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Germany needs to remember loose lips sink ships
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor and a columnist at POLITICO Europe. “Careless talk costs lives,” was a key message in Britain’s 1940s public service campaign. They had it right. The wartime posters...
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Draghi should lead the European Council
Mujtaba Rahman is the head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice. He tweets at @Mij_Europe. The worst kept secret in Brussels is that Ursula von der Leyen will secure another five-year term as European...
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We’re in a war right now, Britain’s former spy chief warns
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Richard Dearlove, the former head of Britain’s MI6 spy agency, has never been one to pull his punches. Just last year, he lambasted the “eminent...
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A snap election may well be an option for ‘Bibi the magician’
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party were trigger quick to reproach U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last week,...
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The shameful abandonment of seafarers
Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, the author of “Goodbye Globalization” and a regular columnist for POLITICO. On Mar. 6, a Houthi missile killed three crew members on the...
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Putin’s going nowhere. The West needs to get a grip.
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. KYIV — Wishing something were true doesn’t make it so. And yet, for the past two years, we’ve had a plethora of predictions suggesting Russian...
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As ammo runs out, Ukraine still hopes it won’t need that ‘ride’
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. KYIV — Ukraine is approaching its most perilous period since it first astonished the world with its heroic, improvised defense of Kyiv in the days...
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Can Zelenskyy win over Trump?
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. KYIV — “When you’re fighting an existential war, the last thing you should worry about is the outcome of an election you cannot have any influence...
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Ukraine is at great risk of its front lines collapsing
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. KYIV — Wayward entrepreneur Elon Musk’s latest pronouncements regarding the war in Ukraine set teeth on edge, as he warned that even though Moscow...
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Here’s what a Le Pen presidency would really mean for France — and the EU
Mujtaba Rahman is the head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice. He tweets at @Mij_Europe. Whether in Brussels or any other European capital, these days it’s impossible to have any discussion about...
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Putin miscalculated on Finland’s border
Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, the author of “Goodbye Globalization” and a regular columnist for POLITICO. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently threatened to station...
View ArticleNATO is about security — not dollars and cents
Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” “You mean, if Russia attacked Lithuania, we...
View ArticleFriendly Arab nations urge restraint, but will Netanyahu listen?
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Long before the Iron Dome and David’s Sling, over several weeks in January 1991, Iraq launched 42 Scud missiles at Israel, primarily targeting the...
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Ukraine is heading for defeat
Ukraine is heading for defeat The West’s failure to send weapons to Kyiv is helping Putin win his war. By JAMIE DETTMERin Kyiv If the tide doesn’t turn soon in this third year of Russia’s invasion, it...
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What, if anything, does Europe have to offer Trump?
John Kampfner is a British author, broadcaster and commentator. His latest book is “In Search of Berlin,” published by Atlantic. “Should Donald Trump win, we’ll have to dress up warm,” stated Markus...
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Uncle Sam finally coughs up weapons — but is it too late to save Ukraine from...
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Ukraine’s leaders breathed a hearty sigh of relief when news broke that the U.S. House of Representatives finally, after six months of stalling and...
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India looks beyond Russia for defense imports
Anchal Vohra is a Brussels-based international affairs commentator. She lived in Beirut until recently. The war in Ukraine has exposed the fabled prowess of Russian weaponry as a myth and scared off...
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Listen to the US or brace for escalation — the choice is Israel’s to make
Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s Across the Pond...
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As Russia’s shadow fleet menaces Sweden, here’s how the EU could help
Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, the author of the award-winning “Goodbye Globalization” and a regular columnist for POLITICO. An ever-growing headache, Russia’s shadow...
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Ukraine is ready for a just peace — not Russia’s version of one
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. As Ukraine struggles to contain the opening moves of an expected Russian offensive in the country’s east, there are again mutterings in some...
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