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Russia’s sanction-proofed economy is helping it avoid a defeat in Ukraine
Samir Puri is an associate fellow at Chatham House, a visiting lecturer at King’s College London and the author of “Russia’s Road to War with Ukraine.” While Russian President Vladimir Putin’s...
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Europe’s new energy risk: Trading Russia for America
On cloudy days, from his house John Beard can see the fireballs lighting up the dark sky, flares from the distant fossil fuel plants where he once made his living as a technician. The fiery discharge...
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Hungary’s new gas deal fuels Russia fears
Turkey’s landmark gas deal with Hungary is giving Budapest a much-needed energy lifeline — but may be opening a new backdoor for Russia to re-establish its grip on Europe’s power systems, analysts...
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Russia’s friends beg EU to leave frozen assets alone
BRUSSELS — Countries sympathetic to Russia are demanding the EU drop any notion it might have about a wholesale confiscation of Moscow’s state assets. Representatives of China, Saudi Arabia and...
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Germany, France and Poland: This moment may define our children’s future
Annalena Baerbock is the federal minister for foreign affairs of Germany. Stéphane Séjourné is the minister of Europe and foreign of affairs of France. Radosław Sikorski is the minister of foreign...
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Ukraine is at great risk of its front lines collapsing
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. KYIV — Wayward entrepreneur Elon Musk’s latest pronouncements regarding the war in Ukraine set teeth on edge, as he warned that even though Moscow...
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Ukraine embraces far-right Russian ‘bad guy’ to take the battle to Putin
KYIV —“We’re the bad guys but fighting really evil guys,” wisecracks Denis Kapustin. For now, Ukraine is willing to embrace his form of bad guy. As a Russian militant who led eye-catching paramilitary...
View ArticleNATO invites Ukraine to its birthday party, with no fresh pledge on membership
BRUSSELS — Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday stood alone among a crowd of Russia’s neighbors who gathered to celebrate the founding of NATO exactly 75 years ago. For Kuleba, the...
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Here’s what a Le Pen presidency would really mean for France — and the EU
Mujtaba Rahman is the head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice. He tweets at @Mij_Europe. Whether in Brussels or any other European capital, these days it’s impossible to have any discussion about...
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Ukrainians may be tiring but won’t compromise with Putin, Zelenskyy’s chief...
KYIV — Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s powerful chief of staff, scrolled through the photos on his cell phone to find a snap of his 77-year-old mother sporting a Ukrainian trident...
View ArticleUS talks with Russia to discourage space anti-satellite nuclear weapons ongoing
The Biden administration is in talks with Russia and allied nations to try and prevent Moscow from positioning an anti-satellite nuclear weapon in space, a senior Pentagon space official said Friday....
View Article‘Significant consequences’ if Chinese firms help Russia’s war in Ukraine,...
There will be “significant consequences” for China if its companies “support Russia’s war against Ukraine,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Saturday. Yellen’s statement following talks in...
View ArticleBuilt fjord tough: Why one American ally is surging defense spending
The Ukraine war and Vladimir Putin’s aggression has transformed Western security policy in countless ways. In Norway, that transformation has a new price tag: $152 billion. Norway on Friday unveiled a...
View ArticleUkraine running low on defensive missiles, Zelenskyy warns
Kyiv could run out of defensive missiles if Russia keeps up its fierce air-strike campaign, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned late Saturday, as he renewed calls for more military aid from...
View ArticleA ‘war against humanity itself’: José Andrés still reeling from Israeli...
Chef José Andrés described Israel’s siege of Gaza as a “war against humanity itself,” days after the Israeli attack that killed seven workers from World Central Kitchen, Andrés’ aid organization that...
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Putin miscalculated on Finland’s border
Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, the author of “Goodbye Globalization” and a regular columnist for POLITICO. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently threatened to station...
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Viktor Orbán’s plan for Europe
Occupy Brussels! Viktor Orbán’s plan for Europe In the Hungarian leader, the EU faces a new type of Euroskeptic, one who doesn’t want to leave the bloc but shape it. By SUZANNE LYNCH...
View ArticleUK and France warn US ‘the world is watching’ on Ukraine aid
LONDON — Britain’s top diplomat, David Cameron, issued a fresh plea for the U.S. to agree more military funding to Ukraine as he heads to Washington to once more lobby senior Republicans. In a joint...
View ArticleRussia ups blame-shifting for terror attack to Ukraine, brags it’s boosting...
KYIV — The Kremlin is cranking up its efforts to shift responsibility for the Crocus City Hall terror attack to Ukraine, while using the incident to boost recruitment for its armed forces. And it...
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Russia’s migrants and ethnic minorities shiver at new Putin terror crackdown
President Vladimir Putin’s failure to halt a lethal terror attack by Tajik militants in Moscow last month has had some crushing side effects for Russia’s immigrants and ethnic minorities. While the...
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