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White House howling over Putin-Kim Jong Un hug rings hollow
Europe

White House howling over Putin-Kim Jong Un hug rings hollow

What did Biden expect after pressuring South Korea to transfer weapons to Ukraine?

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Why blind optimism leads us astray on Ukraine

The pre-counteroffensive debate in the US was dominated by claims of 'victory' and 'success' despite available evidence predicting it wouldn't meet key goals.

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Five lessons from Northern Ireland for ending the Ukraine war

Unionists and the IRA rejected a deal that they both eventually came around to supporting 25 years later.

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Europe

Why the Black Sea is becoming ground zero in the Ukraine War

Kyiv's counteroffensive efforts have focused on cutting Russia off from Crimea, while the grain export deal continues to falter.

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Europe

Macron knows that Europe needs to stand on its own two feet

As a US shift to China is inevitable, France seems to be the only state that is vocalizing the importance of ‘strategic autonomy.’

The trouble with telling history as it happens
Europe

The trouble with telling history as it happens

In the Ukraine War, scholar Serhii Plokhy has his own biases, which can get in the way of his profession’s fidelity to evidence.