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What is Putin really up to in Syria?
Vladimir Putin kicked this week off with a speech at the United Nations calling the West’s refusal to back SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad an “enormous mistake.” Days later, when Russian bombs began to drop on targets within Syria, many analysts warned that Putin was making a sizable mistake himself by inserting Russia into the middle of...
Hollande unchained
PARIS — Before he became France’s president in 2012, François Hollande’s only foreign experience had been a drive from New York to California at age 20 while researching a report on U.S. fast food and, a few years later, an eight-month internship at the French embassy in Algiers. That’s some distance from holding France’s...
The real story behind Putin’s Syria strikes
The roots of Russia’s bold intervention in Syria — which began in earnest on Wednesday with airstrikes against opponents of President Bashar al-Assad’s government near the city of Homs — extend to the beginning of the Arab Spring in early 2011, when Vladimir Putin served as prime minister nominally under his protégé and hand-picked...
An open letter to the European media
Dear editors, We recognize, don’t we, that Europe — the countries of Europe, the European Union as an entity, the very idea of Europe — is facing the worst collective threats in living memory? These crises — of economics, of public finances, of migration and refugee flows, of the multiple security threats around our borders and even inside...
Putin blindsides Obama
On Monday afternoon, President Barack Obama grudgingly sat down with Vladimir Putin in part to gain a clearer understanding of the Russian leader’s opaque plans for Syria. Less than 48 hours later, Putin unpleasantly surprised Obama with new clarity: airstrikes that are scrambling the U.S. president’s plans for Syria and escalating...
Merkel’s new normal
BERLIN — Did Angela Merkel’s chancellorship just reach its tipping point? A few weeks ago, such a question would have prompted quizzical stares, if not outright opprobrium. Until recently, Merkel, who this fall marks her 10th anniversary as chancellor, appeared to be at the height of her power. Even when confronted with thorny political...
Moldova’s Maidan
CHISINAU, Moldova — The poorest country in Europe is having its Maidan moment, as hundreds of protestors camp out in the center of the capital, blue EU flags fluttering overhead, to protest the disappearance of over €1 billion from the country’s banking system. The similarities to the movement that overthrew Ukraine’s corrupt...
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[Ticker] US gives anti-artillery kit to Ukraine
The US Wednesday authorised the transfer of $20mn of counter-artillery radar equipment to Ukraine. The State Department said the early warning systems will “save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians”. News comes same day Russia repeated threats of trade sanctions against Ukraine if it implements an EU free-trade pact....
[Ticker] Russia launches Syria air strikes
Russia said Wednesday it launched air-strikes against Islamic State (IS) in Homs, Syria, after its MPs backed military action by 162-0. US officials told Reuters the strikes targeted the Free Syrian Army, the moderate anti-Syrian government opposition. Analysts note Syria has replaced Ukraine as the main topic on Russian TV. …read more...
Row over Syria policy | Press review main focus
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