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Why NATO launches a Baltic Sea operation
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Why NATO launches a Baltic Sea operation

Why has NATO launched a new operation in the Baltic Sea? Are the sanctions against Russia by the EU and US really working? Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden and co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, shares his perspective on European politics from Stockholm, Sweden.

Russia-Ukraine reality check
Quick Take

Russia-Ukraine reality check

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Russia may be isolated in terms of its war and its war goals, but that doesn't mean that it's isolated. The reality is Russia is the largest country in the world geographically and they have an awful lot of very important natural resources. If the US and its allies were so concerned about the war in Ukraine that they were truly willing to cut that off, they could. But it would cost them and the world would be in a global recession.

Europe’s oil sanctions and a shifting Russian war narrative to come
Quick Take

Europe’s oil sanctions and a shifting Russian war narrative to come

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: In the last 24 hours, the sixth round of sanctions agreement coming from the Europeans, most importantly, essentially an oil boycott. Two thirds of all the oil that Europe gets from Russia is going to be cut out. And if you add to that, what the Germans and the Poles are doing, their pledges to wind down their own pipeline imports by the end of the year, you're talking about 90% of Russian crude to Europe is now going to be boycotted.