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Europe

After Ukraine: Arming down for lasting Eurasian security

A long-term solution requires an institutional design and steps to ensure that front-line states, including Russia, feel safer.

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Europe

Did EU call for warships in the Taiwan Strait fall on deaf ears?

Face it, there's no collective European navy, and individual members don't have the capacity to make a difference in Asia.

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Europe

The folly of Macron-bashing

US China hawks can’t demand that Europe arm up for its own defense and remain a vassal to Washington.

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Europe

Austria should buck the West and welcome Russia to key security meeting

Leaders who condemn Moscow's presence at the OSCE are acting like 'insulted liver sausages,' not diplomats.

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Europe

Beyond the cameras, Macron-Biden meeting tougher than it looks

While the French leader will no doubt be feted and flattered, differences on Ukraine and the European economic crisis loom.

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Asia-Pacific

This is why there is no 'China-Russia alliance'

German leader Olaf Scholz is taking heat for his trip to Beijing — but as usual, critics are oversimplifying a complex geopolitical picture.