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New post: Europe as the problem, or Europe as the excuse? Russia has found a new villain for its stalled war aims. This time, it is not NATO expansi https://westernrelations.com/2025/12/28/europe-as-the-problem-or-europe-as-the-excuse/
December 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
New post: Europe as the problem, or Europe as the excuse? Russia has found a new villain for its stalled war aims. This time, it is not NATO expansi https://westernrelations.com/2025/12/28/europe-as-the-problem-or-europe-as-the-excuse/
New post: Europe failed to seize Russian assets, and moved closer to federation Sixteen hours in Brussels. Exhaustion, bruised egos, and a deal that nobody really wanted, https://westernrelations.com/2025/12/19/europe-failed-to-seize-russian-assets-and-moved-closer-to-federation/
December 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
New post: Europe failed to seize Russian assets, and moved closer to federation Sixteen hours in Brussels. Exhaustion, bruised egos, and a deal that nobody really wanted, https://westernrelations.com/2025/12/19/europe-failed-to-seize-russian-assets-and-moved-closer-to-federation/
New post: Russia, empire, and the myth of NATO provocation Every time Russia attacks a neighbor, the same explanation is rolled out as if it were sel https://westernrelations.com/2025/12/14/russia-empire-and-the-myth-of-nato-provocation/
December 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New post: Russia, empire, and the myth of NATO provocation Every time Russia attacks a neighbor, the same explanation is rolled out as if it were sel https://westernrelations.com/2025/12/14/russia-empire-and-the-myth-of-nato-provocation/
New post: China is killing the golden hen, and Europe is the first to bleed China’s trade surplus passed one trillion dollars this year. That number alone should forc https://westernrelations.com/2025/12/11/china-is-killing-the-golden-hen-and-europe-is-the-first-to-bleed/
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New post: China is killing the golden hen, and Europe is the first to bleed China’s trade surplus passed one trillion dollars this year. That number alone should forc https://westernrelations.com/2025/12/11/china-is-killing-the-golden-hen-and-europe-is-the-first-to-bleed/
Post Edited: The slogans of an ally, the strategy of an enemy Donald Trump says he wants to save Western civilisation. He warns that Europe is on the ve https://westernrelations.com/2025/12/06/the-slogans-of-an-ally-the-strategy-of-an-enemy/
December 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Post Edited: The slogans of an ally, the strategy of an enemy Donald Trump says he wants to save Western civilisation. He warns that Europe is on the ve https://westernrelations.com/2025/12/06/the-slogans-of-an-ally-the-strategy-of-an-enemy/
New post: The slogans of an ally, the strategy of an enemy Donald Trump says he wants to save Western civilisation. He warns that Europe is on the ve https://westernrelations.com/2025/12/06/the-slogans-of-an-ally-the-strategy-of-an-enemy/
December 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New post: The slogans of an ally, the strategy of an enemy Donald Trump says he wants to save Western civilisation. He warns that Europe is on the ve https://westernrelations.com/2025/12/06/the-slogans-of-an-ally-the-strategy-of-an-enemy/
New post: Russia’s frozen billions are trapped, and Europe is fighting over the key Belgium placed itself at the center of Europe’s geopolitical battlefield without meaning t https://westernrelations.com/2025/12/02/russias-frozen-billions-are-trapped-and-europe-is-fighting-over-the-key/
December 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
New post: Russia’s frozen billions are trapped, and Europe is fighting over the key Belgium placed itself at the center of Europe’s geopolitical battlefield without meaning t https://westernrelations.com/2025/12/02/russias-frozen-billions-are-trapped-and-europe-is-fighting-over-the-key/
Post Edited: Washington chases profits in Russia while Berlin drafts a war plan Europe enters this winter with two opposing visions of the future laid before it. One visi https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/30/washington-chases-profits-in-russia-while-berlin-drafts-a-war-plan/
November 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Post Edited: Washington chases profits in Russia while Berlin drafts a war plan Europe enters this winter with two opposing visions of the future laid before it. One visi https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/30/washington-chases-profits-in-russia-while-berlin-drafts-a-war-plan/
New post: Washington chases profits in Russia while Berlin drafts a war plan Europe enters this winter with two opposing visions of the future laid before it. One visi https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/30/washington-chases-profits-in-russia-while-berlin-drafts-a-war-plan/
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New post: Washington chases profits in Russia while Berlin drafts a war plan Europe enters this winter with two opposing visions of the future laid before it. One visi https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/30/washington-chases-profits-in-russia-while-berlin-drafts-a-war-plan/
