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TARIFF MAN
America hits the self-destruct button. Is there a fail-safe?
Paul Hansbury
5 days ago8 min read
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TRUMP FRUSTRATED?
Donald Trump is 'pissed off' with Vladimir Putin. Is a change of tone coming? Or not?
Paul Hansbury
Apr 27 min read
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THE FACTUALITY WILL SET YOU FREE
Yale historian Timothy Snyder seeks to 'rescue' the word 'freedom' from its 'overuse and abuse' in the US.
Paul Hansbury
Apr 14 min read
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BELARUS NOTES #10: PROPAGANDA AND FREEDOM
A social media influencer interviewed Lukashenka. It was not pretty.
Paul Hansbury
Mar 256 min read
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PUTIN PUTS TRUMP IN HIS PLACE
Putin asks, Putin gets.
Paul Hansbury
Mar 194 min read
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TO CEASEFIRE OR NOT TO CEASEFIRE
Ukraine agreed to plans for a 30-day ceasefire. Vladimir Putin demurred. How can we understand Putin's position?
Paul Hansbury
Mar 155 min read
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TRUMP'S CARDS
Will Trump's personal ambitions clash with the architects of US strategy? Is that strategy founded on good premises?
Paul Hansbury
Mar 811 min read
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AN AMERICAN DISGRACE
Trying to make sense of the slanging match in the Oval Office yesterday.
Paul Hansbury
Mar 15 min read
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PART II: WHAT SHOULD EUROPE DO?
Three millennia ago the Egyptian king Rameses II signed a peace treaty with the Hittite Empire after protracted warfare. The two kings...
Paul Hansbury
Feb 229 min read
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PART I: TRUMP'S SHOWDOWN WITH UKRAINE – AND EUROPE
Donald Trump's war of words with Volodomyr Zelenskyy. Is the US about to cut a deal about Ukraine's future without consulting Ukrainians?
Paul Hansbury
Feb 206 min read
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UKRAINE NEGOTIATIONS: HAS TRUMP REVEALED HIS HAND?
Trump and Putin spoke on the phone. The US president may be carrying on different negotiations from the ones reported. A contrarian's view.
Paul Hansbury
Feb 136 min read
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BRITAIN AND AMERICA: TROUBLE BREWING?
Trying to make sense of the kind of relationship the UK will have with the US in the next four years.
Paul Hansbury
Feb 210 min read
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BACK TO THE FUTURE: PUTIN AND TRUMP 2.0
In the past Donald Trump's praise for Putin was often interpreted as fealty. His current rhetoric suggests a different interpretation.
Paul Hansbury
Jan 276 min read
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BELARUS NOTES #9: BALLOTS AND BULLETS
Belarus's dictator hopes next weekend's election will allow him to re-legitimise his grasp on power. Little suggests that will happen.
Paul Hansbury
Jan 196 min read
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ASSASSINS AND THE LAW
On the legitimacy of assassinations. Plus a few thoughts on prisoner exchanges amid concerns foreign citizens are seen as targets for arrest
Paul Hansbury
Dec 22, 20245 min read
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SYRIA LEAVES RUSSIA IN A QUANDARY
The fall of Assad has ramifications for Russia's power projection in the Middle East.
Paul Hansbury
Dec 12, 20244 min read
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WOODWARD'S MANY WARS
Veteran journalist Bob Woodward probes the Joe Biden presidency, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the return of Donald Trump.
Paul Hansbury
Dec 10, 20245 min read
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UKRAINE: 1,000 DAYS OF WAR
One thousand days of war. The US reportedly agrees to lift restrictions on Ukraine targeting Russia with long-range missiles.
Paul Hansbury
Nov 19, 20244 min read
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ON BETRAYAL AND HOPE: UKRAINE'S FUTURE
Many think a betrayal is coming. Ever the contrarian, I offer three reasons why the US and its allies might not abandon Ukraine under Trump.
Paul Hansbury
Nov 10, 20248 min read
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TRUMP TRIUMPHANT
Why it's different this time round.
Paul Hansbury
Nov 6, 20246 min read
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