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18th September 2023

Spooked: inside the spy wars

By Edward Lucas

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12th September 2023

Stretching the Joint Expeditionary Force: An Idea for Our Times

By Air Chief Marshal Lord Peach of Grantham GBE KCB DL, Brigadier (Ret’d) Robbie Boyd OBE and Ed Arnold

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12th September 2023

We want to discuss AI. China wants to weaponise it

By Edward Lucas

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4th September 2023

Ukraine’s Valley Forge Moment

By Kurt Volker

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23rd August 2023

Too little, too late: Ukraine pays

By Edward Lucas

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3rd August 2023

Heart of darkness: Russia’s African empire

By Edward Lucas

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27th July 2023

Blasts from the past: My cousin, Churchill and Zelensky

By Edward Lucas

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15th July 2023

The NATO Vilnius Takeaway: Managing the Perils of a Small World

By Colin Robertson

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13th July 2023

‘We need to send a clear message to the Ukrainians that NATO membership is possible and hoped for’

By Camille Grand

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13th July 2023

NATO in Vilnius: Coffee or Champagne?

By Edward Lucas

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8th July 2023

(Podcast) Anticipating the Vilnius Summit

Hosted By Colin Robertson

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6th July 2023

A NATO war with China? Not as impossible as we think

By Dr. Harlan K. Ullman

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4th July 2023

Gotland: Nato’s Baltic bastion

By Edward Lucas

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29th June 2023

A Visit to Hybrid Threats CoE: Current Threats, Arctic, Russia & China

By Colin Robertson

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15th June 2023

The Zeitenwende at Work: Germany’s National Security Strategy

By Karl-Heinz Kamp

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13th June 2023

Aftershock: Ukraine can win the war but lose the peace

By Edward Lucas

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5th June 2023

Unambiguous: Ukraine is not Israel

By Edward Lucas

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31st May 2023

Time to End Russia’s Black Sea Piracy

By Kurt Volker

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25th May 2023

Out of Hiroshima: Takeaways from the 2023 G7

By Colin Robertson

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23rd May 2023

Delayed action: US weapons for Ukraine

By Edward Lucas

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15th May 2023

Imperial echoes: the view from the Baltic

Edward Lucas

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13th May 2023

Europe as Middle Power

Georges-Henri Soutou

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11th May 2023

L’Europe, puissance du milieu [Europe as Middle Power]

Georges-Henri Soutou

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6th May 2023

NATO — Stop Dithering and Let Ukraine In

By Patrick Turner

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1st May 2023

Victory cult: Putin under time pressure 

By Edward Lucas

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1st May 2023

Britain’s government blacklist is sinisterly Soviet 

By Edward Lucas

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27th April 2023

Resolver: Ukraine and Taiwan 

By Edward Lucas

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17th April 2023

Memo to NATO Leaders: Decisive action needed at NATO’s Vilnius summit on Ukraine and the completion of Europe

By Ian Brzezinski and Alexander Vershbow

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13th April 2023

Europe: Ukraine’s essential ally

By William Courtney and Hans Binnedijk

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3rd April 2023

Ukraine’s Success Will Split its Friends 

By Edward Lucas

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20th March 2023

The future of NATO C4ISR: Assessment and Recommendations after Madrid

By Gordon B. “Skip” Davis Jr.

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14th March 2023

Britain’s Military Cannot Sustain a Global Role

By Edward Lucas

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22nd February 2023

US foreign policy: China is important but the top priority is stopping Russia

By Richard Hooker

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4th February 2023

A Life Between Worlds: The Further Examination of George Kennan

By Colin Robertson

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27th January 2023

Ploughshares into Swords — NATO Spending Must Rise

By Patrick Turner

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17th January 2023

Forget global Britain, focus defence on Europe

By Edward Lucas

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4th January 2023

A year of victory

By Edward Lucas

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19th December 2022

Rumours that resonate

By Edward Lucas

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19th December 2022

Putinising our society will not protect us

By Edward Lucas

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13th December 2022

The only path to peace

By Edward Lucas

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10th December 2022

Lessons Encountered from Ukraine

By R. D. Hooker, Jr.

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7th December 2022

German nostalgia is threatening Europe

By Edward Lucas

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7th December 2022

Liberty, Equality, Vanity

By Edward Lucas

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29th November 2022

China’s victory in Ukraine

By Edward Lucas

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22nd November 2022

Blowing Hot and Cold

By Edward Lucas

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24th October 2022

Britain’s image is taking a pounding

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14th October 2022

Crunch time in the Kremlin

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13th October 2022

Troubled bridge over stolen waters

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13th October 2022

Our response to Russian cyber-attacks is feeble

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26th September 2022

The Defining Moment of Ukraine—Values versus Interests, Democracy versus Autocracy


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