From a strategic point of view, Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine has thrown back Russia to its weakest position since World War II.
World War II
Putins paranoider Krieg gegen Geschichte
Da sein Geschichtsverständnis höchst selektiv und politisch verzerrt ist, ist Putins Versuch, die Welt neu zu ordnen, zum Scheitern verurteilt.
Putin’s War on History
Vladimir Putin’s obsession with the past is consuming thousands of lives, wreaking destruction on Ukraine and threatening Russia’s own future.
Russians Are Voting On 206 Reforms. The Most Important One Will Extend Putin’s Rule
“It is very important to Putin to have this popular endorsement, even if it is a farce, even if it is a travesty of popular will.”
Excavation Of Lithuania’s Great Synagogue Highlights A ‘Painful Page’ From History
For decades, the principals at a boxy, two-story kindergarten in Vilnius unwittingly pored over their lesson plans a few feet above one of the city’s most sacred sites.
Near The Russian Border, U.S. and NATO Beef Up Their Presence
“From here we defend Copenhagen, Paris, London and Washington,” said Hannes Hanso. “This is where the tensions are now because of our eastern neighbor, Russia.”
Cold War 2.0: The US Military Is Beefing Up Its Presence in the Former Soviet Bloc
The United States has quietly begun expanding its military footprint in a region that during the Cold War was deep inside the Soviet-controlled Warsaw Pact.
NATO Is Holding the Biggest Exercise in Poland in a Decade, And Russia Is Not Happy
“I expected to go to Iraq or Afghanistan,” said Sergeant Malcolm McEwen, manning a Humvee with mounted Stinger missiles on the banks of the Vistula River.
For Europe, the Party’s Over. It’s Not Clear What Comes Next.
The promise of Europe is over. Paradoxically, German hubris carries a good deal of the blame.
Kaliningrad: Model of Cooperation with EU?
“Kaliningrad could be the best location in Russia — paradise, ” says Viktor Hoffmann. “But we must be open to Europe like Poland or Lithuania.”
