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CEPA’s online journal covering critical topics on the foreign policy docket across Europe and North America.

Photo: View of the jetty from the Jetty Control Room at the Ceyhan Terminal, Turkey. Credit: bp via Flickr. https://flic.kr/p/of8eAb

Black Sea Cables to Slake Europe’s Thirst for Energy

January 31, 2023

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Photo: An FBI agent mans his post as the U.S. law enforcement agency conducted a raid at Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska's home in Washington, U.S., October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner.

Western Elites — Rubles Bought (Some of) the Best

January 30, 2023

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Photo: Czech presidential candidate Petr Pavel attends a televised debate, ahead of the election run-off, in Prague, Czech Republic, January 25, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/David W Cerny

From Havel to Pavel: The New Czech President

January 29, 2023

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Photo: Discussion at FAC Defense today on urgent implementation of #StrategicCompass. Credit: @ChairmanEUMC via Twitter. https://twitter.com/ChairmanEUMC/status/1526591312341901312/photo/1

The European Union’s Evolving Military Capability

January 27, 2023

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Photo: The 14 Leopard battle tanks will be delivered to Ukraine by the end of March, training for Marder infantry fighting vehicles will begin imminently. Credit: @GermanyinUSA via Twitter. https://twitter.com/GermanyinUSA/status/1618715502171365380

Leopards Can Change Their Spots

January 27, 2023

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Photo: A view shows bullet holes on a door after an attack at the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in Tehran, Iran, January 27, 2023. Credit: Majid Asgaripour/WANA West Asia News Agency

Iran Embassy Killing Shakes Region

January 27, 2023

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Photo: Traditional Matryoshka dolls or Russian nesting dolls bearing the faces of Russia's president elect and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin are seen in a souvenir shop in Kiev March 5, 2012. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer

Russia’s Return to Gulag Economics

January 27, 2023

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Photo: A protester holds a placard with words 'Russians Are Against Putin And The War'. Members of the local Russian diaspora in Krakow join the global anti-war demonstration of all free Russians and protest against the war with Ukraine at the Adam Mickiewicz monument in the Main Square in Krakow. On Sunday, June 12, 2022, in Krakow, Poland. Credit: Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto

What’s a Russian?

January 26, 2023

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Photo: A Swedish soldier guides a U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams tank. Credit: U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Agustín Montañez) via dvids

How Western Tanks Will Make a Difference in Ukraine

January 26, 2023

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Photo: Young boy waits for his mother as she takes out the luggage from the train from Kherson to Khmelnytskyi at Khmelnytskyi train station, December 19, 2022, in Khmelnytskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. Credit: Artur Widak/NurPhoto

Behind the Lines: Russia Steps up Ukrainian Deportations

January 25, 2023

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Photo: Ukrainian hryvnia banknotes are seen in a photo illustration shot in Kiev, Ukraine, August 6, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin/Ullustration/File Photo

Rebuilding Ukraine: A Historic Plan for Congress

January 25, 2023

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Photo: A mural depicting Wagner private military group is seen on a wall in Belgrade, Serbia, January 18, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Wagner and the Serbs

January 25, 2023

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Photo: Estonia helps with the training of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Credit: @GeneralStaffUA via Twitter. https://twitter.com/GeneralStaffUA/status/1571441062715031553/photo/3

Mighty Baltics Lead the NATO Pack

January 25, 2023

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Photo: Travellers from Russia drive after crossing the border to Georgia at the at the Zemo Larsi/Verkhny Lars station, Georgia September 26, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

Georgia’s High-Risk Balancing Act

January 24, 2023

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Photo: The main weapon of the Leopard 2 main battle tank is the 120 mm smoothbore gun. Credit: Bundeswehr/Jörg Koch https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/ausruestung-technik-bundeswehr/landsysteme-bundeswehr/leopard-2

Germany to Crocodile: Eat Me Last

January 23, 2023

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Photo: Power-generating windmill turbines are seen at an offshore wind farm, Kriegers Flak, in the Baltic Sea between Denmark, Sweden and Germany, September 6, 2021. Credit: Ritzau Scanpix/Olafur Steinar Gestsson/via REUTERS

Predators Will Circle Baltic Power Farms

January 23, 2023

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Photo: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands in front of a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun Flakpanzer Gepard during a visit of the training program for Ukrainian soldiers on the Gepard anti-aircraft tank in Putlos near Oldenburg, Germany August 25, 2022. Credit: Axel Heimken/Pool via REUTERS

Germany: Exporting Irresponsibility

January 21, 2023

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Photo: Women cry as they take part in a rally demanding international leaders to organize a humanitarian corridor for the evacuation of Ukrainian military and civilians from Mariupol, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine April 30, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Our Debt to Ukraine — Payback Time

January 19, 2023

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Photo: Police officers attend a presentation of a new National Police project of community policing in central Kiev, Ukraine May 28, 2019. Credit: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Prioritizing the Rule of Law: Ukraine Must Stay the Course

January 19, 2023

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Photo: Latvian Minister of Culture Nauris Puntulis at the opening of RFERL's Riga office. Credit: @jamiemfly via Twitter. https://twitter.com/jamiemfly/status/1613965471488811008

Russian Media in Exile and Latvia: The Limits of Free Speech

January 19, 2023

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Credit: Workers look at a drilling rig at a well pad of the Rosneft-owned Prirazlomnoye oil field outside the West Siberian city of Nefteyugansk, Russia, August 4, 2016. Credit: REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo

Western Oil Cap Helps Slash Russian Oil Revenues by $150bn

January 17, 2023

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HNLMS BRUINVIS debalasting during submarine rescue exercise DYNAMIC MONARCH, 19 May, 2014. Credit: Credit: Flt.SGT ARTIGUES/FRAF/NATO

The Fourth Battle of the Atlantic Is Underway

January 17, 2023

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Photo: Cadets of a military academy attend the funeral of Dmitry Menshikov, a mercenary for the private Russian military company Wagner Group, killed during the military conflict in Ukraine, in the Alley of Heroes at a cemetery in Saint Petersburg, Russia December 24, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Igor Russak

Learn to Love Death, Russians Urged

January 17, 2023

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Photo: Visit to 230th combined-arms military exercise area Obuz-Lesnovsky. Credit: President of the Republic of Belarus website. https://president.gov.by/en/photos-for-press

