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Beneath the Kremlin leader’s words are the grim realities about the direction of modern Russia.
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June 25, 2024
Putin and the Logic of Eternal War
Beneath the Kremlin leader’s words are the grim realities about the direction of modern Russia.
June 25, 2024
Islamists Feast as Russia’s Security State Slumbers
Yet another bloody terrorist attack has exposed the truth behind Putin’s promises of domestic security — he can’t deliver.
June 24, 2024
UK Elections: Are Semiconductors Just a Side-Show?
Brexit supporters vowed to make the UK a “tech superpower.” But as Brits prepare to vote on July 4, the ambition seems forgotten. Chip designer Graphcore symbolizes the missed opportunity.
June 24, 2024
Armenia Edges Toward Breach With Russia
Recent scandals are furthering the rift.
June 21, 2024
Across the Pond for Profits: European Startups Head to the US
Get ready for a surprise: Europe is seeing faster year-on-year growth in new startups compared to the US. But many end up moving stateside.
June 21, 2024
Kyiv: Air Raid Lullabies
Ukraine’s children are learning the hard truths of war, which color their dreams of the future.
June 21, 2024
The British-Baltic Defense Model
Allied security is enhanced at top-level meetings but also through ground-level partnerships from warships and submersibles to high-tech labs.
June 20, 2024
The Putin Peace Formula — Surrender or Die
“We are not demanding that Ukraine surrender. We are demanding that Zelenskyy gives the order . . . to stop resisting.” Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, May 1, 2022.
June 20, 2024
Russia’s Golden Gas Goose
Russia is desperate to find new backdoor routes for sanctioned gas into the European Union. It seems to have found friends to help it.