Who needs enemies when you have friends like Orbán and Erdoğan?
Despite the threats of Russia, China, and stagflation, Hungary and Turkey are backstabbing the organisations they belong to – Nato and the EU. [...]
Europe
Why Europe’s next war could be between Greece and Turkey
At the moment, a war between Greece and Turkey seems unlikely because it would be an all-around catastrophe. Then again, that is precisely why many believed Putin would never invade Ukraine. [...]
An adverse reaction the Kremlin did not see coming
The strategic implications of Putin’s war against Ukraine keep evolving as the conflict enters its fourth month. As yet another unintended consequence, it has broken the anti-EU axis between Warsaw and Budapest. [...]
Putin’s war has changed the pacifist reflexes of Europe’s left
Of all the developments triggered by Putin’s war, the left's departure from pacifism may be the most surprising one. It will be interesting to see whether only the left in Europe will focus on security in this way. [...]
The West is back
Putin’s war on Ukraine, and Zelensky’s heroism, force us all to take a stand. It leaves no room for neutrality, even if dressed up as an independent foreign policy. [...]
No method in Putin’s madness
Putin’s attack on Ukraine was a complete miscalculation. But that now makes it our problem. [...]
Our generation’s historic challenge
We must rediscover the cultural and political foundations of our civilisation. It is the Enlightenment values of freedom and peace that we must defend against illiberalism, both at home and abroad. [...]
Self-absorbed West needs reality check on actual existential threats
It may be a good time for a reality check, especially in Western industrialised countries. Perhaps they worry and feel helpless about things that, though bad, may not pose the most existential threats. [...]
Russia has won the war without firing a single shot
Putin may have just built up the threat of an invasion as a bluff. And why would he now want to risk economic sanctions following a war when he has already achieved his major objectives without one? [...]
A torpedo to European security
For Europe, AUKUS feels like the security outcome of a bull’s run through a China shop. Only China will be happy about the weakening of Europe – and Europe’s new divisions – that AUKUS has created. [...]