The continuation of Russia’s war against Ukraine serves Chinese interests in several important ways: https://t.co/Eyqq2w7uwr via @navvortex

Tolerating corruption is a luxury that Ukraine can no longer afford if it wants to survive as an independent country — the latest from Tetyana Malyarenko and me for @navvortex: https://t.co/S3Go8DTQhs

The EU needs to decide how to balance holding the line on its membership standards while enabling Ukraine to hold the line against Russia: https://t.co/opuMckXN4L via @navvortex

As Trump flip-flops and the coalition of the willing is unlikely to go beyond securing Ukraine’s immediate survival, a credible pathway to ending the war with a just and stable peace is still lacking my latest analysis with @RGWhitman for @navvortex: https://t.co/E69DHCYQIZ

Three key take-aways from the Trump-Putin-Zelensky diplomatic flurry over the past few weeks: https://t.co/LTWxfywZKR via @navvortex

Unsurprisingly, Putin gets Trump to pivot again: https://t.co/lW2LVYJSaJ

Recognising a Russian sphere of influence would most likely encourage dreams of further expansion in the Kremlin: https://t.co/LvDAszCDuN

I was interviewed yesterday by @NewstalkFM on Trump's Middle East diplomacy:

If Trump wants to be a serious contender for the 2026 Nobel peace Prize, he needs to double down on his peace-making efforts and prevent his grandiose claims from being proven wrong: https://t.co/D1wZrkCsms via @navvortex

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Despite spending millions on vote buying and disinformation, Russia has not been able to turn Moldova into a country in which a majority of the population would want to jeopardise their European future: https://t.co/dvdu6yyx26 via @navvortex

Time is running pout for Europe to prevent Russia from broadening its war against Ukraine into a full-blown military confrontation with the west: my latest analysis with @RGWhitman for @navvortex: https://t.co/u3zyPLLD7J

Increasing Russian provocations and Trump wishing everyone ‘good luck’ mean that muddling through is no longer an option for Europe: https://t.co/VTOUotruL2 via @navvortex

Beyond full-throated condemnation, the western response to the latest Russian escalation has been worryingly underwhelming: https://t.co/l966Ye9c3W via @navvortex

Putin senses opportunities for Russia to be the dominant power in Europe — and the west’s lacklustre response to his latest provocation is hardly a deterrent: https://t.co/B7Y93LSGnU via @navvortex

If Trump doesn’t recognise the value of his country’s allies in managing the challenge that China clearly poses to the US, China’s sphere of influence may quickly extend far beyond Asia: https://t.co/NQU09LP4U2

Likely statements at the upcoming SCO summit of how the spirit of Shanghai will shape a new international order rest on the false premise that a post-American international order will be a non-American order: https://t.co/ChJKm81xSY

Trump boldly claimed that he knew exactly what he was doing — but that may not be enough without knowing and understanding what his counterpart in the Kremlin is up to: https://t.co/8bh3BcBnHd via @navvortex

Trump has left Alaska empty-handed and Mr Putin with a big smile on his face: https://t.co/ry5e1RIsE1 via @navvortex

For all his deal-making bluster, Trump, unlike Kyiv’s European allies has yet to commit unequivocally to a just peace for Ukraine: https://t.co/RFBCat25Xp via @navvortex