Insights
No excuse for being Russian
Targeting Putin and his supporters makes much sense. But demonising Russian culture more broadly is stupid, not least because it pushes Russians into line with the dictator.
Russia
Insights
The economic consequences of the war
Russia’s actions have set in motion a chain of events that could plunge the world into a serious economic crisis.
Newsroom
No method in Putin’s madness
Putin’s attack on Ukraine was a complete miscalculation. But that now makes it our problem.
Insights
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.
Newsroom
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?
Newsroom
From Russia, with an agenda
Europe’s new cold war is different. The Russian state is still targeting Western politics, but it does so quite openly – and with much more conventional means. Like a new TV station.
Business Spectator
Greece is Putin’s pawn in a plot to divide the EU
The euro crisis has caused considerable economic and financial damage already. We can now see some of the political and security implications of a weakened Europe.