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Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stunned the West with her latest revelations about Russia, NATO, and the Ukraine war. She slammed the use of ‘Putinversteher’ as a tool to silence debate and ...

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Friedrich Merz, almost assured to be Germany’s next chancellor, is ignoring conventional wisdom when it comes to relations ...

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Giorgia Meloni is laboring to bring about a just and enduring peace that will safeguard Ukraine’s security and sovereignty — ...