Commentary / World Aug 9, 2022
Europe is faking solidarity, and Putin knows it
by Andreas Kluth
As shown by a compromise on saving natural gas, the EU can’t defend itself against its enemies yet.
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Commentary / World Aug 8, 2022
How to organize reconstruction aid for post-war Ukraine
by Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Anastassia Fedyk and Ilona Sologoub
Before significant funds are committed to Ukraine’s reconstruction, it is important to determine who will control and direct the money and how the recovery will be structured.
World Aug 8, 2022
Fighting around Ukrainian nuclear plant heightens safety fears
by Andrew E. Kramer
The Russian military has been using the Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe’s largest, as a base to assault the Ukrainian-controlled town of Nikopol across the river.
World Aug 6, 2022
U.S. readies new $1 billion Ukraine weapons package
by Idrees Ali and Mike Stone
The Biden administration's next security assistance package will be one of the largest so far, and could include munitions for long-range weapons and armored medical transport vehicles.
Commentary / World Aug 5, 2022
Ukraine’s war viewed from China
by Mark Leonard
Westerners regard Russia’s war as an attack on the rules-based order, but Chinese scholars see it as another harbinger of the final curtain on U.S. and Western hegemony.
Commentary / Japan | Geoeconomic Briefing Aug 4, 2022
What role should Japan play as the Russia-Ukraine war shakes the international order?
by Yuichi Hosoya, Ken Jimbo and Kazuto Suzuki
Executives of the Asia Pacific Initiative discuss the part Tokyo should play as Russia's invasion of Ukraine approaches six months.
World / Politics Aug 2, 2022
‘Putin chef’ case shows London courts welcome Russians no more
by Jonathan Browning and Katharine Gemmell
The 61-year-old ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, sanctioned by the U.K., U.S. and the European Union, had sued the investigative journalism organization Bellingcat for libel.
World Aug 2, 2022
Obstacles to overcome before Ukraine grain deal eases global food crisis
Evading naval mines, securing insurance and finding enough seafarers are some of the challenges that must be faced before the grain can depart from its Black Sea ports.
World Aug 1, 2022
Russian strikes kill Ukrainian owner of major grain exporter
by Natalia Zinets
The head of Nibulon — which specializes in the production and export of wheat, barley and corn, and has its own fleet and shipyard — was killed in the city of Mykolaiv.
World Aug 1, 2022
Some wounded Russian soldiers find compensation elusive, despite Putin’s pledge
by Maria Tsvetkova
For some, it’s because a little-noticed clarification to the rules has narrowed the criteria for eligibility; others face bureaucratic obstacles or delays in getting applications approved.
World Jul 31, 2022
Lebanon seizes ship accused of carrying stolen Ukrainian grain
Ukraine said the vessel was loaded at Feodosia in the Russian-occupied Crimea, and that the commodities originated from Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Kherson in southeastern Ukraine.
World Jul 31, 2022
Ukraine calls for investigation into prisoner deaths as outrage grows
by Marc Santora, Maria Varenikova and Matthew Mpoke Bigg
The explosion is particularly painful for the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy because many of the dead had fought to defend Mariupol.