Opinions

The summer of 2025 will go down in history as the moment when the foundations of Western security architecture—concepts such as “democracy,” “freedom,” and “border integrity”—were replaced in American public debate by one short word: “Deal.

Just before the full-scale invasion, a friend of mine made a decision that was supposed to protect her younger child, but almost led to tragedy.

The Kremlin issued dire warnings to Europe when Gazprom’s gas transit agreement with Ukraine ended. In fact, Russia has been the loser.

US President Donald Trump is “very disappointed” with Vladimir Putin and is giving his Russian counterpart just ten more days to agree to a ceasefire or face new economic measures, he announced on Tuesday.

Russia’s rulers are taking more and more extreme measures to block access to independently produced information. But there’s resistance.

Some time ago, I witnessed an extremely interesting, private exchange between two people whom I know and respect, even though their perspectives are radically different.

In late June, a 30-year-old German-American volunteer crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border to begin combat training with Ukraine’s armed forces.

Suppression of language is a key part of Moscow’s drive to erase the Crimean Tatar identity as it seeks to colonize occupied Ukraine. Linguists are fighting back.

Government secrecy breaches leave red faces in London. By Edward Lucas, for CEPA Old habits died hard in the former empire.

Russia has never abandoned Bolshevik propaganda methods. The scenery changes, the media changes – from paper newspapers to platform X – but the core remains the same.