New post: Why Europe is outperforming the global economy despite the storm For much of the past decade, Europe has grown used to being described through a single, fa https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/27/why-europe-is-outperforming-the-global-economy-despite-the-storm/
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New post: Why Europe is outperforming the global economy despite the storm For much of the past decade, Europe has grown used to being described through a single, fa https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/27/why-europe-is-outperforming-the-global-economy-despite-the-storm/
New post: The pro-Russian whisperer inside Trump’s White House The leak landed like a stone through glass. A private phone call between Steve Witkoff, Do https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/26/the-pro-russian-whisperer-inside-trumps-white-house/
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
New post: The pro-Russian whisperer inside Trump’s White House The leak landed like a stone through glass. A private phone call between Steve Witkoff, Do https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/26/the-pro-russian-whisperer-inside-trumps-white-house/
New post: The crisis of courage: Europe’s young see no reason to fight Europe has reached a strange moment in its history. Threats are rising, borders feel less https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/24/the-crisis-of-courage-europes-young-see-no-reason-to-fight/
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New post: The crisis of courage: Europe’s young see no reason to fight Europe has reached a strange moment in its history. Threats are rising, borders feel less https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/24/the-crisis-of-courage-europes-young-see-no-reason-to-fight/
New post: The 28-point blueprint of surrender: a deep analysis of Trump’s Ukraine plan There are diplomatic documents that try to resolve wars, and there are documents that rewr https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/21/the-28-point-blueprint-of-surrender-a-deep-analysis-of-trumps-ukraine-plan/
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New post: The 28-point blueprint of surrender: a deep analysis of Trump’s Ukraine plan There are diplomatic documents that try to resolve wars, and there are documents that rewr https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/21/the-28-point-blueprint-of-surrender-a-deep-analysis-of-trumps-ukraine-plan/
New post: What Trump calls peace is a surrender drafted outside Ukraine The leaks came quietly at first, buried inside Axios, the Financial Times, and Reuters. Th https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/20/what-trump-calls-peace-is-a-surrender-drafted-outside-ukraine/
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
New post: What Trump calls peace is a surrender drafted outside Ukraine The leaks came quietly at first, buried inside Axios, the Financial Times, and Reuters. Th https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/20/what-trump-calls-peace-is-a-surrender-drafted-outside-ukraine/
New post: Germany’s return to hard power and the political shockwaves hitting Europe The quiet assumption that shaped the European project for decades has collapsed. Germany, https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/18/germanys-return-to-hard-power-and-the-political-shockwaves-hitting-europe/
November 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
New post: Germany’s return to hard power and the political shockwaves hitting Europe The quiet assumption that shaped the European project for decades has collapsed. Germany, https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/18/germanys-return-to-hard-power-and-the-political-shockwaves-hitting-europe/
New post: The Trump factor: How America could keep Europe’s loudest dissenter in power Viktor Orbán has survived scandal, recession, and diplomatic isolation. Yet the most signi https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/14/the-trump-factor-how-america-could-keep-europes-loudest-dissenter-in-power/
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New post: The Trump factor: How America could keep Europe’s loudest dissenter in power Viktor Orbán has survived scandal, recession, and diplomatic isolation. Yet the most signi https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/14/the-trump-factor-how-america-could-keep-europes-loudest-dissenter-in-power/
New post: Trump’s fake economy: Why power without strategy always fails The strongman illusion
Donald Trump’s second-term economic agenda looks, on paper, like https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/12/trumps-fake-economy-why-power-without-strategy-always-fails/
Donald Trump’s second-term economic agenda looks, on paper, like https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/12/trumps-fake-economy-why-power-without-strategy-always-fails/
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
New post: Trump’s fake economy: Why power without strategy always fails The strongman illusion
Donald Trump’s second-term economic agenda looks, on paper, like https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/12/trumps-fake-economy-why-power-without-strategy-always-fails/