Posturing or Mobilization? Belarus in 2023

January 17, 2023

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Photo: Ukrainian servicemen fire an anti-aircraft gun towards Russian positions on a frontline near the town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine January 15, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak

Big Bang Theory

January 15, 2023

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Photo: Presidential candidate and former chairman of the NATO Military Committee and Czech Army General Petr Pavel speaks to his supporters, ahead of a direct presidential election that will start on January 13, in Prague, Czech Republic, January 5, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/David W Cerny

NATO General Within Reach of Czech Presidency

January 15, 2023

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Photo: Black Sea Oil & Gas delivers first gas from the MGD Project. Credit: Black Sea Oil and Gas. https://www.blackseaog.com/black-sea-oil-gas-delivers-first-gas-from-the-mgd-project/

Romania Is Hiding its Light

January 13, 2023

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Photo: A person shows a passport to a Russian law enforcement officer during a rally, after opposition activists called for street protests against the mobilisation of reservists ordered by President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, Russia September 24, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER

Kremlin Crosshairs Focus on Exiles

January 13, 2023

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Photo: Employees work on the newly erected monument of grand prince Vladimir I, who initiated the christianization of Kievan Rus' in 988AD, with towers of the Kremlin seen in the background, in central Moscow, Russia, November 2, 2016. Credit: REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

UKRAINE = RUSSIA? NYET

January 13, 2023

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Photo: A vandalised election poster of Rafal Trzaskowski, the current Mayor of Warsaw and Civic Platform's candidate for Presidency of Poland, seen in Krakow. Poland's outgoing president Andrzej Duda failed to win an outright majority in last Sunday's 1st round of presidential election and is set to face Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski in a July 12th run-off. On July 04, 2020, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. Credit: Artur Widak/NurPhoto

Poland’s Flawed Star Can Shine

January 12, 2023

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Photo: On January 31, 2020 in Dęblin, Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defense signed a contract for the purchase of 32 multi-role F-35 aircraft for the Polish Air Force. Credit: Polish Ministry of National Defence via Flickr. https://flic.kr/p/2inkSaD

Ploughshares into Swords — NATO Spending Must Rise

January 12, 2023

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Photo: 200 Ukrainian Hryvnias banknote with the image of Lesya Ukrainka and other Ukrainian hryvnia banknotes. Credit: Karol Serewis / SOPA Images/Sipa USA

Behind the Lines: Ukrainian Currency Seized

January 12, 2023

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Photo: A man watches workers removing debris of a destroyed building purported to be a vocational college used as temporary accommodation for Russian soldiers, 63 of whom were killed in a Ukrainian missile strike as stated the previous day by Russia's Defence Ministry, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Makiivka (Makeyevka), Russian-controlled Ukraine, January 3, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

News From Thin Air

January 10, 2023

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Photo: A Ukrainian servicewoman fires a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun at a position, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, on a frontline in Kherson region, Ukraine November 9, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

Artillery Heralds Kherson’s New Year

January 10, 2023

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Photo: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (President of Türkiye) from the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Heads of State and Government. Credit: NATO. https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/photos_197230.htm

Erdoğan’s NATO-Needling

January 10, 2023

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Photo: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducts the Orthodox Christmas service at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia, January 6, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

An Unorthodox Russian Vision of Heaven and Hell

January 10, 2023

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Photo: APM Terminals Poti in Georgia. Credit: APM Terminals via Flickr. https://flic.kr/p/2iXJLRN

All Eyes on Georgia’s Black Sea Dream

January 9, 2023

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Photo: Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin, November 28, 2022. Credit: akorda.kz

Old at Home, New(ish) Abroad

January 8, 2023

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Photo: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine enters the United States House Chamber to address a joint session of the US Congress in the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. Credit: Cliff Owen / CNP/Sipa USA

Will a Split Congress Threaten US Aid to Ukraine?

January 6, 2023

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Photo: NAFO dogs surrounding a HIMAR. Credit: @sleeeeepppp via Twitter https://twitter.com/sleeeeepppp/status/1576193018260246528/photo/1

NAFO’s Fellas Must Evolve

January 5, 2023

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Photo: Members of the volunteer organisation Chaplain Patrol drive Valentyna, 70, to the Pokrovsk train station after she was evacuated from Bakhmut, en route to meet her son in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 13, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Ukraine — What Will 2023 Bring?

January 4, 2023

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Photo: LNG Pipeline in Lithuania. Credit: @MinEnergyLT via Twitter. https://twitter.com/MinEnergyLT/status/1527537099678810113/photo/1

The Baltics — a Ship to Weather the Energy Storm

January 4, 2023

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Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a candle as he attends the Orthodox Easter service at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia April 23, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

In the Name of God, Go

January 3, 2023

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People take photos the Christmas tree at the Sofiyska Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 19, 2022. Credit: Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto

A Year of Victory

January 1, 2023

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Photo: U.S. Army Sgt. Tamayo Ezekiel (right) and U.S. Army Pfc. Colby McCormick (left), Army Patriot Launching Station Enhanced Operators, raise the MIM-104 Patriot launching station Jul. 14, 2021, at Camp Growl in Queensland, Australia, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alyssa Chuluda via dvids

US Victory Within Reach — Don’t Throw Away Ukraine’s Sacrifice Now

December 23, 2022

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Photo: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Joe Biden in the White House. Credit: @POTUS via Twitter https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1605667817558261761/photo/1

Ukraine’s Success Is America’s Success, Zelenskyy Tells Washington

December 23, 2022

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Photo: Participants of a memorial ceremony including members of the Youth Army movement take part in the funeral of 38 pro-Russian soldiers, who were killed amid the conflict with Ukrainian armed forces, at a cemetery in Luhansk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, November 11, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Leader Loss: Russian Junior Officer Casualties

December 23, 2022

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Photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. President Joe Biden after their meeting at the White House in Washington on December 21, 2022. Credit: Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM.

