Facing a possibly existential security challenge, Europe needs to ask swift questions and find immediate solutions. It may not be to everyone’s taste given a history of troubled relations, but the continent has an obvious solution…
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Russia Is Only Winning Inside Trump’s Head – Foreign Policy
As Yale University historian Timothy Snyder recently posted on X, “The only war that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is winning is inside [U.S. President Donald] Trump’s head. Putin only wins the war on the ground by setting…
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EU braces for Hungarian move against Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS – EU leaders managed to parry Hungary’s attempt to derail their Ukraine summit last week, but diplomats are now bracing for a bare-knuckled brawl over Russia sanctions this week.
At a largely harmonious EU summit on Thursday, EU…
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Russia-Ukraine war: Can Europe replace US aid for Ukraine?
It’s possible that three years of fighting between Russia and Ukraine could end — at least temporarily— in a matter of weeks. It’s more likely it could continue for months or even years.
US and allied intelligence agencies have concluded…
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Trump is making Europe great again
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Donald Trump will never win the Nobel Peace prize. But he should be a strong contender for the Charlemagne prize — which…
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Europe’s reliance on US weapons has risen, SIPRI says | Russia-Ukraine war News
Europe’s imports of weapons made by the United States have skyrocketed in the past five years, raising serious questions about whether the continent can achieve its vaunted goal of defence autonomy.
New research released on Monday by the…
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European countries should ‘absolutely’ introduce conscription, Latvian president says
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European countries should “absolutely” be introducing conscription to combat the threat of Russian aggression, Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs said Sunday,…
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Russia imposes fees to stem flood of low-cost Chinese cars
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Russia is trying to curb a flood of Chinese vehicle imports in a blow to Chinese manufacturers and traders that have…
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How Trump is driving US towards Russia – a timeline of the president’s moves | Donald Trump
In just seven weeks since returning to the White House for a second term, Donald Trump has upended the US approach to the invasion of Ukraine and treated Russia increasingly not as an adversary, but an ally.
After tossing aside decades of…
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Russian officials criticised for giving meat grinders to mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine | Russia
Local officials from Russia’s ruling party have caused controversy by presenting mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine with gifts of meat grinders, an appliance widely used to describe Russia’s brutal tactics on the frontline.
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