Commentary / World Feb 22, 2023
The dark side of neutrality in times of conflict
by Slavoj Zizek
As with Western “pacifists,” the nonalignment of Brazil, India, South Africa and other countries amounts to a tacit support for imperialism.
World Feb 20, 2023
Sunak set for his biggest political test yet with Brexit deal
by Ellen Milligan
A solution to the impasse over the post-Brexit trading rules for Northern Ireland would enable the U.K. to reset relations with the EU.
Commentary / World Feb 19, 2023
China succeeding in diplomatic push to win over Europe
by Matthew Fulco
A cold war between Beijing and Brussels will remain unlikely as the two do not compete ideologically or militarily like the U.S. and China.
World Feb 18, 2023
The post-Cold War era is gone. A new arms race has arrived.
by Marc Champion, Natalia Ojewska, Sudhi Ranjan Sen and Natalia Drozdiak
Governments around the world are drawing lessons from Europe’s first high-intensity war since 1945, reassessing everything from ammunition stocks to weapons systems and supply lines.
Commentary / World Feb 16, 2023
Sunak heads toward another Brexit cliff edge
by Therese Raphael
A bill to scrap all EU laws retained in the U.K. at the end of the year risks more confusion and chaos.
World Feb 15, 2023
Washington pushes for harsher action against banks with Russia ties
by John O'Donnell
The West blocked several Russian banks' access to the international SWIFT payments system soon after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February last year.
Business Feb 14, 2023
Moscow's gas ties with Europe, crafted over decades, lie in ruins
by Vladimir Soldatkin
Russia's gas trade with Europe has been based on thousands of miles of pipes beginning in Siberia and stretching to Germany and beyond.
World / Politics Feb 11, 2023
Rishi Sunak is privately drafting plans to rebuild Britain’s ties with the EU
by Alex Wickham
Driven in part by the fallout from Russia’s war in Ukraine, officials have been drafting proposals for how Britain can work more closely with EU nations across a range of policy areas.
World Feb 9, 2023
Zelenskyy takes pitch for weapons and EU membership to Brussels
by Pavel Polityuk and Andrew Gray
Following a surprise visit to Washington in December, the trip was the Ukrainian leader's second-known time out of his country since the war began.
Business Feb 5, 2023
Oil’s new map: How India turns Russian crude into the West’s fuel
by Yongchang Chin and Rakesh Sharma
New Delhi has faced little public blowback because it’s meeting the West’s twin goals of crimping Moscow’s energy revenue while preventing an oil supply shock.
World Feb 3, 2023
EU-Ukraine wartime summit to deliver on some issues, disappoint on others
by Tom Balmforth and Dan Peleschuk
Zelenskyy has called for more punitive measures against Russia by the EU, but new sanctions the bloc is preparing are set to fall short of the Kyiv government's demands.
Commentary / World Feb 1, 2023
Russia can’t replace the energy market Putin broke
by Julian Lee
Russia's European network of gas fields and pipelines developed at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars has been effectively thrown away due to the war in Ukraine.