In the Arctic, cooperation with Russia is simply too important
Russia’s campaign against Ukraine’s people deserves our full condemnation. But there are crucial areas (climate change and preservation of the Arctic) where our and global interests will be worse off if we don’t work with Russia.
The west must work with Russia to save the Arctic
With the erosion of the tentative co-operation of the post-cold war era, the Arctic seemed to be the last bastion of a functional rules-based international order
Is Negotiating with Putin even possible at this point?
The war in Ukraine has now moved into its second, more protracted, and likely more violent phase. Unsurprisingly, given the extent of Russian atrocities, ongoing negotiations have borne little fruit.
Russia tests Trump with bid for lead role in Libya
Haftar’s advance westwards has coincided with increasingly public support from Russia, Egypt, and even Trump - this is cause for concern.
A Weak EU Can’t Stop Putin
By annexing Crimea after a sham referendum, Vladimir V. Putin has inadvertently done the European Union a huge favour.