Russia still holds an untold number of abducted Ukrainian children
Excerpt As negotiations continue between Russia and Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pushing for the return of thousands of kidnapped Ukrainian children. Earlier...
Ivana Stradner
Trump should not fall for Putin’s gambit
Washington should not let the fox into the henhouse and allow Russia to mediate between Israel and Iran
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Putin’s love of Stalin should terrify us all
Britain must counteract Kremlin propaganda by portraying the Russian president as a weak leader
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Qatar, Cultivating Friendships With Washington and Moscow, Plays the West Like a Fiddle
The burgeoning relationship between Qatar and Russia signals that the Kremlin is not as globally isolated as the West desires it to be — and Doha is not as neutral as it pretends to be.
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The best way to undermine Putin’s nasty revision of history is through mockery
The Russian president has shamelessly used VE day to paint a distorted version of WWII
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Serbia’s Future Hangs in the Balance
Serbia’s anti-corruption movement has reached new heights: a demonstration in Belgrade this March yielded hundreds of thousands of peaceful protestors and marked the largest demonstration in Serbia since the monumental 1990s protests against the tyrannical Milošević regime.
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Trump should not surrender in the information war against Putin’s Russia
As President Trump signed an executive order gutting the U.S. Agency for Global Media — which runs Voice of America and Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty — Washington is reportedly considering lifting sanctions on the Russian state-owned media outlet RT. That would be a mistake. ...
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A quick Western win over Putin is there for the taking, if we dare
Thirty years on from the Bosnian War, the Western Balkans is once more on the brink of conflict
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Trump and Hegseth are half right. We cannot have Minsk 3.0
Europe must do more for itself. But it cannot be abandoned
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Trump must not underestimate Putin’s ambitions to be a modern day Tsar
As Russia grinds forward on the battlefield, the West must not deceive itself into allowing the Kremlin to permanently subjugate Kyiv
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Trump must counter Vladimir Putin’s coming deception games — here’s how
Vladimir Putin’s regime is readying a new bag of diplomatic tricks for the second Trump administration, as the Kremlin angles to lure Trump’s incoming national-security team into helping...
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Russia continues to subvert democracy in Moldova and Georgia
Excerpt America isn’t the only country that just held a consequential election. In the former Soviet republics of Moldova and Georgia, citizens recently voted in contests where aspirations to join...
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Russia has declared war on US democracy
It is past time for Washington to adopt a proactive stance and “return the favour” for Moscow’s influence operations
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The Covert War for American Minds
How Russia, China, and Iran Seek to Spread Disinformation and Chaos in the United States
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Putin’s summit triumph is a warning shot to the old world order
It is essential Western leaders remind Moscow’s allies that the model Russia upholds leads to poverty and horror, not prosperity
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Don’t believe Putin’s lies: Ukraine is not ‘persecuting’ Christians
Conservatives should not be fooled: Putin’s weaponisation of the Orthodox Church is part of his geopolitical strategy
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The U.S. should stoke anti-war resistance within Russia
Vladimir Putin issued a decree last week authorizing the Russian military to add another 180,000 active-duty troops, reflecting Russia’s ongoing efforts to recruit and coerce men...
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Viktor Orbán vs. America First
Trump may like the Hungarian leader’s praise, but he’s working to undermine the U.S. on the world stage.
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Putin is winning the new Cold War. It’s time to go on the offensive
Only by giving Putin a taste of his own medicine can Washington compete against Moscow in the information space
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Will a United Nations Cybercrime Treaty Help Russia, Communist China, and Iran Control the Internet?
This treaty has very little to do with fighting cybercrime globally. Instead, it’s a mere window dressing for enabling authoritarian regimes to censor free speech globally and allow global surveillance.