Israel against Israel
This has not been seen in any of the democracies falling into dictatorship or threatening to do so. Not in Hungary, Poland or Donald Trump’s United States have such crowds taken to the streets to defend freedom.
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The reasons for the Ukrainian optimism
What if they were right? What if it wasn’t just the need to believe in the victory which made the Ukrainian leaders say that their country would win the war and already this year?
Read MoreChinese billiards
China would benefit from it threefold. If the peace plan it intends to present at the end of the week really opens up the prospect of a settlement in Ukraine, China would avoid a brutal slowdown in international trade, which would seriously damage its economy and political stability. For China, the issue is vital, but that is not all.
Read MoreZelensky’s real harvest
One would, of course, prefer that the tanks were already delivered and the jets on their way. That way, Ukraine could win victories faster, forcing the Kremlin to negotiate its withdrawal, and fewer young lives, Russian and Ukrainian, would be taken every day. We, Europeans are too slow to respond to Volodymyr Zelensky’s pleas for help, but do we, the French, have that many reasons to be so self-flagellating?
Read MoreThe Korean scenario
Only the short term is clear. Within a few weeks and by Easter at the latest, the Russian army shall try to offer Vladimir Putin the control of the Ukrainian regions whose annexation he had so prematurely announced more than four months ago. For the Kremlin there is an urgency because the European tanks will start to enter the scene from the end of March and the more they arrive of them, the more difficult it will be for General Gerasimov’s troops to make significant advances.
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