War is no longer a thing of the past, a long distant memory in Europe. Things are changing and it all started when Russia ...
A war economy involves the reorientation of national economic structures to prioritise military needs over civilian consumption. This often entails increased government control over industries ...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been dominating politics all across Europe. While not a military player itself, the EU has appeared as a significant actor by aiding the Ukrainian war effort ...
The highest level of escalation, a war, would become more likely at the latest if Europe were to fall apart. This is a key Kremlin war aim: a neutral Germany, a decimated NATO, a rump EU.
The threat posed by Putin’s Russia is real because his understanding of the Motherland is so expansive that “protecting” its interests must inevitably meet with resistance. Vladimir Putin ...
These weeks see the end of the term for an ineffectual European legislature which served during the worst pandemic of this ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing for a two-day trip on May 15, 2024, and was greeted with a red-carpet ...
Vladimir Putin, an avid student of Russian history, knows well the twin threats that undid some of his predecessors in the Kremlin, from Tsar Nicholas II to Mikhail Gorbachev: One is to start and ...
Intelligence agencies warn ‘Kremlin plotting acts of sabotage on Continent’ amid escalation of stand-off with Nato ...
President Vladimir Putin's nomination of top economic official Andrei Belousov as defence minister is a sign of the importance the Russian leader places on the war economy in gaining the upper ...
Ursula von der Leyen became the European Commission’s first woman president. She has had to deal with crises like the ...