Leaders should lock themselves in a room and not come out until they have the Doctrine hashed out.

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Ukraine has more to gain by navigating itself away from the demands for capitulation, even if that means sailing towards stormier seas.

There is a glaringly obvious message for Europe in the 28 point plan: This is the end of the end.

My speech at the Magnitsky Human Rights Awards

A real European peace plan would be one that reduces Putin’s strength at home or in Ukraine, forcing him to change his calculations.

I now feel I cannot stay silent about my country’s radical changes in direction.

The geopolitical Groundhog Day is still stuck on repeat.

Politicians might fool their own people, but I am not so sure of their ability to fool Putin.

Unfortunately — Europe didn’t even wake up, let alone step up.

We are the architects of this de facto defeat, so now we are trying to pretend it came out of nowhere.

Is Europe going to follow President Zelensky’s example and continue to reject the Putin–Trump pact?