Lawrence Freedman’s Diary: My ban from entering Russia and memories of Cold War encounters with the KGB
I was last on the Kremlin’s most recent list of people to be sanctioned. This suggested I was something of…
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Whatever Moscow’s military defeats in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is winning the energy war
Russia’s exports to Eurasia are so great, its resource power won’t be dented by sanctions imposed only by the West.
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What is the Kaliningrad problem?
The Russian exclave is a point of pressure for the West but also has more to lose from Moscow’s manoeuvring.
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Nato must keep faith with Ukraine
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the alliance’s former secretary general, on what the West got wrong in the 1990s and why democracy…
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EU membership for Ukraine will take years – but Kyiv needs weapons now
Promises of eventual membership provide some of the political disadvantages associated with joining but none of the advantages.
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Why are India and China failing to support Ukraine?
Kyiv is fighting a colonial aggressor – yet countries that evangelise national liberation are helping Russia project its imperial ambitions.
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Bulgaria is the canary in the gas pipeline for Russia’s relationship with the EU
The travails of Bulgaria’s new government show just how difficult it is for European countries to navigate away from Moscow.
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Angela Merkel’s self-justification on Russia does not add up
History will judge harshly her doctrine of passivity towards Vladimir Putin.
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History’s long shadow falls over Russia and Ukraine
Wars have rules, and those who ignore them are apt to achieve surprise, simply by being stupid.
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Vladimir the Great
When Putin says he sees himself as an 18th-century imperialist, believe him.
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“Merkel’s policy of not arming Ukraine failed”: top CDU official on Germany and Russia
Jürgen Hardt, the foreign affairs spokesperson for Germany’s main opposition party, also blames Olaf Scholz for not being hard enough.
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What Antony Beevor gets wrong about Russia
The historian’s new book Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 fails to understand that brutality is powered by ideas.
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Molotov cocktails and the Northern Lights: Finland’s Winter War against Russia
Art student Bonar Dunlop was one of thousands of foreign volunteers who fought alongside the Finns in 1939-40.
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Russia must be offered a way out
Many in the West are championing a Ukrainian victory but the stakes are too high to subject Putin to a…
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The war in Ukraine has given business an excuse to ditch ESG
Investors have shown their true feelings by quickly turning their backs on environmental considerations.
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Bruno Maçães’s Diary: Kharkiv is shelled, streets are renamed, and soldiers on a break head for the cafés
Since Russian troops retreated from the city, residents have been trying to return to normal life.
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The West can’t desert Ukraine
The only way to stop the fighting is to convince Vladimir Putin that he cannot afford to go on.
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How Russia has increased its oil exports to Asia
An increasing share of Russian oil is ending up in India and China rather than Europe.
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Europe’s war begs the question: Who owns our energy?
Many countries are suddenly uncomfortably aware of how reliant they are on Russian oil and gas.
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Will the West pressure Ukraine to concede territory?
Ukraine’s war effort is being sustained by its many allies, but that support may not last forever.
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