European defence ministers left their meeting in Brussels on February 12 in shock after the new US secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth, told them they could no longer rely on the US to guarantee their security.
Hegseth said he was there…
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Amid Russia war, Ukraine building US$1.4 billion holiday resort in Carpathian Mountains
Ukraine might be fending off a full-scale Russian invasion but a brand new holiday resort is taking shape in the western Carpathian Mountains.
It will offer 25 hotels with more than 5,000 rooms, in a ski area kitted out with lifts and a range of…
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Why Eastern European countries are boycotting supermarkets
A wave of discontent over rising supermarket prices has spread through the Balkans and beyond in the past weeks, intensifying pressure on governments to defend consumers.
At the latest meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels on 27…
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Ukraine’s Daunting Choice: Trading Its Land and People for Future Security
Wars are almost always about land. Ukraine’s determined and heroic defense of its sovereign territory against horrific Russian aggression attests to that fact. As we noted in an earlier article in War on the Rocks, restoring Ukraine’s…
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With war still raging in Ukraine, Russian Olympic hopes look bleak
With a little less than one year until the Winter Olympics unfold in Italy, Russia’s hope to do battle on snow and ice on the world’s biggest sports stage appear to melt by the day.
Unless peace quickly comes to Ukraine and the International…
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Europe must prepare to defend itself in an increasingly multipolar world
US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine has yet to be made public, but it is already abundantly clear that he…
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Zelenskyy: Europe cannot guarantee Ukraine’s security without America | Volodymyr Zelenskyy
If Donald Trump withdraws US support for Ukraine, Europe alone will be unable to fill the gap, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned, on the eve of what could be his most consequential diplomatic trip since Russia’s full-scale invasion three years…
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Transatlantic twilight: European public opinion and the long shadow of Trump
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- ECFR polling reveals the gloom that has fallen over European perceptions of the transatlantic relationship since early November.
- Respondents are more likely to call the US merely a…
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Trump wants Ukraine’s rare earth elements and Zelenskiy is willing to ‘sign an agreement’ | International
Among the many aggressive proposals that Donald Trump has tabled since he returned to the White House in January, there is one that is not of his own making. The Republican president has reiterated that the condition for maintaining support for…
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The End of War and the Price of Russian Occupation
From afar, the situation Ukraine faces after three years of full-scale war with Russia seems clear. Over the past 12 months, Moscow has intensified its assault on civilian populations, sending drones, missiles, and bombs in almost daily attacks…
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