Zelenskyy to the GOP: Stand With Us

December 22, 2022

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Photo: Rally-concert “People's Choice. Together forever". Credit: Kremlin.ru http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69470/photos

Putin’s End-of-Year Message — Embrace the Forever War

December 22, 2022

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Photo: Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping. Credit: Federal Government/Imo https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/media-center/federal-chancellor-scholz-china-2140022

Germany’s Risky Sino Romance

December 22, 2022

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Behind the Lines

December 21, 2022

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Photo: A Moroccan T-72M MBT after it's upgraded by the Czech company Excalibur. Credit @TheDeadDistrict via Twitter. https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1601255975037517825/photo/3

Morocco Breaks Africa’s Neutrality with Arms for Ukraine — Reports

December 21, 2022

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Photo: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on as he is surrounded by Ukrainian servicemen as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Bucha, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, April 4, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Marko Djurica

It’s Complicated

December 21, 2022

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Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on at his meeting with Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 26, 2019. Credit: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Pool

Rumors That Resonate

December 18, 2022

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Photo: Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger visits Vienna. Credit: Michael Indra/IMAGO

Slovakia’s Government Falls

December 16, 2022

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Photo: Visitors pose for a picture outside PMC Wagner Centre, which is a project implemented by the businessman and founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin, during the official opening of the office block in Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 4, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Igor Russak

Wagner Mercenary Pleads for Return to Jail

December 16, 2022

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Photo: Kosovo: Multinational Battle Group West Italian soldiers of the Multinational Battel Group West lined up in front and with raised shields during a phase of crowd control training. Credit: Italian Ministry of Defense via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/238Akrg

Italy Seeks to Calm the Balkan Cockpit

December 14, 2022

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Photo: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announces his ruling AK Party's manifesto in Ankara, Turkey, May 24, 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Erdoğan — Winged, but no Lame Duck

December 14, 2022

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Photo: TurkStream natural gas pipeline. Credit: Turkish Directorate of Communications via Twitter https://twitter.com/Communications/status/1214813376817324032/photo/1

Beware of (Russian) Hubs Bearing Gifts

December 14, 2022

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Photo: Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Russian broadcaster RT, meets with journalists, with the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour seen in the background, in Moscow, Russia, October 17, 2016. Credit: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

A Kurdish-Zionist-ISIS-Nazi-Gay Plot to Capture the Planet? Er, No

December 14, 2022

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Photo: A Latvian (L) flag flutters in the wind next to a Russian flag near a hotel in Daugavpils March 21, 2014. In the former Soviet republics of Latvia and Estonia, there is unease over events in Crimea, which was formally annexed by Moscow last week on the pretext of safeguarding its Russian minorities. In the Latvian town of Daugavpils, where a Russian Tzarist-era fortress and barracks meet grey Soviet-era apartment blocks, you are more likely to be greeted in Russian than Latvian, with 51 percent of the city's residents being Russians. Credit: Picture taken March 21, 2014. To match Insight UKRAINE-CRISIS/RUSSIA REUTERS/Ints Kalnins.

Why Latvia Must Engage its Russian Minority

December 13, 2022

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Photo: The EU Commission and Germany as G7 Presidency invite you to an expert conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine in Berlin. Credit: Federal Government/Hartmann https://www.bundeskanzler.de/bk-de/mediathek/ukraine-konferenz-wiederaufbau-2137608

The Zeitenwende – a Health Check

December 13, 2022

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Photo: Russian university students conduct military training at the Ryazan Guards School of the Airborne Forces in Moscow. Credit: Russia's Defense Ministry/Thursday Feb 17, 2022.

Can Belarus Avoid Putin’s War?

December 12, 2022

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Photo: Moscow, Russia. 2 November 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a gala event to mark the centenary of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia known as the GRU at the Russian Army Theatre Credit: Planetpix/Alamy Live News

Assassins vs. Spies

December 12, 2022

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Photo: Ukrainian servicemen fire with a Bureviy multiple launch rocket system at a position in Donetsk region, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine November 29, 2022. Credit: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko via REUTERS

The Only Path to Peace

December 11, 2022

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Photo: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov. Credit: @jensstoltenberg via Twitter https://twitter.com/jensstoltenberg/status/1580275079262322691/photo/1

NATO: A Patriotic Response to Save Ukraine

December 9, 2022

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Photo: Banner of a Russian bank in Kherson city center posted during the occupation by the the Russian army of the city. Credit: Celestino Arce/NurPhoto

Behind the Lines

December 8, 2022

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Photo: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (L) arrives in Minsk, Belarus, on Feb 3, 2022 where he will inspect the progress of the joint military exercises. Russia is massing nuclear-capable missiles along with 30,000 troops in Belarus, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO general secretary warns, amid fears of a huge refugee crisis if Ukraine is invaded. Credit: EYEPRESS MEDIA via Reuters

Is Belarus Preparing to join Russia’s War? Maybe

December 7, 2022

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Self-Harming: the West’s Media Policy for Russia

December 7, 2022

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Photos: New members of the Territorial Defence Forces train to operate RPG-7 anti-tank launcher during military exercises amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 9, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko.

Putin’s War in Ukraine: It’s Essential Not to Talk

December 7, 2022

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Photo: Mari Meladze, 18, poses near Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia in the village of Odzisi, Georgia, August 19, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Daro Sulakauri

Georgia Fatigue? Time to Wake Up

December 7, 2022

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Photo: Russian reservists recruited during the partial mobilisation of troops line up as they receive gear before departing to the zone of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the Rostov region, Russia October 31, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov

Russia’s Covert Mobilization to Feed the Frontline

December 6, 2022

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Photo: A participant waves a rainbow flag during the LGBT community rally "X St.Petersburg Pride" in central Saint Petersburg, Russia August 3, 2019. Credit: REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/File Photo

Will Putin’s Anti-LGBT Stunt Work?

December 6, 2022

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Photo: "Soap", 30, a soldier with the 58th Independent Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Army catches a drone while testing it, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, near Bakhmut, Ukraine, November 25, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Leah Millis

The Miniaturization of Force

December 6, 2022

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Photo: President Michel visits Kazakhstan President Michel attends the Central Asia leaders meeting. Credit: European Union Website. https://newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/permalink/p148146

The EU Returns to Central Asia

December 6, 2022

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Photo: US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron meet at the White House in Washington DC. Credit: @POTUS https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1598504733056155648

Liberty, Equality, Vanity

December 4, 2022

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Photo: Crowds gather on Trocadero terrace to watch the Eiffel Tower sparkling illumination effects. On Tuesday, November 13, 2018, in Paris, France. Credit: Artur Widak/NurPhoto

US Gas Keeps the Eiffel Tower Lit

December 1, 2022

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Photo: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in events on the occasion of the Day of Defenders of Ukraine. Credit: President of Ukraine via Flickr. https://flic.kr/p/2nTHXH3

