He’s right. Russia’s daily war crimes are being presented as a new normal. It’s not normal and we must, as he says, lean in harder.
Excellent! European leaders meeting Zelenskyy in the UK today need to read this: stop talking about negotiations, step up the military and economic pressure on Putin.
I don't believe he'll use nukes unless he thinks a) they'll enable him to achieve his aims through Ukraine's surrender & b) there will be no serious consequences for his regime. So the West's job - perhaps with help fm China on this, if nothing else - is to ensure he thinks neither a nor b is true.
Europeans should have woken up long ago to the risk that the US under Trump would leave them exposed to Russia. Now they will need to rearm and fill gaps at speed. And -looking at the UK, for example - finance ministries can't be allowed to decide whether a nation is defended or not.
'Re-arming Europe: Short-term priorities for personnel, public support and procurement': @armida.bsky.social of @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social introduces her timely paper tonight in co-operation with Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung at the Bavarian Representation in Brussels. share.google/IjoMy2y0sUmh...