Authoritarian Threats
Pollsters struggle to understand Russia at a time when free expression comes at a very high price.
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February 24, 2022
Putin Declares War
And the explosions followed. Ukraine is now fighting a multi-axis war against an invading army estimated at around 200,000 personnel.
February 23, 2022
Sanctions to Make Putin’s Eyes Water
Russia threatens to spread the fog of war across Europe, but a strong, principled Transatlantic response can cut through the haze.
February 23, 2022
Italy: Putin’s Biggest European Friend?
Years of close personal and business ties between Italy’s elite and Russia are proving resilient even in hard times.
February 23, 2022
Ukraine: Defiant, Against All Odds
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. – George Santayana
February 22, 2022
Putin, the Re-Maker of History: Revise and Avenge
The Russian president’s idiosyncratic re-interpretation of the past is a menace not only to Ukraine, but also to the global order.
February 22, 2022
A Broken Record: Time for Western Resolve
If the EU and NATO do not rebuke Putin’s continuing escalation in Ukraine strongly enough, they are bound to see history repeating itself again, and again.
February 22, 2022
The Fog Lifts and Russia’s Plan is Visible
Russia has decided to re-make the global order to its own liking
February 22, 2022
How Belarus Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb
Vladimir Putin was busy in next-door Belarus even as attention was focused elsewhere.
February 22, 2022
Buckle Up: This is Just the First Step
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognize the so-called Luhansk and Donetsk Peoples Republics as independent states is not an end but a beginning