Russia’s Imperial Farce

December 1, 2022

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Photo: Jens Stoltenberg at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, following the explosion in Poland. Credit: @jensstoltenberg via Twitter. https://twitter.com/jensstoltenberg/status/1592892468978421760/photo/1

Next Time a Missile Hits Poland…

December 1, 2022

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Photo: The person plays on the flute in the center of Lviv during a blackout after a massive Russian missile attack on Ukrainian power infrastructure, Ukraine, November 15, 2022 Credit: Photo by Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto

Ukraine’s War Against the Dark

December 1, 2022

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Photo: Firefighters work to extinguish fire following recent shelling at an oil storage in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the town of Shakhtarsk, October 27, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Russia: Taming the Outlaw State

November 29, 2022

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Photo: Pallets of ammunition are loaded onto an 86th Airlift Wing C-130J Super Hercules on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 7, 2022. Air Mobility Command's global air mobility support system is critical to the Department of Defense’s ability to rapidly fulfill Ukraine’s priority security assistance requests. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Emma Quirk via dvids

Ukraine: Time for a New Berlin Airlift

November 29, 2022

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Photo: Street with anti-tank obstacle defense during a blackout after a Russian missile attack on Ukrainian power infrastructure in Kyiv, Ukraine, November, 2022. Credit: Photo by Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto

Light Flares in Ukraine’s Darkness

November 28, 2022

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Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping before an extended-format meeting of heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit (SCO) member states in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 16, 2022. Credit: Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev/Pool via REUTERS

The Menace of a Deepening China-Russia Axis

November 28, 2022

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Photo: Opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza laying flowers during the memorial. More than 10 thousand people took part in the memory of Boris Nemtsov on the sixth anniversary of the murder of the politician. Credit: Mihail Siergiejevicz / SOPA Imag/Sipa USA

High Treason, Stalin-Style

November 28, 2022

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Photo: Ukrainian servicemen ride a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near a frontline in Kherson region, Ukraine November 9, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

China’s Victory in Ukraine

November 27, 2022

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Photo: ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 - Workers of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society and a psychologist of the State Emergency Service comfort a woman at the scene of a deadly Russian missile strike on a humanitarian convoy in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. Credit: Dmytro Smolienko via Reuters Connect

Making Russia Pay

November 24, 2022

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Photo: Women board the evacuation train for displaced people from Donetsk and Luhansk areas destroyed by the constant Russian shelling during the combats between the Ukrainian and Russian armies to control the Donbas, Ukraine. Credit: Celestino Arce/NurPhoto

Ukraine’s Refugees Mull Return After Russian Retreats

November 24, 2022

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Photo: European Council President Charles Michel meets with Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, October 26,2022. Credit: European Council.

Expanding the West’s Footprint in Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’

November 24, 2022

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Photo: People take part in the annual Russian March demonstration, organised by nationalists and activists of far-right political groups, on the National Unity Day in Moscow, Russia November 4, 2019. Credit: REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva.

Can the Kremlin Capture Russia’s Restless Ultra-Nationalists?

November 21, 2022

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Photo: Police officers restrain participants of an anti-government demonstration in Yerevan, Armenia May 3, 2022. Credit: Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS.

Russia’s Dying Eurasian Dream

November 21, 2022

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Photo: Ukrainian servicemen fire a 130 mm towed field gun M-46 on a front line, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near Soledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, in this handout image released November 10, 2022. Credit: Iryna Rybakova/Press Service of the 93rd Independent Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout

Blowing Hot and Cold

November 20, 2022

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Photo: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov at the sixth meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 12, 2022. This is the the sixth such meeting of defense leaders from around the world since Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. Credit: DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley

It’s Costing Peanuts for the US to Defeat Russia

November 18, 2022

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Photo: Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping. Credit: Federal Government/Imo https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/media-center/federal-chancellor-scholz-china-2140022

Zombie Ostpolitik

November 17, 2022

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Photo: President Joe Biden and President of the European Commission Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen at the G20 Summit in Indonesia. Credit: @POTUS via Twitter https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1593038717299888128.

West Must Craft a Russian Strategy

November 17, 2022

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Photo: Russian T-80BV tank on fire. Credit: OTU "Pivnich", Military unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine via Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=463092205554584

Doomed to Failure — Russia’s Efforts to Restore its Military Muscle

November 15, 2022

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Photo: Graphic picturing The Compatriots: The Russian Exiles Who Fought Against the Kremlin by Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov. Credit: Sarah Krajewski/CEPA.

The Compatriots: The Russian Exiles Who Fought Against the Kremlin

November 15, 2022

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Photo: Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi addressing the 22nd SCO Summit, September 16, 2022. Credit: President of the Islamic Republic of Iran website https://president.ir/en/139499.

Few-Friends Russia Embraces Iran

November 14, 2022

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Photo: Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky taking part in the flag laying ceremony during his visit to the newly liberated city of Kherson, following the retreat of Russian forces from the strategic hub. Kherson, Ukraine, November 14, 2022. Credit: Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

Putin Runs out of Options

November 14, 2022

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Photo: Children celebrate after Russia's retreat from Kherson, in central Kherson, Ukraine November 13, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko.

November 13, 2022

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Photo: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jochen Emrich, of the 189th Airlift Wing, Communications Flight, Arkansas Air National Guard, assesses real-world cyber threats, Dec. 5, 2021, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. Credit: Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Porter/Air National Guard

Russia’s Aggression Justifies Western Cyber Intervention

November 9, 2022

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My Grandma — an Ordinary Hero of Lithuania’s Resistance

November 9, 2022

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Photo: Dark windows in residential blocks during a power cut amid the Russian destruction of Ukrainian power infrastructure in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 27, 2022. Credit: Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto

Putin Weaponizes Winter

November 9, 2022

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Photo: A man wearing a camouflage uniform walks out of PMC Wagner Centre, which is a project implemented by the businessman and founder of the Wagner private military group Evgeny Prigozhin, during the official opening of the office block in Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 4, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Igor Russak

Putin’s Chef Turns Handyman

November 9, 2022

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Photo: Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from the Latvian National Armed Forces conduct close air support training with A-10s from the 107th Fighter Squadron. Credit: Staff Sgt. Jacob Cessna, US Air National Guard

A Security Partnership Act for the Baltics?

