Britain has lost its national narrative. Split, nearly leaderless, it is drifting away, trumpets blaring, to nowhere
Steven Erlanger
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Steven Erlanger
@StevenErlanger
Chief Diplomatic Correspondent Europe; The New York Times
- The unlikely hero who is inspiring Ukrainian resistance and popular support for his country all over the world. My take
- "Russia, a legitimate, recognized world power—a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council—is directing constant, repetitive, visible terrorist violence against civilians, many of whom are nowhere near the fighting."Yes, Russia is now a terrorist state theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
- Vladimir the Poisoner of Underpants. Navalny's courtroom speech in English.
- Ukraine is on an artillery shell diet, but still is firing more rounds than the West can produce. The EU, proposing the use of joint funding, is trying to ginger up production, but it takes a lot of time. My take.
- Putin Is Doing Something Almost Nobody Is Noticing. Going after dissidents abroad... Nazis did this too
- Norway pledges €1 billion euros to G20 vaccine fund. Extraordinary per capita. Thank you 🇳🇴
- via @nytimes. Trump craziness is priced in now, but worries about the Republican Party and the Pentagon.
- Does anyone really expect any Russian official to say, "Yeah, well, actually, we do plan to invade"?
- Trump arrival at Turnberry marks the 169th day during his presidency that he has visited a property owned, managed or branded by the Trump Organization. The resort has lost money since Mr. Trump purchased it in 2014.
- U.S. Will Withdraw From Unesco, Citing Its ‘Anti-Israel Bias’ via @nytimes nytimes.com/2017/10/12/us/…
- How the E.U. Allowed Hungary to Become an Illiberal Model. An ugly tale of cowardice, lack of imagination, complacency and German indifference. by @StevenErlanger and @b_novak
- What the Notre-Dame Fire Reveals About the Soul of France. My take from Paris.
- Just a reminder: NATO didn't destroy the Soviet Union. That was done by B. Yeltsin of Russia, L. Kravchuk of Ukraine and S. Shushkevich of Belarus in December 1991, all by themselves and for their own domestic reasons.
