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Russian President Vladimir Putin made statements at a joint press conference held after his meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Kremlin Palace
QiOSK

Rolling Stone hits hysterical note suggesting Putin NATO attack nigh

An increasingly popular narrative claims Trump is putting Europe in the Kremlin's crosshairs

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Europe

An independent Europe means no more US rooster in the henhouse

Washington will have to get used to transformed international politics where it's no longer the center of the universe.

Ukrainian soldiers walk together during training for the 2023 counteroffensive.
Media

The never-ending myth of a looming Ukrainian 'breakthrough'

For years, hawks have used rosy analysis of Kyiv's military momentum to make the case against real negotiations

Odessa ports
Europe

Russia's lockdown of Odessa ports could be a grim turning point in war

A lesson to all purveyors of the idea that Ukraine could be a 'steel porcupine' and avoid a mutual agreement to end the conflict. It's a trap.

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) speaking with Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) at a meeting of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (a.k.a. U.S. Helsinki Commission) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on Nov. 19, 2024.
Europe

The Helsinki Commission is a Cold War relic that needs to go

It's become a shadow State Department that is undermining US foreign policy, particularly in Georgia

ceuta spain migrants
Africa

Are US and Israel benefitting from 'migration blackmail' in Spain?

Analysts accuse Morocco of unleashing undocumented migrants into Ceuta. Many note how Tel Aviv and Washington are seizing the moment with particular zeal.