November 9, 2022

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Photo: A volunteer places a cross with a number to a grave of one of unidentified people killed by Russian troops, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, during a mass burial ceremony in the town of Bucha, in Kyiv region, Ukraine September 2, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

Russia Fears Return of a Criminal Army

November 7, 2022

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Photo: An Ukrainian boy attends a demonstration of solidarity with Ukraine in Krakow, Poland on October 1st, 2022. Credit: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto

November 6, 2022

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Photo: Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova reacts next to the owner of a gay bar at the site of a shooting in Bratislava, Slovakia October 13, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa

Homophobic Murders Bring Dire Warnings From Slovak President

November 2, 2022

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Photo: Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attend an IRGC ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, October 17, 2022. Credit: IRGC/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Iran Battles Turkish Influence in South Caucasus

November 1, 2022

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Photo: Ukrainians people living in Krakow and their supporters protesting in Krakow's Main Square, on the 229th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On Thursday, October 10, 2022, in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. Credit: Artur Widak/NurPhoto

Russia — The World Hates Us

November 1, 2022

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Photo: Joint appeal with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, for the formation of German-Ukrainian town twinning. Credit: Jesco Denzel via the website of the President of Germany. https://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Termine/DE/Frank-Walter-Steinmeier/2022/10/221025-Reise-Ukraine.html#-gallery

Germany’s Belated Awakening

October 31, 2022

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Photo: Riot police officers detain a man during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on January 31, 2021. Credit: Photo by Anatolij Medved/NurPhoto

Kremlin Must Loosen its Grip for Russia to Survive

October 31, 2022

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Photo: Rome, 23/10/2022 - After receiving military honours, the President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, reviews the Guard of Honour lined up in the courtyard of Palazzo Chigi. Credit: Italian Government website. https://www.governo.it/en/media/inauguration-ceremony-giorgia-meloni-s-government-palazzo-chigi/20746

Italy’s New Government: Five things to Remember

October 31, 2022

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Photo: Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi bows as he pays his respects at the memorial to the Nord-Ost theatre centre hostage crisis victims in Moscow, January 10, 2003. Koizumi on Friday demanded that North Korea go back on its decision to pull out of a global treaty aimed at stopping the spread of nuclear weapons. Credit: REUTERS AS/JDP

The Siege That Still Scars Russia

October 31, 2022

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Photo: Vendors count Russian ruble banknotes for tax at a market in Omsk, Russia October 29, 2021. Credit: REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko

Russia’s Costly War Saps its Regions

October 28, 2022

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Foreign Outreach Belies Putin’s Nuclear Threats

October 28, 2022

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Photo: ballistic missiles being launched into the air as Russia's strategic nuclear forces took part in drills. Credit: @MoreeuwL via Twitter. https://twitter.com/ChaudharyParvez/status/1585435573183209473

Russia’s Garbled Nuclear Missile Message

October 28, 2022

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Baltics Bring Down the Shutters on Free Migration

October 27, 2022

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Western Progressives and Reactionaries for Putin

October 27, 2022

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Photo: Odessa, Ukraine, 2022/04/14. Barricades and fortifications forbid the access to a street in the city center. Residents in Odessa fear to be the target of a Russian attack since the Russian navy ship Moskva was sunk by Ukrainian missiles off Odessa s coast. Credit: Photograph by Valeria Mongelli / Hans Lucas. Odessa, Ukraine, 2022/04/14.

Sirens and Flaming Shots — Life in Wartime Odesa

October 26, 2022

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Photo: Briefing on radiation security threats by the chief of nuclear, biological and chemical protection troops Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov. Credit: MoD Russia via Telegram. https://t.me/mod_russia_en/4684

Dirty Bomb — What’s Russia’s Game?

October 26, 2022

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Photo: Graphic picturing Cold War Radio: The Russian Broadcasts of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty by Mark G Pomar. Credit: Sarah Krajewski/CEPA.

Freedom Calling — Cold War Radio, Then and Now

October 25, 2022

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Let the Guns Speak — Ukraine Is Writing its Future

October 25, 2022

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Photo: A view shows destroyed Russian tanks and armoured vehicles, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the recently liberated town of Lyman, Donetsk region, Ukraine, October 5, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra.

Russia’s Collapse? Good News for Everyone

October 25, 2022

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Photo: ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 05, 2022 - A soldier of a military mortar crew stands on the border of a dry sunflower field, Zaporizhzhia Region, southeastern Ukraine. Credit: Dmytro Smoliyenko via Reuters Connect

Give Peace A Chance

October 22, 2022

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Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a meeting with Muslim clerics in Ufa October 22, 2013. Putin accused foreign rivals on Tuesday of using radical Islam to weaken the Russian state, a day after a suicide bombing blamed on a Muslim woman. Credit: REUTERS/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin

Russia’s Dilemma on Secular Islam

October 21, 2022

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Photo: The Russian flag is seen through barbed wire as it flies on the roof of the Russian embassy in Kiev, Ukraine March 26, 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo

A Western Strategy for Ukraine: Part 3

October 20, 2022

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Photo: A service member of Kyrgyz special operations forces stands guard near Golovnoi water distribution facility outside the village of Kok-Tash in Batken province, Kyrgyzstan May 5, 2021. The clashes broke out last week along the frontier between Tajikistan's Sughd province and Kyrgyzstan's southern Batken province because of a dispute over a reservoir and pump, claimed by both sides, on the Isfara River. Credit: REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov

Russia’s Enfeeblement Sends Shudders Through Central Asia

October 19, 2022

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Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping after awarding him with the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia July 4, 2017. Credit: REUTERS/Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.

