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Andreas Kluth

Andreas Kluth

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We may never get the truth about Nord Stream or a COVID lab leak

The first casualty of war is truth, they say. I’d add that truth is equally moribund in a cold war and a pandemic or other calamities for which...

22.03.2023 20

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After Ukraine, does Putin have his eyes on another country?

Moldova looks like “the next Ukraine.” So said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov recenty. Obviously, that should worry us. Lavrov, like...

09.03.2023 30

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How Finland, Sweden and NATO should deal with Turkey

It takes a clinical case of solipsism to behave as irresponsibly as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan does. Then again, maybe he’s doing it on...

10.02.2023 20

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Thanks for the tanks, but send Ukraine Abrams and Leopards too

Ever since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his attack on Ukraine last year, the West has faced a conundrum: How do you support Ukraine in its...

11.01.2023 20

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Frederick the Great’s advice for Ukraine negotiations

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears its first anniversary, what’s next? In some ways, the Kremlin and Kyiv both seem to be signaling a new...

08.01.2023 20

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Four ancient truths to help you lead a modern life

You may well know someone — you, perhaps? — who is stoic, epicurean, skeptical or cynical. That’s because these four adjectives represent...

02.01.2023 80

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We have to talk about Adolf Hitler

We could try to just dismiss people such as Ye, the celebrity formerly known as Kanye West, as unhinged. After all, American talk shows — like the...

16.12.2022 30

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Will Russians choose truth or lies? Ukraine’s fate depends on them

Russians are facing a psychological conundrum all human beings confront every day, but at a far more consequential level. It is this: How much will...

07.12.2022 20

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Russia’s mass abductions are genocide

We can unearth the mass graves left in Ukraine by retreating Russian troops. We can talk to the Ukrainian survivors of rape and torture, the mothers...

30.11.2022 20

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Believe it or not, Putin’s foes are now ‘Nazi Satanists’

If you are Russian and inhabit the propaganda universe created by your president, Vladimir Putin, it must be hard keeping up with the reasons why your...

27.11.2022 30

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If Putin orders a nuke, will his generals obey?

As military strategists in the West war-game a possible nuclear escalation by Russian President Vladimir Putin, they’re also pondering the role...

21.10.2022 20

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The biggest threat to democracy and peace is thuggishness

Democracy is in a worldwide slump. So is peace — both the international and the domestic sort. There are lots of reasons. What’s the biggest? Many...

09.10.2022 20

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