Tag security guarantees

Geneva 2026: The Deal Without Europe

Four rounds of negotiations over the largest war on European soil since 1945 — and not a single EU representative at the table. While Washington, Moscow, and Kyiv hash out front lines, security guarantees, and Ukraine's reconstruction in Geneva, Europe writes the checks, delivers the weapons, and waits outside. What has barely registered in European newsrooms: Russia has conceded more in these talks than at any point since the war began. The framework for Europe's security architecture for the coming decades is being set right now. Europe did not help write it.

Zelensky’s 20 Points

What’s presented as a peace plan turns out to be a geopolitical wish list – full of economic ambition, moral posturing, and strategic traps. This point-by-point analysis reveals: Not a single one of the 20 proposals seriously aims at de-escalation with Russia.
Instead of peace, we get management, power games, and PR. Which raises the real question: Who’s playing whom?