The religious fever of Vladimir Putin’s Victory Day
In today’s Russia, state, Church, and War have become inseparable.
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The messy art of the US-Ukraine minerals deal
Both Trump and Zelensky can present the deal as a symbolic win.
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Can Putin afford peace?
The end of the war could also mean the end of Russia’s economic illusion.
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Friedrich Merz has emboldened Germany’s far right
The incoming chancellor’s coalition compromises leave a lot of space for the AfD.
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What Russia can teach us
From Tolstoy to Shostakovich, Russian culture shaped Europe. We must not lose it.
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Steve Rosenberg: the last man in Moscow
The BBC reporter talks courting Putin, playing piano with Gorbachev, and the rising tensions of a nation at war.
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The Easter Rising and the perils of mythology
The IRA wielded 1916 to legitimise their own campaign of violence in the Troubles.
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The magical thinking behind European unity
The far right will always be an impediment to strategic autonomy.
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