can’t win its self-evidently stupid war – and working out what will happen next is almost impossible.
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The West must confront its failures on Ukraine
Sanctions have not achieved their stated goal: to deny Vladimir Putin the resources to fight a prolonged war.
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Why Vladimir Putin is beholden to Stalin’s legacy
The Russian president has embraced the Soviet cult of fear and control. His invasion of Ukraine is a colossal gamble…
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