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How Extreme Views on Ukraine and the West Went Mainstream in Russia

In recent years, hard-line views once limited to ultra-nationalist Russian politicians like Vladimir Zhirinovsky have increasingly been espoused by the highest levels of the country’s leadership. How has this happened? The war in Ukraine has prompted much soul-searching among Russia watchers and policymakers, to try to consider where we might …

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The Return of Industrial Warfare

Can the West still provide the arsenal of democracy? The war in Ukraine has proven that the age of industrial warfare is still here. The massive consumption of equipment, vehicles and ammunition requires a large-scale industrial base for resupply – quantity still has a quality of its own. The mass …

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Später Besuch in Kiew

Besser spät als nie. Lange hat der ukrainische Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyi auf hohen Besuch aus Berlin, Paris oder Rom gewartet. 93 Tage nach dem ersten Besuch eines EU-Staats- oder Regierungschefs sind nun die Vertreter der EU-Schwergewichte in Kiew eingetroffen: Italiens Premier Mario Draghi, der französische Präsident Emmanuel Macron und der …

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