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Anatol Lieven

putin bashar assad
Middle East

The fall of Assad is a defeat for Russia — and no 'win' for the US

We should note that for every bad outcome for Moscow here, Washington faces an equally unstable path, too

Emmanuel Macron
Europe

Europe's center is not holding

The collapse of the government in France and the ruling coalition in Germany spells continued crises — and don't think war has nothing to do with it.

Kier Starmer UK military
Europe

UK dutifully follows Biden into Ukraine doom spiral

Kyiv now using British Storm Shadow missiles to attack Russia. This 'Trump proofing' is massively short-sighted.

An unfortunate rush to judgment in Georgia elections
Europe

An unfortunate rush to judgment in Georgia elections

The Western media is indulging the preassembled narrative: that the only way the government could win was by rigging the vote

A Return to the Classics: Harold Nicolson and a pattern for diplomatists
Media

A Return to the Classics: Harold Nicolson and a pattern for diplomatists

First published in 1939, 'Diplomacy' is the best — and best written — book in English on the practice, principles and qualities