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January 10, 2025
Europe Should Brace for a Long Winter
The EU might have expected a period of calm at the end of Russia’s gas transit agreement. Instead, red warning lights are beginning to flash.
January 10, 2025
Ukraine Axes Russian Energy: Will the EU Follow?
Europe should never have forced Ukraine to decide about the continent’s energy dependence on Russia. But it still has time to act.
January 9, 2025
Ukraine’s Azov Brigade Stops the Rot in the East
Elite Azov fighters have halted Russia’s assault on Niu-York. Is it time for their skills and experience to be spread more widely?
January 9, 2025
Orbán’s Key Minister Hit by US Magnitsky Sanctions
The decision takes aim at the heart of the Orbán government. It is more than a gesture.
January 9, 2025
Putin’s Empire-Building Base Hunt Reaches Libya
The Russian leader must find a new home in the Mediterranean or risk his gains in Africa.
January 7, 2025
Russians Too See Putin’s Weaknesses
The fall of Bashar Assad was an unexpected defeat for the Kremlin — will Russia’s despot face the same fate?
January 7, 2025
The Panda and the Bear — Echoes of the 20th Century Axis
The no-limits partnership is already causing serious problems for the West, whatever its formal status.
January 6, 2025
The Weakest Link: Britain
While Europe needs a security anchor, London squirms.
January 3, 2025
Ukraine’s Bomb-Blasted ‘DMZ’ Eyes 2025 With Unease
The fate of hardy villagers in Eastern Ukraine will be decided by mapmakers and politicians in foreign capitals.
January 2, 2025
Ukraine Ends Party for Europe’s Gas Addicts
Ukraine has halted Russian gas flows across its territory. But is this the end of the continent’s turbulent energy relationship with Russia?
January 2, 2025
Assassination: The Trouble With the ‘Wrath of God’
Ukraine’s killing of a senior Russian demonstrates a willingness to pursue the dark arts. But democracies play this game at their peril.
January 2, 2025
CEPA at 20: The Ideas That Will Shape 2025
2025 follows a tumultuous year for the transatlantic alliance and world order.
January 1, 2025
Pathways to Trump Wins
There is much mayhem in the world, and yet the stars are aligning for the President-elect’s foreign aims.
December 30, 2024
Finlandization: More Please
Russia’s sabotage operations have just hit their first real obstacle.
December 20, 2024
Europe — Look East to Rebuild the Western Alliance
Europe needs to embrace the incoming Trump administration’s priorities if it wants to strengthen transatlantic relationships.
December 20, 2024
How to Exploit Myopic Western Cost Cutting
Divisions and cheeseparing in the Western alliance are playing into the Kremlin’s hands. Walter Clemens imagines its celebrations.
December 20, 2024
Romania Pays the Price for Kremlin Interference
The country has been plunged into political instability by a Russian campaign that no one saw coming.
December 19, 2024
Fantasyland: Russian General ‘Assassinated by the British’
The Kremlin and its mouthpieces are struggling to swallow a terrible truth — Ukraine’s agents regularly penetrate Russia’s security state.
December 19, 2024
Betraying Ukraine for ‘Blood Gas’
On January 1, Ukraine can sever one of its last remaining ties with Russia if it ignores a last-minute campaign by Moscow’s friends in the West.
December 18, 2024
Changing the Rules of NATO’s Numbers Game
Emerging plans for new and higher NATO defense spending risk fixating on inputs (spending) rather than measuring outputs (effectiveness).
December 18, 2024
Tales of the Unexpected: How Ukraine May Save Russia’s Gas Industry
Ukraine has a historic opportunity to slam the door on Russian gas imports. But will it?
December 18, 2024
Georgia Offers Trump a Golden Opportunity
Georgia is in crisis after disputed parliamentary elections and a “pause” to its European integration. By helping defend freedom, the US could send a vital message.
December 18, 2024
What Finland and Sweden Bring to NATO
The two countries are settling in as NATO’s newest members, and the alliance is already feeling the benefit.
December 18, 2024
Celebrating Russian Propaganda
Russian art shouldn’t be “canceled.” Instead, it should be examined for what it reveals about the country’s imperial mission.
December 17, 2024
Russia’s Spies Party After a Hectic Year
The Kremlin’s secret policemen and women will gather for vodka at the big drinks parties on December 20, the Day of the Chekist, and reflect on the busiest year in recent memory.
December 17, 2024
Georgia’s Political Football Gets Dirty
Police officers are resigning as repression rises and a sportsman is elected President.
December 16, 2024
A Sinister Confessional: Russian Church Persecution
Protestant clergy and believers are regarded as little better than foreign agents by the Russian authorities, with dire consequences for their freedom to worship.
December 15, 2024
Vortex: Stand-Off at Sea
Russia, China, and the West are at odds over the Yi Peng 3.
December 13, 2024
The Dangers of ‘Chicken Kyiv’ Thinking
The West is vacillating in its support for Ukraine and has failed to learn the lessons of its past appeasement of Russia.
December 13, 2024
Why Is Turkey’s Erdoğan Not Ecstatic?
There is huge uncertainty over what happens next in Syria, but while the losers are clear enough it’s too early to judge the winners.