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Timothy Garton Ash

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What if Russia wins in Ukraine? We can already see the shadows of a dark 2025

21.12.2024 2

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Timothy Garton Ash

Trump’s return is terrible news for Ukraine. Europe should step into the breach – but will it?

The first victim of Donald Trump’s second term as US president is likely to be Ukraine. The only people who can avert that disaster are us...

08.11.2024 70

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Timothy Garton Ash

Zelenskyy has a gamechanging plan to win peace. For it to work, Biden must back it – fast

Earlier this week, I started a 3,000km, two-day journey back from the other end of Europe, where I witnessed Ukrainian resilience against Russian...

21.09.2024 50

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Timothy Garton Ash

The future of the world may depend on what a few thousand Pennsylvania voters think about their grocery bills

On 5 November, people around the globe will tune in to watch the world election. It’s not a “world” election in the sense of the World Cup – a...

30.08.2024 10

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Timothy Garton Ash

The old European order is fraying. We will soon find out whether Keir Starmer can help hold it together

An extraordinary new version of what used to be called the Concert of Europe will convene today at Blenheim Palace, in the heart of England. More than...

18.07.2024 60

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Timothy Garton Ash

Britain is suddenly a beacon of stability in Europe – now it’s France that’s in turmoil

It was a good week for Europe. It was a bad week for Europe. Good because Britain now has a strong, stable centrist government keen to reset relations...

09.07.2024 50

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Timothy Garton Ash

Wake up! After these elections, Europe is again in danger

A Europe that just celebrated on the beaches of Normandy the 80-year-old D-Day beginning of its liberation from war, nationalism and fascism now again...

10.06.2024 20

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Timothy Garton Ash

Ukraine can still recover with bolder western support – but right now it’s on the ropes

As I contemplate a forest of small Ukrainian flags on the Maidan in central Kyiv, placed there by bereaved relatives as a memorial to the war dead,...

24.05.2024 60

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Timothy Garton Ash

A new cold war? World war three? How do we navigate this age of confusion?

In these times of planetary polycrisis, we try to get our bearings by looking to the past. Are we perhaps in The New Cold War, as Robin Niblett, the...

03.05.2024 70

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Timothy Garton Ash

This ‘election’ won’t kickstart any change in Russia – but a defeat for Putin in Ukraine can

By next Monday, Vladimir Putin will have been “re-elected” president of Russia. In truth, Russian voters have no genuine choice this weekend,...

14.03.2024 40

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Timothy Garton Ash

‘Not losing’ is not enough: it’s time for Europe to finally get serious about a Ukrainian victory

As we approach the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine this Saturday, ask yourself a simple question: is Europe at war?...

22.02.2024 60

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Timothy Garton Ash

As Putin and Trump threaten from east and west, Europe must stand up for itself

On 6 June, Europe will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the D-day landings that began the liberation of western Europe in 1944. However, there’s...

06.02.2024 80

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Timothy Garton Ash

The world should learn from Poland’s tragedy: restoring democracy is even harder than creating it

“Evolution or revolution?” The question being asked in Poland today captures the dilemma of trying to restore liberal democracy after eight years...

23.01.2024 80

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Timothy Garton Ash

War or peace? Dictatorship or democracy? Europe’s future is on the line

I have been in more than 20 European countries this year and I have seen two Europes. Across large parts of the continent, you’re still in a Europe...

13.12.2023 80

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Timothy Garton Ash

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