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Why Europe’s warnings about Russia are vaguer than in 2022, but far louder
I do not often write columns that I later come to regret.
Russia
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Moscow wins east German elections
It does not happen often that I set my alarm to just before 4am to watch the results from a provincial election in Germany.
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Germany silent on suspected Russian drone attack to avoid boosting far right
Drones near airports, at least in New Zealand, are usually a nuisance rather than a threat.
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Trump’s Iran war is paying for Putin’s
Russian power has always sat on a contradiction.
Quadrant
The Long Estrangement
It is strange to observe a nation act irrationally and against its own interests.
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Trump’s Thanksgiving ultimatum trusses Ukraine like a turkey
On Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky faces an impossible choice.
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Will Europe realise in time that it’s under Russian attack?
The annual public hearing of Germany’s intelligence chiefs is normally a tedious affair.
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How NATO failed Putin’s drone test
On Wednesday morning last week, I was getting ready for my afternoon speech at the Financial Services Council conference in Auckland.
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Putin humiliates Trump on home soil
Michelle Shocked’s 1988 song ‘Anchorage’ tells of old friends whose lives diverged.
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Trump’s retreat in Europe shocking but not surprising
Was it really an “excellent” phone call with Russia’s dictator, Vladimir Putin?