List of Eastern Europe articles
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (not pictured) speak to the media on the second day of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12. Why Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Been Slower Than Expected
Former CIA analyst Andrea Kendall-Taylor with the big-picture view on Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 331st Infantry Regiment take cover from German fire near the village of Périers in Normandy, France, in July 1944. Stop Comparing Ukraine to World War I
Normandy in 1944 is a much better historical analogy—and it counsels patience.
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Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko speaks during a meeting with Commonwealth of Independent States officials in Minsk. Lukashenko Won the Putin-Prigozhin Fight
The dictator of Belarus recognized the mutiny in Russia as an opportunity to empower himself.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen leans in to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as they walk away from a press conference. They stand elbow-to-elbow and smile as they walk, von der Leyen wearing a blue suit jacket and Zelensky in a military-green polo shirt. The EU Isn’t Ready for Ukraine to Join
If you think Kyiv’s path to NATO is hard, wait until you see its struggle to enter the EU.
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A crew member prepares a grain analysis on board the ship Nord Vind. Russia Is Holding Ukraine’s Farms Hostage
Moscow is weaponizing resources that aren’t even its own.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting in Jerusalem on January 24, 2020. Would the Israel Model Work for Ukraine?
The NATO summit offered Kyiv mostly vague pledges and empty rhetoric—but there could be other ways to defend the country short of alliance membership.
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A German Navy Sea King helicopter arrives on the Germany Navy frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the Baltic Sea near Rostock, Germany, on June 5. The First Job for NATO’s New Baltic Bloc
Pipelines, ports, and cables in and around the Baltic Sea are as critical as they are vulnerable.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (R) enter the hall during the Supreme Economic Eurasian Council at the Kremlin on May 25, in Moscow. The Perils of Hosting Prigozhin in Belarus
Why welcoming the Wagner Group carries risks for Aleksandr Lukashenko’s rule.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speak to the media at the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. What Did the NATO Summit Change for Ukraine?
NATO gave a lot to Ukraine. But not the one thing that mattered most.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Russian government via teleconference in Moscow on March 10, 2022. Russia’s Nuclear Option Hangs Over Ukraine and NATO
Some Western officials say Putin’s nuclear threats are all talk. Others are more wary.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama chat after a bilateral meeting at the G-20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. The Long, Destructive Shadow of Obama’s Russia Doctrine
A series of bad decisions during the Obama years prepared the ground for Vladimir Putin’s war.
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A woman walks at the Poklonnaya Hill war memorial near the main building of Moscow State University in Moscow. Russia’s War Comes for Academia
Severed ties between U.S. and Russian scholars are straining the field to a breaking point.
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Two men sit at control boards inside the control room at a nuclear missile base outside Moscow. Prigozhin’s Failed Coup Was a Blessing in Disguise
In times of political instability, Washington prefers the nuclear devil it knows.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg shake hands after a joint news conference in Kyiv on April 20. 2 Options to Prevent the Next Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Will it be NATO membership or the Israel model?
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The new Latvian president, Edgars Rinkevics, looks at the camera while sitting at a desk at a press conference. Rinkevics is a middle-aged man wearing a gray suit, blue tie, and glasses. His hands are clasped on the table in front of him. Latvia’s New President Wants a Clean Break With the Soviet Past
Eastern Europe’s first openly gay head of state looks to firmly plant the country in the West.
