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Should Ukraine have nuclear weapons? Philosopher Slavoj Žižek speaks out

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Opinion

Should Ukraine have nuclear weapons? Philosopher Slavoj Žižek speaks out

The absurdity mounts: Russia launches a war of conquest, then threatens nuclear retaliation when its victim strikes back. Perhaps it's time to level the atomic playing field.

bySlavoj Žižek

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Peak cynicism: Russia co-hosts UN counter-terror energy meeting while bombing Ukraine’s grid

Russia continues its war of terror on Ukrainian civilian energy infrastructure: the most recent massive missile and drone…

byAndrii Ursta, General Manager for Energy Market Development, DiXi Group

5 ways Russia is trying to sway US elections

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It’s time to crush Russia’s dangerous “red lines” illusion

While the West remained paralyzed by Putin's "red lines" bluff, Russia has escalated far beyond what Ukraine's allies had dreaded to witness behind the facade.

byMark Temnycky

Why Trump's path to beating China runs through Kyiv

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Why Trump’s path to beating China runs through Kyiv

While Donald Trump views Ukraine as a European distraction from confronting China, Beijing's coordinated axis of Russia, Iran, and North Korea reveals why victory in Kyiv is crucial to breaking Chinese power.

byMykhailo Samus

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How Europe should woo Trump and rally him to support Ukraine

Europeans must swallow their pride and try to capitalize on Trump’s craving for admiration.

byPhilippe Legrain

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Britain must stop Glasgow firm’s Arctic ships from funding Putin’s war

The UK government banned Russian LNG imports but left a glaring loophole: Glasgow-based Seapeak Maritime's fleet of Arctic ships continues facilitating Putin's global gas trade worth billions.

bySvitlana Romanko

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One grandmother’s howl echoes centuries of Ukraine’s fight against Russian Empire

In a Ukrainian churchyard, an elderly woman's memories - spanning from pre-revolutionary Russia through Stalin's Holodomor to Nazi occupation - reveal why today's Ukrainians are fighting for a future free from imperial control, writes former Canadian politician Michael Ignatieff.

byMichael Ignatieff

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anne Applebaum receives the 2024 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.

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Wanting peace is not always a moral position

If there's even a small chance that military defeat could end Russia's cult of violence - as it once did Germany's - the West must take it.

byAnne Applebaum

Friedrich Merz, a German politician and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

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European security cannot be found in the past

The aborted Ramstein security conference was driven by nostalgia — not by the decisive action and a sense of purpose Europe needs today

byFriedrich Merz

6 minute read

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NATO must reform or be dissolved

Deterrence is a psychological factor. It only works as long as the enemy finds NATO credible, and that is no longer the case.

byHans Petter Midttun

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West сan no longer ignore China’s complicity in Russia’s war

The path to ending Russia's war runs not through Moscow but through Beijing, demanding difficult decisions Western leaders keep postponing.

byMark Temnycky

7 minute read

Opinion

10 honest facts about the Russo-Ukrainian war from top general Zaluzhnyi

Former Ukrainian military chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi warns of a growing authoritarian alliance threatening global democracy, urging NATO to adapt to new warfare realities.

byValerii Zaluzhnyi

Zelenskyy awards servicemen 1 october defender Ukrainian army

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Five reasons the West must support Ukraine’s victory, not just survival

Ukraine's victory is not only feasible. It is necessary to make the world a safer place.

byJulia Kazdobina

Crimean Tatars deportation Russian imperialism historical myths

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Russia weaponizes history to erase Crimean Tatar identity

As an exiled Crimean Tatar journalist, I've witnessed my people's desperate struggle to preserve our language, traditions, and very existence in the face of renewed Russian oppression.

byElmaz Asan

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Opinion

Achieving peace through strength in Ukraine

To secure a lasting peace, Ukraine’s allies must make Vladimir Putin understand that he cannot dictate the terms. Guaranteeing Ukraine’s security will require increased military support, a clear path to NATO membership, and international support for President Volodymyr Zelensky’s peace plan.

byAnders Fogh RasmussenandbyAndriy Yermak

Russia threatens to change its nuclear doctrine: Is this dangerous?

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Is Russia’s changing nuclear doctrine a significant concern – or just another empty threat?

Russia hints at revising its nuclear policy after more than 50 such threats since invading Ukraine. Citing Western "escalation," Moscow suggests lowering atomic use thresholds, sparking fresh global alarm.

byJon Richardson

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Opinion

The dark truth behind NATO’s “fear of Russian escalation”

NATO frets over poking the Russian bear while its own paper tiger growls. Eastern allies demand action as Western powers reveal an Alliance scared of its own shadow.

byHans Petter Midttun

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Why “Russians at War” is pure propaganda, not art

This screening at Venice isn't just misguided—it's a slap in the face to Ukrainians fighting for survival.

byDarya Bassel

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The enduring lessons of Stalin’s wartime endgame

If Western efforts to contain Soviet expansionism taught us anything, it is that the only way to deter totalitarian thugs is to confront them.

byChris Patten

Kursk incursion: why is Ukraine taking the war to Russian soil?

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Opinion

Territorial integrity means everything

Because Ukraine has made no claim to any Russian land, its recent incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is fundamentally different to the Kremlin's many invasions of Ukraine's territorial integrity. Nevertheless, it brings a key aspect of European security back into focus.

byCarl Bildt