Hobbled Russia Cedes Influence to China

October 18, 2022

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Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during annual news conference in Moscow, Russia December 20, 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

Putin Says the Gloves Are Off — Believe Him

October 18, 2022

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Photo: Polish border guards near the new fence on the Polish-Belarusian border near the village of Nowdziel. Credit: Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto

Europe’s New Military Frontline

October 17, 2022

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Photo: Joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Credit: NATO via Flickr. https://flic.kr/p/2mRf96y

October 17, 2022

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Photo: Men walk along a street in Stepanakert in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, November 16, 2020. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer

South Caucasus Inch Closer to Peace

October 13, 2022

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Photo: Russian flags in a garbage dumpster after a rally. Source: UkraineBizMag/Twitter https://twitter.com/Biz_Ukraine_Mag/status/1506311026400272396

Whisper it — Russia Begins to Discuss Defeat

October 13, 2022

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Photo: Officers of Russia's FSB security service stand guard near a defendants' cage, with detained crew members of Ukrainian naval ships inside, during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia January 15, 2019. Credit: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

FSB Seizes a Greater Role in Russia’s Shadow War

October 13, 2022

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Photo: A medical worker works with blood during the World Blood Donor Day (WBDD), amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at a transfusiology department in Odesa, Ukraine 14 June 2022. World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) is marked annualy on 14 June worldwide. Credit: STR/NurPhoto

Ukraine: Blood for Freedom

October 13, 2022

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Photo: "Atomic Orthodoxy ... Novonovosibirsk ... Andrey Molodkin and Alexei Belyaev-Gintovt". Credit: Mithgol the Webmaster via traditio.wiki. https://traditio.wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:%D0%90%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B5.jpg

How Russia Learned to Love the Bomb (Too Much)

October 11, 2022

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Photo: Head of Transdniestria Vadim Krasnoselsky takes part in a flag-rising ceremony on Victory Day, marking the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Tiraspol, in Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniestria, May 9, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Vladislav Bachev

Russia’s Imperial Dream Fades in Transnistria

October 11, 2022

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Photo: People pose for photos and take selfies in front of the large poster form of postage stamp depicting the Crimean Kerch Bridge on fire in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 08, 2022. Credit: Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto

Troubled Bridge Over Stolen Waters

October 9, 2022

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Photo: Anti war protester holding a sign about to be detained, in Moscow, Russia, on February 28, 2022 during a demonstration against the war on Ukraine. Credit: Daniil Danchenko/NurPhoto.

Call-Up Agitates Russia’s Army of Apathy

October 7, 2022

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Photo: Buses with an election campaign posters depicting Latvian Defence Minister Artis Pabriks and leaders of Latvia First party are seen in Riga, Latvia September 28, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

Latvia’s Russian Speakers Make Radical Electoral Choices

October 7, 2022

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Photo: A Ukrainian soldier poses next to a destroyed Russian tank in Malaya Rohan village, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 5, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes.

Russia Suffers a Torrent of Battlefield Defeats

October 6, 2022

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Photo: Exercises of the Collective Forces of the CSTO "Interaction-2022", "Poisk-2022", "Echelon-2022", Kazakhstan, October 3-7, 2022. Credit CSTO Website. https://odkb-csto.org/photogallery/618/

The Russian Double — Defeat and Decline

October 5, 2022

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Photo: An activist holds up an artwork depicting Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko as they attend a rally in support of the Belarusian anti-government movement and detained blogger Roman Protasevich, in front of the Ministry of Foreign affairs in Kyiv, Ukraine May 28, 2021. Credit: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Lukashenka Plays Russian Roulette

October 4, 2022

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Photo: KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 18, 2022 - Soldiers carry the coffin covered with a Ukrainian flag with the body of the 93rd Independent Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade serviceman known by his nom de guerre 'Fanat' after a memorial service at St Michael's Cathedral, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Credit: Pavlo_Bagmut via Reuters Connect

Blood Money — Calculating Russia’s Debt to Ukraine

October 3, 2022

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Photo: Steam is seen from the cooling towers of German RWE Power AG during sunset time in Weisweiler; Germany on March 24, 2022 Credit: Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto

The Energy Winter War

October 3, 2022

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Photo: Members of the local Russian diaspora in Krakow are seen during a silent anti-war demonstration and protest against Vladimir Putin and the war with Ukraine at the Adam Mickiewicz Monument in Krakow's Main Square. On Sunday, October 02, 2022, in Krakow, Poland. Credit: Artur Widak/NurPhoto

Dealing with Defeat

October 2, 2022

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Photo: In this photo illustration, a warning message in Ukrainian, Russian and Polish languages is displayed on a smartphone screen and in the background. Hackers carried out attacks on several of Ukraine's government websites, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education and Science, the State Service for Emergency Situation, and others, reportedly by local media. This attack, on Ukrainian government web resources, is the largest in the last four years. Credit: Photo by Pavlo Gonchar / SOPA Images/Sipa USA.

Ukraine is Winning the Cyber War

September 29, 2022

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Photo: An ethnic Armenian soldier fires an artillery piece during a military conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in this handout picture released October 5, 2020. Picture released October 5, 2020. Credit: Press office of Armenian Defense Ministry/PAN Photo/Handout via REUTERS

Russia-China Axis Smiles on Disorder

September 29, 2022

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Photo: Russia, Moscow, 2019/02/28. A clock with the image of Vladimir Putin in a souvenir shop. Credit: Photography by Myriam Tirler / Hans Lucas. Russie, Moscou, le 2019/02/28. Une horloge a l effigie de Vladimir Poutine dans une boutique de souvenir. Photographie de Myriam Tirler / Hans Lucas.

Russia’s Playing the Waiting Game, Applebaum Says

September 28, 2022

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Charity Begins with Drones: Funding Ukraine’s Resistance

September 28, 2022

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War in Ukraine Will Decide World’s Future: Reznikov

September 28, 2022

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping walk down the stairs as they arrive for a BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil November 14, 2019.

West Must Awake to Russia-China Alliance, EU Warns

September 28, 2022

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Photo: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman holds a press availability at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 17, 2021. Credit: U.S. Department of State via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/51686916751/in/photolist-2mKoXB6-2mKssAf-2kT6d3X-2nhk1KX-2n8ZQn7-2m21eS1-2kT3k5Q-2nbfGHX-2nxRC3m-2mYrV3Q-2m68xon-2nxT1BF-2m22fJV-2mVCwZ6-2nxRGLX-2mJ13Qy-2mHWMZA-2m25Wsh-2njLFFr-2mNm2wq-2nxLsYA-2nxT1qd-2mVWJiG-2mYtJRr-2nadLqw-2mfd6yi-2mNfAjW-2nxT1t9-2mwZYmP-2mYvGw8-2mVVu4q-2mHWMtF-2mKzfpB-2mHZ4oy-2mwS9pt-2n2AaeK-2mHVxFW-2mrJJLp-2mHZ4pf-2mNudvb-2mNxzJL-2mJ11HT-2mJTxtk-2mNrHTr-2n2BSMt-2mHZ3Ux-2mK1EzB-2mJ12Nt-2mHWLYT-2mK1TgP

US Will Stay the Course on Ukraine: Sherman

September 28, 2022

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Photo: Reservists drafted during the partial mobilisation attend a ceremony before departure for military bases, in Sevastopol, Crimea September 27, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak

Putin’s Dangerous Bet

September 27, 2022

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Photo: Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire a mortar on the front line, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Donetsk region, Ukraine August 29, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer

Crimea in Ukraine’s Crosshairs, Say US Generals

September 27, 2022

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Photo: Matteo Salvini of "Lega" political party, Silvio Berlusconi of “Forza Italia" party, Giorgia Meloni of “Fratelli d'Italia" party attend the political meeting organized by the right-wing political alliance (Forza Italia, Lega and Fratelli d'Italia) as part of the electoral closure for the Italian general election, on September 22, 2022 in Rome, Italy. Italians head to the polls for general elections on September 25, 2022. Credit: Riccardo Fabi/NurPhoto

What Next for Italian Foreign Policy?

