The political centre of gravity in Europe has shifted eastwards since the invasion of Ukraine. Once the dust settles, a new Europe will emerge.
When it comes to hacking attacks, the West likes to place blame on their adversaries, like China, Iran, Russia and North Korea. Yet what tends to be downplayed is the hacking that takes place between Western allies too.
The current crisis in Ukraine will end. Of that we can be sure. But how, and at what cost, no one knows.
The triumph of a party with roots in fascism has prompted decidedly different reactions across the West.
Judged against Putin’s initial objectives, his war is an abject failure.
The invasion of Ukraine has shown the death of Western civilisation has been greatly exaggerated.
With the advanced democracies at their most vulnerable point since the 1930s, and the threat of a nuclear-armed declining power hanging over us, Western leaders need to embrace a calmly realist approach to world affairs.
NATO has served us well since its inception and remains an effective and innovative defensive alliance for the West.
From Sri Lanka to the Balkans, a litany of crises demands the West’s attention. But it can only seem to concentrate on one thing at a time.
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