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OPINIONThe Santa clause: America’s unrealistic new national security strategy offers Europeans an opportunityDavid Gioe13 December 2025
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OPINIONA House of Kremlin Dynamite: How the image of Russians in Western cinema has changed since 2022Andrei Arkhangelsky9 December 2025
OPINIONThe Ayatollah walks into a bazaar: Iran is shopping around to upgrade its armed forces, and China is the lead supplierAntonio Giustozzi3 December 2025
OPINIONA few degrees bolder: Why Russia’s new attempt to push Ukraine into a “peace deal” on its terms has failedGeorgy Chizhov1 December 2025
OPINIONReady or not: Despite active rearmament, Europe remains too vulnerable to RussiaEliot Wilson28 November 2025
OPINION “He must have got this from K.”: How a Russian operative used the American media to bring a risible “peace deal” into existenceMichael Weiss21 November 2025
OPINIONSchengen echo chamber: The EU’s new visa restrictions will hit vulnerable Russians without actually enhancing the bloc’s securityGleb Bogush19 November 2025
OPINIONBetter than war: The fragile peace between Hamas and Israel is still preferable to the alternativeZeev Hanin11 November 2025
OPINIONBetrayal or rebirth: Europe’s left wing has adapted to Russia’s ongoing war in UkraineDmitri Stratievski11 November 2025
OPINIONBursting the bubble: Europe is capable of phasing out Russian gas ahead of scheduleVladimir Milov7 November 2025
OPINIONPeace but no cigar: Putin’s apology cools off Aliyev’s wrath but comes short of restoring the allianceArif Yunusov31 October 2025
OPINIONObituary for an 80-year-old: At its anniversary, the UN looks more dead than aliveEliot Wilson29 October 2025
OPINIONNo longer our guy: Instead of a summit in Budapest, Trump hits the Kremlin with sanctionsGeorgy Chizhov29 October 2025
OPINIONA front-row seat to “Degradation”: Russian cinema is going through the worst period in its historyAndrei Arkhangelsky22 October 2025
OPINIONNo-peace deal: Trump’s Gaza plan may secure a hostage exchange, but it is unlikely to stop the warMarianna Belenkaya11 October 2025
OPINIONReality Czech: Prague looks set to follow the Kremlin-friendly path blazed by Hungary and SlovakiaIvan Preobrazhenskiy3 October 2025
OPINIONUnite and rule: Syria to hold first parliamentary elections since fall of Assad as tensions with minorities persistAntonio Giustozzi25 September 2025
OPINION Flight of the “Flamingos”: Kyiv’s domestic missile production has the potential to offset Russia’s long-range strike advantageFabian Hoffmann23 September 2025
OPINIONComplicity in terror: Why recognizing a Palestinian state will not lead to peaceDan Diker19 September 2025
OPINIONTwo peoples, two states: How recognizing Palestinian statehood could help resolve the Arab-Israeli conflictJulie Norman19 September 2025
OPINIONThe SCO’s coming of age: China stakes claim to a central role in a new global orderDoris Vogl12 September 2025
OPINIONA coalition of the hesitant: The allies’ meeting in Paris offers Ukraine support but no guaranteesGeorgy Chizhov9 September 2025
OPINIONBetween the elephant and the dragon: The pomp and circumstance of Putin’s trip to ChinaAndrey Smolyakov3 September 2025
OPINIONHelp but verify: Europe replaces the U.S. as Ukraine’s anti-corruption safeguardSergei Mikhaylov 3 September 2025
OPINIONServant of two masters: Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko is once again being courted by the WestVladimir Solovyov28 August 2025
OPINIONSound and fury: Trump’s Ukraine negotiation approach has led to nothingIvan Preobrazhenskiy25 August 2025
OPINIONWith neighbors like these: Russia’s deployment of intermediate-range missiles threatens a new arms raceFabian Hoffmann25 August 2025
OPINIONLess than total chaos: Trump’s hectic Russia diplomacy has improved Western unityGeorgy Chizhov21 August 2025
OPINIONPotemkin patriots: Why pro-war art projects keep flopping inside RussiaEkaterina Barabash26 July 2025