September 27, 2022

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Photo: A man carries a bag on his head as travellers from Russia cross the border to Georgia at the Zemo Larsi/Verkhny Lars station, Georgia September 26, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

Russians Dash for the Exits

September 27, 2022

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Photo: Russian conscripts, wearing military uniforms, are seen at a local railway station before the departure for the garrisons in Omsk, Russia November 21, 2019. Credit: REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko

Putin Gambles on Winter and Orbán 

September 27, 2022

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Photo: 2022.06.01 Irpien, Ukraine | A visit to the site of war damage. Credit: Krystian Maj/KPRM via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/premierrp/52113498557/in/photolist-2np6inH-2np6ivP-2npeafY-2n1m1Cn-2npeaea-2npbyHM-2n1gbhd-2n1ptj1-2npcPYC-2npcQ1S-2np6itV-2npcPWi-2npeahw-2npbLk1-2n1nGhU-2n1nGgg-2n1poGW-2n1nGgG-2n1mqW4-2n1poJu-2n1poKb

‘Intoxicated’ West Guilty of Russia Errors, Says Polish Premier

September 27, 2022

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Photo: Krišjānis Kariņš attends a meeting with the EU and NATO about Latvia's energy independence. Credit: @krisjaniskarins via Twitter https://twitter.com/krisjaniskarins/status/1562090221830799360/photo/3

Energy Costs the Price of Freedom, Latvia’s Kariņš Says

September 27, 2022

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Photo: A conscript, wearing a military uniform, looks on inside a train carriage at a local railway station during departure for the garrisons, in Omsk, Russia June 17, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko

September 27, 2022

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Photo: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, (on screen) addresses the Security Council Meeting on Maintenance of Peace and Security of Ukraine. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Expelling Russia from the UN Security Council — a How-to Guide

September 26, 2022

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Photo: Cardinal Joseph Zen and senior barrister Margaret Ng, arrive at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ courts in Hong Kong, China, May 24, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Vatican Silent as Brazen China Targets Cardinal

September 26, 2022

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Photo: Airmen and civilians from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron prepare cargo in support of Ukraine at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Credit: US Department of Defense via Twitter

A Western Strategy for Ukraine: Part 2

September 26, 2022

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Photo: Russian soldiers exercise with the Teikovsky missile unit. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defence

All Bluff? Russia’s Nuclear Threats

September 24, 2022

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Photo: Finland participated as an observer member in all parts of the NATO Military Committee meeting together with the commanders of the member states. Credit: Chief of the Finnish Defense Forces via Twitter @Finnchod

Finland Gets Russia: So Listen

September 23, 2022

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Photo: Moscow, Russia. 2 November 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a gala event to mark the centenary of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia known as the GRU at the Russian Army Theatre Credit: Planetpix/Alamy Live News

Putin Gambles His Future on Mobilization

September 23, 2022

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Photo: Lieutenant General Oleksandr Syrsky shakes the hand of President Zelenskyy. Credit: @armyinformcomua via Twitter

The Ukrainian General Behind Putin’s Defeats

September 23, 2022

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Photo: Meeting of the Presidents of Iran and Russia. Credit: Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran Website.

Iran and Russia Seek New Sanctions Evasion Corridor

September 22, 2022

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Photo: Russian Marine Corps conscripts stand in formation in front of Soviet Navy flags as they take the oath in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea December 9, 2017. Credit: REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov

Russia’s Military Manpower Crunch Will Worsen

September 21, 2022

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Photo: The Government of the Netherlands, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and the European Commission are hosting an Ukraine Accountability Conference at ministerial level at the World Forum in The Hague, The Netherlands, on 14 July 2022. Credit: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2022

Justice Demands the Arraignment of Russia’s Guilty Men

September 21, 2022

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Photo: Parlement Européen, Strasbourg, France. Credit: Antoine Schibler via Unsplash.

Democracies United Versus Illiberalism

September 21, 2022

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Photo: Evgeny Prigozhin (L) assists Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a dinner with foreign scholars and journalists at the restaurant Cheval Blanc on the premises of an equestrian complex outside Moscow November 11, 2011. Picture taken November 11. Credit: REUTERS/Misha Japaridze/Pool/File Photo

Putin’s Chef Seeks the Ingredients of Death

September 20, 2022

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Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping before an extended-format meeting of heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit (SCO) member states in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 16, 2022. Credit: Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev/Pool via REUTERS

September 20, 2022

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Photo: Meeting of the leaders of the CSTO member states, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the creation of the CSTO. Credit: CSTO Website. https://en.odkb-csto.org/photogallery/605/

Russian Power Wanes in the Borderlands

September 19, 2022

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Photo: Russian conscripts attend a ceremony before their departure for garrisons, in Omsk, Russia June 17, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko

Putin’s Options Dwindle Despite ‘Coffin Money’

September 16, 2022

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Photo: “Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” Credit: YouTube via Daily Afisha.

