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Opinion: Canceled Ramstein meeting marks a missed opportunity for Europe to lead on Ukraine

A short trip to Germany instead of the planned state visit. A four-way meeting in the Chancellery instead of the conference in Ramstein to coordinate future aid for Ukraine with some 50 participating states, including numerous heads of state and government. With Hurricane Milton in Florida preventing U.S. President Joe Biden from adhering to his […]

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October 24, 2024

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Opinion: Georgescu’s rise exposes the fragility of Romania’s pro-European consensus

The meteoric rise of hardcore nationalist Călin Georgescu in Romania’s first-round presidential election over the weekend is nothing short of remarkable. Georgescu surged from just a few percentage points in polls weeks before the vote to claim over 23% of the electorate, defeating candidates from the country’s two most established parties. Romanian Prime Minister Marcel […]

Ukraine

November 27, 2024

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Opinion: Gogol, the Ukrainian Kafka that Russia couldn’t claim

The question of Nikolai Gogol’s “belonging”—especially now, as Ukrainian and Russian cultures, long bound by an imperial past, are severing their ties before our eyes—remains a deeply painful issue for Ukrainians. Gogol, one of the most gifted writers ever born on Ukrainian soil, loved Ukraine profoundly as a civilization, was Ukrainian-speaking by origin, yet chose […]

Ukraine

November 4, 2024

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Opinion: Handshaking Putin and hugging Lukashenko, UN head Guterres undermines the ICC

While the president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) recently expressed “high appreciation” for the United Nations’ cooperative relations during the commemoration of UN Day, a troubling incident unfolded 3,000 kilometers away from The Hague in Kazan, Russia. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, smiling and bowing his head, shook hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the […]

Ukraine

November 5, 2024

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Opinion: How EU nations can prevent the worst-case outcome for Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin clearly hopes to exploit any effort by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to enforce a de facto capitulation of Ukraine. How might this plan unfold, and what should EU countries do now? This is how an ideal scenario might look for Russia: Step 1: Trump wants a deal, so Putin might agree […]

Ukraine

November 14, 2024

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Opinion: Moldova's EU integration referendum hangs in the balance, highlighting the dangers of oversimplification

Moldovans headed to the polls on Oct. 20 to elect their next head of state and vote on the future of the country’s European Union integration. With over 98% of the votes counted on Monday, the “yes” vote edged ahead at 50.03%, while the “no” camp, which had maintained a lead since the counting began, […]

Ukraine

October 21, 2024

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Opinion: Money-laundering watchdog FATF needs to blacklist Russia

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meets tomorrow, Oct. 22, and is expected to once again debate Russia’s blacklisting. That Russia, a clear state sponsor of terrorism, hasn’t been ousted from an intergovernmental body that sets global standards to combat terrorist financing, money laundering, and related financial crimes, is incredible. It’s remarkable that Russia isn’t […]

Ukraine

October 21, 2024

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Opinion: Pakistan can’t walk the tightrope between Russia and the West forever

Imran Khan, cricket star and then-prime minister of Pakistan, visited Russia on Feb. 23-24, 2022 – the first visit by a Pakistani leader to Russia in over two decades. On the second day of his visit, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Some political analysts suspected that Khan’s visit was simply another impulsive move, […]

Ukraine

October 16, 2024

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Opinion: Putin’s drone strategy shows the cracks in Russia’s war machine

Russia shot down one of its own drones — a large and stealthy S-70 — after it flew uncontrolled into Ukrainian territory in early October, sparking speculation about how Moscow lost control of this valuable asset so publicly. It’s an unforced error that will be keenly felt in Moscow, whose high ambitions for producing its […]

Ukraine

October 23, 2024

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Opinion: Putin’s economic gamble is a ticking time bomb for Russia’s future

Two and a half years after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian economy seems like a riddle wrapped in an enigma of competing narratives. If you want to argue that the economy has been hobbled by Western sanctions, by the Kremlin’s prioritizing of military spending over everything else, and […]

Ukraine

October 7, 2024

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Opinion: Rigged elections have stolen Georgia's European future

In Georgia’s 2012 election, then-President Mikheil Saakashvili’s pro-Western party was defeated by Georgian Dream, a party led by the Russian-backed oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili. Though widely hailed at the time as a democratic triumph, astute observers warned against celebrating. One such observer was Georgia’s former economy minister, the late Kakha Bendukidze, a businessman and philanthropist who […]

Ukraine

October 31, 2024

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Opinion: Russia's alliance of convenience with China is a ticking time bomb

The recent BRICS+ summit in Kazan, Russia — featuring Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — had some observers hailing it as the dawn of an anti-Western world order, led by Moscow and Beijing. The partnership between Russia and China is undeniably formidable. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have met […]

Ukraine

December 6, 2024

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