Ukraine
Planet Liz
What foreign policy would look like under a PM Truss
Putin’s grand illusions
Sanctions are working — whatever Russia says
Portrait of the week
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Ukraine and Russia sign grain deal – what next?
This afternoon Kyiv and Moscow signed a UN-backed agreement to free up at least 20 million tons of grain from…
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How Justin Trudeau caved to Putin
When Russia invaded Ukraine, the West was certain that its sanctions were worth the pain. But there always was a…
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An existential war
Even wealthy émigrés are prepared to fight for Russia
Turkey’s grain diplomacy
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is once again using Turkey’s geopolitical position for his own ends, this time dictating grain shipments from…
The forgotten history of Poland and Ukraine
Since the outbreak of war in February there has been an overwhelming focus on the historical links between Russia and…
Cold comfort
Can Germany’s solidarity with Ukraine survive the winter?
Nato is no longer ‘brain dead’
Finland and Sweden will be formally invited to join Nato today. Them joining the alliance will bolster Nato’s presence in the…
Zelensky’s peculiar Glastonbury appearance
Volodymyr Zelensky didn’t quite make it onto the Glastonbury line-up posters. Perhaps Michael Eavis, the owner of ever-so Worthy Farm,…
Boris is falling into the Macron trap
You can’t blame Boris Johnson for jetting off to Kyiv last week for another meet-and-greet session with Volodymyr Zelensky. He…
How Russia’s cartoon heroine turned on Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin’s regime has a track record in building up public heroes whom it hopes to use, only to find…
Is the war slipping away from Ukraine?
After the decisive failure of Russia’s attempt to overthrow the government of Ukraine by seizing Kyiv, Kharkiv and other key cities…
What if the Ukraine war is never won?
In late March, roughly a month into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an unnamed Nato official told NBC News that the…
‘Famine is part of Russia’s strategy’
President Zelensky’s economic adviser on the reality of Putin’s tactics
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‘Putin may be prepared to go to the limits’
Antony Beevor and Serhii Plokhy in conversation
Germany is failing Ukraine
‘A giant step for German and European security,’ is how Chancellor Olaf Scholz described his government’s €100 billion cash injection…
How Russia wins
It is still too early to predict the outcome of the war in Ukraine. Russia has certainly solidified its position…
The West is watching the war in Ukraine like it’s sport
Every time I hear a politician speak of Munich, I suspect that something is amiss. Last week, President Zelensky accused…
The next front line
Taiwan is learning valuable lessons from Ukraine