The Bewilderment of Kremlin Propagandists

September 16, 2022

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Photo: The IAEA Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporizhzhya (ISAMZ) arrives at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine, comprising IAEA nuclear safety, security, and safeguards staff. 1 September 2022. Credit: Fredrik Dahl / IAEA

Time to Confront Russia’s Nuclear Recklessness in Ukraine

September 15, 2022

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Photo: Servicemen of the Ukrainian National Guard take positions in central Kyiv, Ukraine February 25, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Russia’s Military — Losing the Will to Fight

September 15, 2022

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Ukraine’s Titanium Can Armor the West

September 14, 2022

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Photo: People protest during a European far-right leaders meeting at Wenceslas Square in Prague, Czech Republic April 25, 2019. The signs read: "Stop Zeman. Stop totality." Credit: REUTERS/David W Cerny

Czech Government Wobbled by Mass Protests

September 14, 2022

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New Fighting Flares in the South Caucasus

September 13, 2022

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Image: RYAZAN, RUSSIA - SEPTEMBER 17, 2021: A girl and cadets of the Margelov Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School vote in the 2021 Russian parliamentary election at polling station No 1019. Russia holds legislative elections on 17-19 September 2021; voters will go to the polls to elect members of the Russian State Duma; voters will also elect heads of nine Russian regions and 39 constituent regions of Russia will hold regional parliamentary elections. Credit: Alexander Ryumin/TASS.

Kremlin Lifts Electoral Burden From Voters

September 13, 2022

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Photo: Service members of pro-Russian troops fire from a tank during fighting in Ukraine-Russia conflict near the Azovstal steel plant in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine May 5, 2022. Picture taken May 5, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

The War of Putin’s Defeat

September 13, 2022

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Photo: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addresses parliament following an escalation in hostilities over the Nagorno-Karabakh region along the border of Armenia with Azerbaijan, in Yerevan, Armenia, September 13, 2022. Credit: Tigran Mehrabyan/PAN Photo via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT.

New Fighting Flares in the South Caucasus

September 13, 2022

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Photo: Sweden's Prime Minister and Party leader of the Social Democrats Magdalena Andersson vote for the general elections at a polling station in Nacka outside Stockholm, Sweden, September 11, 2022. Credit: Ali Lorestani/TT News Agency/via REUTERS

Sweden Pays for a Negative Election

September 13, 2022

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An Education: Islamic Universities in Russia

September 12, 2022

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The Elizabethan Era

September 9, 2022

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Photo: A flag of Abkhazia is on display inside a car in the town of Tkvarcheli, some 50 km (31 miles) southeast of Sukhumi, the capital of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia December 27, 2013. The territory of Abkhazia is located several miles southwest of the border with Russia and the Olympic Park in the Adler district of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi which will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in February. Abkhaz separatists fought Georgian government forces in 1992-1993, after which the breakaway region declared independence. Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru, Vanuatu and Tuvalu recognized Abkhazia as an independent state while all other countries regard it as a Georgian province, according to local media. Picture taken December 27, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov.

Russia’s Caucasian Vassals Learn a Hard Lesson

September 9, 2022

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Photo: Duga zone, Chernobyl, Ukraine. Credit: Yves Alarie via Unsplash.

For Russia, Nuclear Plants Are Nuclear Bombs

September 9, 2022

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Photo: Taipei Energy Hill solar park from above. Credit: Anders J/Unsplash

The West Must Break China’s Solar Chokehold

September 8, 2022

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RYAZAN, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 17, 2020: A live TV broadcast of the 16th annual end-of-year news conference by Russia's President Vladimir Putin at a home appliances store. Credit: Alexander Ryumin/TASS

Muzzling the Watchdogs: Russia’s Media Crackdown

September 7, 2022

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Photo: Ukrainian soldier flying a flag in celebration of Ukrainian Independence Day. Credit: Arsen Petrov via Twitter @ArsenPetrovAlex.

Ukraine Is Winning

September 6, 2022

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Photo: Police stand blocking people taking part in a right-wing protest against increasing energy prices and rising living expenses in Leipzig, Germany, September 5, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Christian Mang

Germany’s War-Induced Energiewende — a Crisis With Benefits

September 6, 2022

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Photo: MOSCOW, RUSSIA – DECEMBER 28, 2021: A Memorial society supporter and law enforcement officers are seen outside the Russian Supreme Court during a hearing of arguments of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office and international public organization Memorial Society (a non-profit organization declared a foreign agent in Russia). Earlier, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office filed a motion to disband the international public organization Memorial Society (a non-profit organization declared a foreign agent in Russia) and its subdivisions for violating the 'Foreign Agent' law. Founded in 1989, Memorial is an international historical society researching the political repressions and monitoring human rights in the present-day Russia and other post-Soviet states. The Memorial Society was declared a foreign agent in 2016.Credit: Gavriil Grigorov/TASS.

Russia’s Multiplying War Problems

September 6, 2022

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Photo: Chancellor Olaf Scholz, on a visit to Kyiv, June 16, 2022. Credit: Bundesregierung/Denzel

Saying “Sorry”

September 5, 2022

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Photo: People gather to mourn the death of Belarusian anti-government protester Roman Bondarenko, who was allegedly beaten by the country's security forces in Minsk, outside the Belarusian embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine November 13, 2020. A placard displays images depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Credit: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Might Putin Annex Belarus?

September 1, 2022

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Photo: Ukrainian servicemen fire a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun at a position in Donetsk region, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine August 26, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova

Ukraine Rolls the Dice in Kherson Offensive

August 31, 2022

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Photo: Swiss President Ignazio Cassis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, left, gives his national statement next to Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, during the Ukraine Recovery Conference URC, Tuesday, July 5, 2022 in Lugano, Switzerland. The URC is organised to initiate the political process for the recovery of Ukraine after the attack of Russia to its territory. Credit: KEYSTONE/EDA/Alessandro della Valle

A Western Strategy for Ukraine

August 31, 2022

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Who Pays for the Failed Nord Stream 2? European Taxpayers

August 31, 2022

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Photo: NANCHANG, CHINA- In the photos taken on February 17, 2020, staff members test the equipment on the China-Europe freight train at the Xiangtang railway port in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, east China, on February 17 2020. The China-Europe freight train to Moscow from Russia and Minsk from Belarus left Nanchang on Monday (17), which means restoring its regular operation. The freight train carried 41 container wagons, fully loaded with auto parts, mechanical installations and clothing. Credit: Latin American News Agency via Reuters.

Circumventing Russia

August 31, 2022

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Photo: File photo of U.S. President Ronald Reagan (R) and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signing the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty at the White House, Washington on December 8 1987. Credit: REUTERS/Dennis Paquin/File Photo

Accidental Hero

August 31, 2022

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Photo: JAS 39 E Gripen being flown on Swedish Air Force Day. Credit @soldfcom via Instagram.

The Swedish Fighter Pilot Crisis

August 30, 2022

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