As delivered by Political/Economic Counselor Erin Webster-Main
to the Permanent Council, Vienna
September 26, 2024
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Right of Reply to the Russian Federation on the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia
EU monitors in the village of Zegduleti, some 40 km (25 miles) west of Tbilisi, Georgia. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov) 
Russia’s Top-Down Capture of Georgia
Since initiating the war in Ukraine, Russia has become a political pariah in the West but has managed to solidify alliances with Iran and North Korea. Russia’s influence has also strengthened in Central Asia, where fears of Russian…
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Europe’s September rains were twice as likely due to climate change : NPR
Rain inundated Central and Eastern Europe in early September, causing massive flooding, including in the town of Nysa,…
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Welcome to Barbieland: European sentiment in the year of wars and elections
Summary
- In the movie “Barbie” the titular character comes to realise that Barbieland is not the utopia she assumed it to be.
- Similarly, European political leaders have blind spots that…
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Russia muzzling dissent amid climate of fear, repression
Geneva —As Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine grinds on for a third year, a United Nations report says all dissenting voices in the Russian Federation have been muzzled, civic and political rights have been shut down, and the human…
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Putin is becoming entangled in his own discredited red lines
Vladimir Putin attempted to draw yet another of his famous red lines on September 12, warning Western leaders that any decision…
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Microsoft says Russian propaganda now targets Harris and Walz : NPR
Military musicians perform in Moscow’s Red Square on Sept. 1, 2024. Researchers at Microsoft say Russia is pivoting its…
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Germany angers European neighbors as it tightens migration along all land borders
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Germany has begun new controls at all of its land borders as part of a crackdown on migration, placing restrictions on a wide area of free movement known as the…
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The U.S. will abandon Europe. But when and how?
A sad trend in world affairs and one that is personal for me is the growing rift in the Atlantic.
I’m not talking about the geological one under the water (which widens by more than an inch per year) but…
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Concerns grow over possible Russian sabotage of undersea cables
The United States has recently detected indications of increased Russian military activity around key undersea cables, CNN…
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