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July 14, 2023
Marco Polo, Step Aside: Italy Cools on China
Rome has long wooed Beijing. Right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is breaking off the romance, taking a harder line than Germany.
July 13, 2023
Crowdsourced Cyber Warfare: Russia and Ukraine Launch Fresh DDoS Offensives
Russian and Ukrainian hackers are pummeling targets with distributed denial of service attacks. Watch out for NoName057(16).
July 13, 2023
Behind the Lines: Russia’s Next Sham Election
Russia’s plan to hold so-called elections in Ukraine’s occupied territories has been widely condemned. But why is the Kremlin expending so much effort on rigged votes?
July 12, 2023
Ukraine’s Democracy Is the Point of Our War Against Russia
Ukraine must prepare now to ensure democracy isn’t crushed by the necessary restrictions of wartime.
July 12, 2023
China Shuns Conspiracy Theories on US Gas Supplies
Russia's hybrid gas war on Europe has shifted its supply balance in favor of US producers. Populist theories fail to explain this.
July 11, 2023
Blocking the Bear: NATO Forward Defense of the Baltics
Ukraine has bloodied Russia’s military, but NATO must still prepare for invasion.
July 11, 2023
Russia Enters the Age of Prigozhin
Putin was determined that nothing would grow in his shade. Something has emerged nonetheless; something deeply troubling for Russia’s future.
July 7, 2023
Will Bosnia Cut the Chinese Cord?
The West funds Bosnia Herzegovina. Most of the money goes to China to build tech and infrastructure projects. This dependency is dangerous.
July 6, 2023
Only Russia’s Military Defeat Can Kill the Cult of Putin
While the Wagner rebellion has shown that Russians won’t defend the regime, Vladimir Putin still has sacred status. Only military defeat can break the spell.