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OPINIONMarching in Trump’s shadow: How Britain’s far right scored its first local election victoryAndrei Ostalsky11 June 2025
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OPINIONTies that bind: How Trump’s second term is reshaping (but not breaking) the transatlantic relationshipMichael Kimmage23 May 2025
OPINIONStage prop talks: Why the Istanbul meeting could not portend peace for UkraineIvan Preobrazhenskiy16 May 2025
OPINIONAn inconvenient laureate. How Sergei Loznitsa’s Cannes nomination can help Russia’s anti-war resistanceAndrei Arkhangelsky15 May 2025
OPINION100 days of shock therapy: What everyone should have learned from Trump’s first months back in officeRoman Dobrokhotov2 May 2025
OPINIONCrude reality: Predictions of cheap oil may spell doom for OPEC+ — and for the Russian budgetMikhail Krutikhin30 April 2025
OPINIONThe Kursk gambit: What Ukraine’s boldest operation achieved — and failed to achieveJohn Hardie25 April 2025
OPINIONThe Shallow State: Trump 2.0 is putting America’s critical intelligence liaison relationships in jeopardyDavid Gioe23 April 2025
OPINIONOverpromise, underdeliver: Trump must find a scapegoat for failed peace talksAnton Barbashin19 April 2025
OPINIONA court without honor: Armenian leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh turn from defendants into hostagesRasmus Canbäck4 April 2025
OPINIONThe eggs of wrath: Trump’s tariffs could harm the U.S. economy most of allVladislav Inozemtsev28 March 2025
OPINIONScrambled promises: The price surge that helped get Trump into the White House is now undermining his approval ratingsOleg Itskhoki28 March 2025
OPINIONBetween two Vladimirs: How boosting military aid to Ukraine could benefit both Donald Trump and AmericaColby Badhwar26 March 2025
OPINIONThe return of Europa: Trump’s antagonism towards Ukraine offers EU leaders the chance to decide Kyiv’s fate — and their ownDmitri Stratievski24 March 2025
OPINIONDeterrence decoupled: Rethinking Europe’s future without a U.S. nuclear umbrellaFabian Hoffmann24 March 2025
OPINIONTrump’s Russian reset: The far-reaching implications of potential sanctions reliefVladimir Milov20 March 2025
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OPINIONThe UNRWA controversy: Why the scandal-ridden UN agency for Palestinian refugees lost U.S. fundingZeev Hanin25 February 2025
OPINIONPolitics of chaos: The world reacts to Trump’s first foreign policy decisionsIvan Preobrazhenskiy21 February 2025
OPINIONA new “deal of the century”? The likely results of Trump’s peacemaking efforts in GazaMarianna Belenkaya20 February 2025
OPINIONThe Kremlin torturer. Why Russia throws captive Ukrainians in prisons in violation of all conventionsOlga Romanova19 February 2025
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OPINIONStill the king: Artillery remains the critical component of Ukraine’s war effortColby Badhwar5 February 2025