A few years ago, it would have looked like mission impossible for even the most capable Russian spy. Divide the United States from its allies? Check. Discredit its normative power (human rights, the rule of law, democracy,…
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Why did Putin’s Russia invade Ukraine and how could the war end?
Launching the biggest European invasion since the end of World War Two, Putin gave a fiery speech on TV declaring his goal was to “demilitarise and denazify” Ukraine.
Russia has repeatedly painted modern Ukraine as a Nazi state, in a crass…
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EU-US rift triggers call for made-in-Europe tech – POLITICO
EuroStack advocates see that the tide can be turned only with sustained investment, guaranteed government demand, and unified rules on transferring and securing data.
Sebastiano Toffaletti, secretary-general of the Digital SME Alliance…
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Turkey Has Answers for a Vulnerable Europe
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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