Europe
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February 10, 2023
The Czech Republic’s Flannel Revolution
The election heralds a more moderate and Atlanticist course.
February 9, 2023
Putin’s Security Forces Find God
The hard-bitten operatives of the Kremlin’s secret police have embraced an old source of spiritual inspiration in a baffling war.
February 9, 2023
Behind the Lines: Russian Soldiers Seize Ukrainian Homes
January 30 - February 6: Occupation forces evicted Ukrainian civilians from their homes to accommodate Russian soldiers and local collaborators. They continued to deport civilians and children from the occupied territories to Russia, and turned over more healthcare facilities to the military.
February 8, 2023
Putin’s Enforcers Pour Into Occupied Ukraine
Russia is repopulating occupied Ukrainian lands with a mixture of the ambitious, the religious, and the well-compensated as it seeks to make stolen territory its own.
February 8, 2023
Latvia Poised to Summon Conscripts as Russian Menace Grows
Latvia’s imminent return to conscription, just 17 years after it was scrapped, shows how the Ukraine war has profoundly altered Europe’s defense.
February 8, 2023
Ukraine’s Caverns Offer Europe Energy Security
Caverns deep under Ukraine could help Europe wean itself off Russian gas once the war is won.
February 7, 2023
Fifty Shades of GDPR Privacy: The Good, the Bad, and the Enforcement
Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the EU’s flagship regulatory product. But five years after its adoption, the privacy law’s record remains mixed.
February 7, 2023
Ukraine’s War of No Return
Corruption has blighted Ukraine since it regained independence in 1991. But a war-tested people won’t accept a return to the old ways.
February 6, 2023
Punish Putin’s Aggression
Students of conflict resolution say that to get an agreement, you need to offer the other side an inducement.