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Ukraine now looks vulnerable to US interests in ending the war.</div> </a> <div class="ni-author"> by <a href="/news/author/dave-keating"> Dave Keating </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="news-list news-list--x3"> <div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image"> <a href="/magazine/issues/februarys-print-edition-of-the-parliament-is-out-now"> <img data-src="/siteimg/list-x-four/ugc-1/fullnews/news/24981/24736_original.jpg" class=" lazyload" alt="February's print edition of The Parliament is out now"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date">14 Feb</span> <span class="ni-cat">Foreign & Security Policy</span> </div> <div class="ni-title h4"> <a href="/magazine/issues/februarys-print-edition-of-the-parliament-is-out-now">February's print edition of The Parliament is out now</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/magazine/issues/februarys-print-edition-of-the-parliament-is-out-now"> From Russia's hybrid war on Europe to the continent's young shifting towards the right of the political spectrum, The Parliament's February edition dives into some of the big issues across the bloc. </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image"> <a href="/news/article/kosovos-elections-come-at-pivotal-time-for-its-eu-future"> <img data-src="/siteimg/list-x-four/ugc-1/fullnews/news/24977/24732_original.jpg" class=" lazyload" alt="Q&A: Kosovo's elections come at pivotal time for its EU future"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date">11 Feb</span> <span class="ni-cat">Foreign & Security Policy</span> </div> <div class="ni-title h4"> <a href="/news/article/kosovos-elections-come-at-pivotal-time-for-its-eu-future">Q&A: Kosovo's elections come at pivotal time for its EU future</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/kosovos-elections-come-at-pivotal-time-for-its-eu-future"> Kosovar elections will likely return Albin Kurti to the prime minister's office, albeit with diminished support. His last term had a mixed record on the issue of EU integration. </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image"> <a href="/news/article/power-play-baltic-states-cut-russian-grid-connection"> <img data-src="/siteimg/list-x-four/ugc-1/fullnews/news/24973/24730_original.jpg" class=" lazyload" alt="Power play: Baltic states cut Russian grid connection"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date">06 Feb</span> <span class="ni-cat">Foreign & Security Policy</span> </div> <div class="ni-title h4"> <a href="/news/article/power-play-baltic-states-cut-russian-grid-connection">Power play: Baltic states cut Russian grid connection</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/power-play-baltic-states-cut-russian-grid-connection"> On Saturday, the Baltic states will finally desynchronise from the BRELL electricity grid, which links it to Russia and Belarus. But the region is still vulnerable to Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure. </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image"> <a href="/news/article/qa-whats-next-for-european-defence"> <img data-src="/siteimg/list-x-four/ugc-1/fullnews/news/24970/24723_original.jpg" class=" lazyload" alt="Q+A: What's next for European defence?"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date">05 Feb</span> <span class="ni-cat">Foreign & Security Policy</span> </div> <div class="ni-title h4"> <a href="/news/article/qa-whats-next-for-european-defence">Q+A: What's next for European defence?</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/qa-whats-next-for-european-defence"> EU leaders and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met in Brussels on Monday to discuss defence procurement and Ukraine, with the spectre of Donald Trump lurking in the background. </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image"> <a href="/news/article/after-months-of-stalemate-belgium-has-a-government"> <img data-src="/siteimg/list-x-four/ugc-1/fullnews/news/24967/24717_original.jpg" class=" lazyload" alt="After months of stalemate, Belgium has a government"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date">04 Feb</span> <span class="ni-cat">Foreign & Security Policy</span> </div> <div class="ni-title h4"> <a href="/news/article/after-months-of-stalemate-belgium-has-a-government">After months of stalemate, Belgium has a government</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/after-months-of-stalemate-belgium-has-a-government"> Bart De Wever’s rise to Belgian prime minister ends months of tough coalition negotiation. The Flemish nationalist with a Eurosceptic past now leads a pro-European government. </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image"> <a href="/news/article/trumps-tactics-overshadow-eu-leaders-retreat"> <img data-src="/siteimg/list-x-four/ugc-1/fullnews/news/24966/24716_original.jpg" class=" lazyload" alt="Trump’s divide-and-conquer tactics overshadow EU leaders’ retreat"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date">04 Feb</span> <span class="ni-cat">Foreign & Security Policy</span> </div> <div class="ni-title h4"> <a href="/news/article/trumps-tactics-overshadow-eu-leaders-retreat">Trump’s divide-and-conquer tactics overshadow EU leaders’ retreat</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/trumps-tactics-overshadow-eu-leaders-retreat"> Eastern European leaders recoiled at French insistence that EU military funds should be spent on European equipment, while the UK prime minister demurred from showing full-throated support for NATO ally Denmark.<br /> </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image"> <a href="/news/article/ukeu-reset-starts-and-maybe-ends-with-defence"> <img data-src="/siteimg/list-x-four/ugc-1/fullnews/news/24965/24715_original.jpg" class=" lazyload" alt="UK-EU 'reset’ starts — and maybe ends — with defence"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date">03 Feb</span> <span class="ni-cat">Foreign & Security Policy</span> </div> <div class="ni-title h4"> <a href="/news/article/ukeu-reset-starts-and-maybe-ends-with-defence">UK-EU 'reset’ starts — and maybe ends — with defence</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/ukeu-reset-starts-and-maybe-ends-with-defence"> For Europeans on both sides of the English Channel, the Russian threat feels closer and the US presence further away. The post-Brexit urgency to cooperate on defence could lead to better EU-UK relations. </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image"> <a href="/news/article/romanian-officials-quick-to-call-out-farright-leader-claim-to-ukrainian-territory"> <img data-src="/siteimg/list-x-four/ugc-1/fullnews/news/24963/24713_original.jpg" class=" lazyload" alt="Romanian officials quick to criticise far-right leader's claim to Ukrainian territory"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date">31 Jan</span> <span class="ni-cat">Foreign & Security Policy</span> </div> <div class="ni-title h4"> <a href="/news/article/romanian-officials-quick-to-call-out-farright-leader-claim-to-ukrainian-territory">Romanian officials quick to criticise far-right leader's claim to Ukrainian territory</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/romanian-officials-quick-to-call-out-farright-leader-claim-to-ukrainian-territory"> Calin Georgescu called Ukraine an ‘invented state,’ suggesting Romania should take back ethnic Romanian areas. The rhetoric echoes Russia’s revisionist rationale for its full-scale invasion. </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image"> <a href="/news/article/time-flies-looking-back-at-five-years-since-brexit"> <img data-src="/siteimg/list-x-four/ugc-1/fullnews/news/24961/24711_original.jpg" class=" lazyload" alt="Time flies: Looking back at five years since Brexit"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date">29 Jan</span> <span class="ni-cat">Foreign & Security Policy</span> </div> <div class="ni-title h4"> <a href="/news/article/time-flies-looking-back-at-five-years-since-brexit">Time flies: Looking back at five years since Brexit</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/time-flies-looking-back-at-five-years-since-brexit"> How did we get here? February marks five years since Brexit became official. 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