Andrey Melnichenko’s essay offers no answer to the fundamental question of how, under any kind of negotiated settlement, Europe can protect itself from the Russian ressentiment that is inevitable in all scenarios except for an outright victory for Putin. In line with a horoscope that had predicted that May 10, …

L’esprit d’Anchorage est mort, et Moscou ne parle plus «d’opération militaire spéciale» mais de guerre. Une requalification lourde de conséquences, qui ouvre la voie à un élargissement du conflit bien au-delà du Donbass.Introduction Récemment, un esprit a trouvé le repos : l’esprit d’Anchorage. Personne ne le connaissait personnellement ; il …

As opaque negotiations on SDF integration grind on, the city of Qamishli lives with parallel authorities, shrinking subsidies and growing uncertainty over who will govern nextHow is the SDF integration process going? On the streets of Qamishli many people say they just don’t know. Government forces, at least, are nowhere …