Media mentions – Wider Europe
You simply cannot equip the Ukrainian army with anything that would make it fully defensible against Russia now, in a fortnight, until the supposed date of the attack
Surveys by the think tank ECFR show that the majority believe an invasion of Ukraine by Russia is likely before the end of this year
The SZ presents the latest ECFR survey on the Ukraine conflict
The important thing is that Macron managed to establish a conversation with Putin on European security issues
This is now an escalation of a process that has been ongoing since 2006, really since he assumed power in Republika Srpska
Dodik’s “decade-long salami slicing tactics,” [is] aimed at “picking the Bosnian central government apart.”
The sides tolerate their differences of opinion or clashes of interest because they see these disputes as originating in ‘pragmatic’ geopolitical interests, not in ideology
This is an opportunity for Turkey to elevate its status and come out of the doghouse, metaphorically speaking, in NATO
The Russian side stopped playing the game
Putin might want Nord Stream 2, but he doesn’t want it so much. He definitely wants Ukraine more than that pipeline, so it’s not something you can use to deter Putin