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G7 leadership MIA on Russia sanctions

Ukraine is key to Europe’s LT defence

Syria - winners & losers

Türkiye, Syria & Macro

Kellogg - is there actually a plan for Ukraine?

The rouble is melting, finally

Elections in Romania are a wake up call

Putin is bluffing, again

Ukraine - what everyone wants from a peace deal

Ukraine - financing its defence and development

Putin no longer has the Trump card

History will likely judge Biden poorly

A risk not worth taking

Türkiye Q&A

Ukraine - Trump is missing a trick

Ukraine - be very wary of a bad peace

Ukraine financing - what happens if Trump wins?

Russia should be blacklisted by the FATF

Vance’s peace plan is a recipe for Ukraine to become a failed state

Israel has escalation dominance

So many geopolitical moving parts now

U.S. needs to call time-out on Israel

War in Ukraine - where is the Western leadership?

The West is nuts not to fund Ukraine

Biden don’t embolden Putin with your timidity

Russia - is the IMF brain dead or just tone deaf?

From a G-zero to a G-Ego world

Turkey, at a turning point

Ukraine - strategy seems to be changing

Ukraine - Kursk & US elections

Turkish perspectives on the crisis in the Middle East

Putin wants to deal

Ukraine - is peace coming?

Past peak China

Ukraine - Vance brings more risks than solutions

UK elections - take outs

Educating Nigel Farage

Turkey - you got to have faith

Geopolitics

Democracy is not dead yet

Lagarde, La Laggard?

Putin tests NATO’s resolve in the Baltics

The West gives good (Berlin) conference

Ukraine - innovation is key

Thoughts around the Xi - Putin summit

Ukraine - running thru the numbers

Ukraine - great Chatham House session

Ukraine - we have been asking the wrong question

The South Caucasus as the new great power play

Ukraine - how is Belgium allowed to get away with this?

Ukraine - am I in a parallel universe?

Ukraine - Johnson finds his balls

Ukraine - time for Belgium & Euroclear to pay?

Times Radio Podcast

NATO needs to find its balls

Iran/Israel - gauging craziness

What happens if Putin wins?

A chance to give back

Ukraine - some thoughts around burden sharing

A dirty little secret

U.K. plc no longer fit for purpose

Turkey - Simsek is a keeper

Turkish elections - in the cold light of day

Turkey: Polls & policy

Ukraine - the IMF is living a fantasy

A Q&A on frozen Russian assets

Turkey - critical MPC meeting looming

Sanctions on Russia are too weak/ineffective

Ukraine - telling it as it is

Lagarde - needs to be on the right side of history

Ukraine - how about fair burden sharing

Creditors need to stand up for Ukraine

Ukraine - debt relief after use of frozen RU assets

Ukraine - West needs financing wake up call

Ukraine - reserve currency/Euroclear risks are overblown

A counter to JD Vance

Frozen RU assets - needs must

Geopolitics 101 for 24/25

Germany has no clue on Russia

Turkey - CBRT needs clarity, and quickly

Ukraine - debt relief AFTER Russia pays

Ukraine WILL GET frozen RU assets

Davos session on RU assets

Turkey Q&A

US policy is adrift in the Middle East

Ukraine - arguments against RU asset expropriation are academic

RU assets 4 UA