What is Vladimir Putin’s way out in Ukraine?
The challenge for Ukraine and the West is to establish a peace process that encourages the Russian president to walk…
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The Ukraine war has invalidated Brexit
We can’t do sanctions, defence or energy without Europe.
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“My flight out of Moscow was full of fleeing Russians”: Felix Light leaves Russia
The Moscow-based correspondent on his decision to depart the country amid war, media clampdown and rumours of martial law.
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Security politics is energy politics, as Germany’s Greens understand
Annalena Baerbock, the foreign minister, is the most visible face of a clear stance against Russia’s aggression and in favour…
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How Russia descended into authoritarianism
As Putin cracks down on peaceful protest and free media, thousands are fleeing the country and a financial crash looms.
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Can the war save Joe Biden’s presidency?
A year of Biden in the White House hasn’t convinced Americans that he is up to the task. Will Russian…
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The poisoned peacemaker: why China can’t abandon Putin
The history of Sino-Russian relations is long and complicated, but Xi Jinping is not ready to sacrifice his relationship with…
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Switching off Russian gas could put the planet on the road to a green economy
The war in Ukraine must be the trigger for radical climate action.
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As a new Iron Curtain descends, Europe is already irreversibly changed
Short of an overthrow of Putin, we will be very far indeed from the post-Cold War vision of “Europe whole…
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John Mearsheimer and the dark origins of realism
Rage aimed at the eminent international relations scholar reflects liberal frustration over the West’s limited power to prevent Russia’s war…
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Has the Ukraine crisis saved Boris Johnson?
Since Russia invaded, the Prime Minister’s approval ratings have surged to levels not seen since before partygate.
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Letter from Kyiv: to keep from weeping, we start cursing
Language changes along with lived reality.
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“Stop financing the aggressor”: Ukraine’s former finance minister Natalie Jaresko on how to stop Putin
Natalie Jaresko was called in to rescue Ukraine’s finances after the annexation of Crimea in 2014. Now, she says Western…
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Putin’s war is in disarray
As the conflict in Ukraine drags on, will the minimal objective of surviving in power soon become the Russian president’s…
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Russia cracks down on protesters across the country
More than 12,000 people have been detained for protesting since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Why Evgeny Lebedev is a headache for the Conservatives
Boris Johnson’s support for the Russian media mogul’s peerage reflects a broader culture of carelessness, in which the Prime Minister’s…
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Putin through the looking-glass
The Russian president has created a phantom enemy in “fascist” Ukraine and bet everything on defeating it. How does this…
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Brace for Putin’s next move
After the battle for Ukraine, Russia’s foreign policy will be devoted to smashing by any means necessary the coalition that…
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Tearing down the statue of Friedrich Engels won’t help Ukraine
Russophobia is clouding our judgement.
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The risks of nuclear power in an increasingly destabilised world
The attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine will decrease support for the technology.
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