It is becoming crystal clear that Europe must pick a side in the trade clash between China and the US
Media mentions – Russian war in Ukraine
Finland’s accession to NATO is a provocation for Vladimir Putin in that his invasion of Ukraine was launched with the aim of preventing NATO expansion
Security expert Rafael Loss on SWR2’s “daily talk” about Finland’s accession to NATO Finnlands Beitritt zur NATO ist insofern eine Provokation für Wladimir Putin, als dass seine Invasion der Ukraine ja mit dem Ziel angetreten wurde, eine Erweiterung der NATO zu verhindern
There is a sense of moral superiority, which is very strong at the moment. That we have been right on Russia (…) and we have been ignored — by the Germans and by the others.
Piotr Buras on how Poland’s right-wing government is winning allies with its staunch defense of Ukraine
All the defense companies in Brussels are more engaged with the EU than they’ve ever been
People want to see a quick end to the war in Ukraine, even if it means Ukraine giving up western-supported aspirations to victory and accepting the temporary loss of some territory
A recent ECFR survey reveals a significant shift in public opinion in several key countries
One of the messages they regularly intend to send is that NATO is able to do things that Russia is not
It’s part of a broader framing exercise that is currently taking place that is not actually pro-peace or pro-Russian. It’s just an anti-American one, because it works really well in the moment.
Janka Oertel talks about the Chinese peace plan for the Ukraine War and its underlying attempt to add anti-American sentiment to the perception of the conflict
Russia is widely seen as an “adversary” or “rival” by Europeans
In ECFR’s latest polling report, Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard analyse how attitudes to Russia have changed
Russia has gone from an authoritarian country to a more or less totalitarian one. How different opinions are punished, social and media organizations simply shut down.
The only thing Putin’s and Biden’s speeches have in common is that the war will last a long time
One year after the beginning of the Russian war in Ukraine – Vessela Тcherneva in an interview for The Day Begins on BNT