Donald Trump’s second-term economic agenda looks, on paper, like https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/12/trumps-fake-economy-why-power-without-strategy-always-fails/
Post Edited: Europe’s quiet coup: how the Parliament is taking power from von der Leyen No protests, no banners, no riots. Only a few sentences buried inside a budget proposal, n https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/12/europes-quiet-coup-how-the-parliament-is-taking-power-from-von-der-leyen/
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Post Edited: Europe’s quiet coup: how the Parliament is taking power from von der Leyen No protests, no banners, no riots. Only a few sentences buried inside a budget proposal, n https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/12/europes-quiet-coup-how-the-parliament-is-taking-power-from-von-der-leyen/
New post: Europe’s quiet coup: how the Parliament is taking power from von der Leyen No protests, no banners, no riots. Only a few sentences buried inside a budget proposal, n https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/12/europes-quiet-coup-how-the-parliament-is-taking-power-from-von-der-leyen/
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New post: Europe’s quiet coup: how the Parliament is taking power from von der Leyen No protests, no banners, no riots. Only a few sentences buried inside a budget proposal, n https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/12/europes-quiet-coup-how-the-parliament-is-taking-power-from-von-der-leyen/
New post: The twin assault on Europe: Putin’s war and Trump’s sabotage From Ukraine’s trenches to Washington’s tariffs, Europe faces a coordinated erosion of its https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/09/the-twin-assault-on-europe-putins-war-and-trumps-sabotage/
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New post: The twin assault on Europe: Putin’s war and Trump’s sabotage From Ukraine’s trenches to Washington’s tariffs, Europe faces a coordinated erosion of its https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/09/the-twin-assault-on-europe-putins-war-and-trumps-sabotage/
New post: How Athens is becoming Washington’s energy outpost in Europe Yesterday Greece signed its first long-term deal to import U.S. liquefied natural gas, it https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/08/how-athens-is-becoming-washingtons-energy-outpost-in-europe/
November 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
New post: How Athens is becoming Washington’s energy outpost in Europe Yesterday Greece signed its first long-term deal to import U.S. liquefied natural gas, it https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/08/how-athens-is-becoming-washingtons-energy-outpost-in-europe/
New post: The Gospel of Power: How America’s Faith Was Bought, and Why It’s Dying When I was a teenager, I used to read the Bible with a kind of quiet awe, as if I were hol https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/06/the-gospel-of-power-how-americas-faith-was-bought-and-why-its-dying/
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
New post: The Gospel of Power: How America’s Faith Was Bought, and Why It’s Dying When I was a teenager, I used to read the Bible with a kind of quiet awe, as if I were hol https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/06/the-gospel-of-power-how-americas-faith-was-bought-and-why-its-dying/
New post: Packing passports in Washington: Trumpworld’s quiet panic as Democrats rise The mood in Washington has shifted overnight. After the Democrats swept Tuesday’s election https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/05/packing-passports-in-washington-trumpworlds-quiet-panic-as-democrats-rise/
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
New post: Packing passports in Washington: Trumpworld’s quiet panic as Democrats rise The mood in Washington has shifted overnight. After the Democrats swept Tuesday’s election https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/05/packing-passports-in-washington-trumpworlds-quiet-panic-as-democrats-rise/
Post Edited: Two democracies, two illnesses: why America can’t change and Europe won’t move Across the Atlantic, democracy suffers two opposite crises: America’s rigid system cannot https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/02/two-democracies-two-illnesses-why-america-cant-change-and-europe-wont-move/
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Post Edited: Two democracies, two illnesses: why America can’t change and Europe won’t move Across the Atlantic, democracy suffers two opposite crises: America’s rigid system cannot https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/02/two-democracies-two-illnesses-why-america-cant-change-and-europe-wont-move/
New post: Two democracies, two illnesses: why America can’t change and Europe won’t move Across the Atlantic, democracy suffers two opposite crises: America’s rigid system cannot https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/02/two-democracies-two-illnesses-why-america-cant-change-and-europe-wont-move/
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New post: Two democracies, two illnesses: why America can’t change and Europe won’t move Across the Atlantic, democracy suffers two opposite crises: America’s rigid system cannot https://westernrelations.com/2025/11/02/two-democracies-two-illnesses-why-america-cant-change-and-europe-wont-move/