Putin Is Playing With Fire , So Europe Must Wake the Hell Up
Europe Is Sleepwalking While Russia Tests the Door
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A president threatening an American partner with destruction is not demonstrating strength. He is demonstrating why Europe must urgently build the capacity to defend itself.
Stop the Escalation Before It Becomes War
There is a moment in every crisis when hesitation stops being prudence and becomes weakness. Europe is dangerously close to that moment. For years, Russia has tested the boundaries of the West , militarily, politically, economically and psychologically. The pattern is unmistakable: provoke, deny, observe the response, identify the weakness, and then push further. When the response is limited to…
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The Drone Over Leipzig Was Not a Warning. It Was a Wake-Up Call
Russia’s war machine is testing the seams of European security. Europe’s answer cannot be hesitation, fragmentation or political paralysis. It must be layered defence
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Putin Will Not Stop Until He Is Stopped: Europe Must Wake Up Before the Test Becomes a War
There is a dangerous mistake being made across Europe: confusing the absence of a direct Russian attack on NATO with the absence of a Russian intention to test NATO. Those are not the same thing. According to reporting based on recent U.S. intelligence assessments, American officials are increasingly concerned that Vladimir Putin could, under certain circumstances, attempt to test the credibility…
GREENLAND IS NOT FOR SALE: THE ARCTIC WARNING WE CANNOT AFFORD TO IGNORE
There are moments when individual events stop looking like isolated incidents and begin to form a pattern.
EUROPE IS SLEEPWALKING TOWARD THE NEXT ATTACK
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WAKE THE FUCK UP: PUTIN’S WAR IS COMING TO OUR DOORSTEP
There are moments in history when the warning signs are subtle. And then there are moments when history kicks the fucking door in. What happened at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany should be treated as one of those moments. A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered near the airport’s southern runway, reportedly in the vicinity of a Ukrainian cargo aircraft. German authorities deployed a…
WHEN “AMERICA FIRST” MEANS LEAVING UKRAINE TO DIE
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An Opinion Editorial
THE NORTHERN SHADOW Why the Military Build-Up in Belarus Could Become Europe's Next Great Security Crisis
I. The Warning Nobody Can Afford to Ignore History has a habit of punishing those who refuse to learn from it. Again and again, democratic societies convince themselves that danger is exaggerated, that warnings are political theater, that preparations for war are merely exercises, and that hostile regimes are bluffing. Again and again, reality arrives with devastating force. Today, a new warning…
HOEVEEL WAARSCHUWINGEN ZIJN ER NOG NODIG VOORDAT ER IEMAND GEWOND RAAKT?
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THIRTY SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT: EUROPE'S LEADERS ARE SLEEPWALKING INTO DISASTER
Russia Is Preparing. Europe Is Pretending. Let’s stop the bullshit. Russia is building a new military base near Finland’s border. Not talking. Not threatening. Not issuing press releases. Building. Concrete. Steel. Barracks. Infrastructure. Troop housing. Logistics. Real military capability. While Europe debates, Russia prepares. While politicians hold another meaningless summit, Russia prepares.…