Just days after Trump declared Ukraine “not peace-ready” following a frosty White House meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European leaders gathered in an extraordinary Sunday meeting, signaling their determination to chart their own course in the potential peace talks between Kyiv and…
Category: 4. World
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As US turns to Putin, Europe races to forge Ukraine peace before Trump’s “surrender deal” hands it to Russia
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At Oscars, Ukrainians get support, but Russians win awards
“You know what, Conan? I like the way I look cause I’m a good person. I don’t care about what I wear or I don’t wear.”
This line, uttered by American actor and comedian Adam Sandler wearing an inappropriate outfit and being cheeky while at it, may become one of the most memorable…
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Could Europe survive if America leaves NATO? The 5% question
Remember 2014, when NATO members considered 2% of GDP for defense ambitious? Now European leaders are seriously discussing doubling that figure to 5% — an unprecedented peacetime commitment.
Over the past weeks, European leaders began discussing ways to increase defense budgets rapidly and…
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Trump’s America is No Friend – Russia Must Stay the Course — Russia in Global Affairs
When Vladimir Putin launched Russia’s military operation in February 2022, he made it clear that the conflict was not merely about Ukraine. It was about Moscow’s broader struggle against the “entire so-called Western bloc,” shaped in the image of the United…
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Ukraine, Russia, and the West’s Fatal Miscalculation — Russia in Global Affairs
It’s always easy to feel prescient in hindsight. I recall conversations from 15 or 20 years ago with Western interlocutors – who are now from unfriendly nations – on NATO expansion. The discussions always began in a relatively solemn manner. From our side, we…
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Mission accompli: Macron charms Trump, and pushes back against him
If there’s a way to get to US President Donald Trump’s heart, then French President Emmanuel Macron has the map to it.
His visit to Washington, D.C., as Trump’s peace push picks up pace, has proved to be illustrative of this.
Macron’s objectives were clear-cut: one, to convince…
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the UK’s Russia-Ukraine Problem — Russia in Global Affairs
Britain’s tabloid press loves to muse which party the Kremlin prefers in charge at Westminster. For years, it was thought to be a far-right party of different incarnations: Reform, UKIP, the Brexit Party, all led by Nigel Farage. The line of argument was that this…
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Treat Ukraine’s fight as our own, 600+ leaders urge West on invasion’s 3rd anniversary
Three years after 24 February 2022, the Europeans have still not grasped the full significance of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and its implications in Ukraine and far beyond. The Americans, aware of what is at stake in terms of global security in the Far East, are clinging to the illusion…Continue Reading
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The Last Battle of the Cold War Just Took Place in Germany — Russia in Global Affairs
This year’s Munich Security Conference attracted as much attention as it did 18 years ago. Back then, it was Vladimir Putin who caused an uproar; this time, it was US Vice President J.D. Vance. Though separated by nearly two decades, these two speeches share a…
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The 1938 Munich disaster taught the world these five ironclad security lessons. The 2025 one proved Trump has forgotten them all
As world leaders huddled at Munich’s Bayerischer Hof in February 2025, an unsettling sense of déjà vu lingered. Since 2022, the globe’s top security conference has been consumed with tackling Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.
However, this time, the once-unshakable Western unity was visibly…
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