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The New York Times 11:49 pm on June 20, 2022
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Russia’s Blockade of Ukraine Is ‘War Crime,’ Top E.U. Official Says

The remarks by the official, Josep Borrell Fontelles, were among the strongest language from a Western leader in describing the Kremlin’s tactics to subjugate Ukraine.

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The New York Times 11:00 pm on May 10, 2022
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Russia Was Behind Cyberattack in Run-Up to Ukraine War, Investigation Finds

The February attack rattled Pentagon officials and private industry because it revealed new vulnerabilities in global communications systems.

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The New York Times 1:32 pm on March 11, 2022
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Iran Nuclear Talks Paused Following Russian Demands to Ease Sanctions

A deal to revive the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran is “essentially ready,” a top E.U. official says, but has run into complications because of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

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The New York Times 11:30 pm on March 9, 2022
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Poland’s Fraught Offer: Fighter Jets for Ukraine, but Only Through U.S. Hands

Neither Poland nor the United States wants to make itself — or NATO — a target of Russia. And providing MIG fighters might cross over Putin’s invisible line.

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The New York Times 3:46 pm on March 6, 2022
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On Ukraine’s Border, Moldovans Wonder: Where Will Putin Stop?

Moldovans fear that Transnistria, a region run by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Moldova, might be the next target after Ukraine.

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The New York Times 2:58 pm on March 2, 2022
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NATO Countries Pour Weapons Into Ukraine, Risking Conflict With Russia

Brussels is proud to be providing military aid, but Moscow may see it as a dangerous intervention and could move to disrupt the flow of arms through Poland.

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The New York Times 1:45 pm on January 20, 2022
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On Ukraine, Biden Flusters European Allies by Stating the Obvious

The president laid bare divisions over Russian meddling in Ukraine, even if they have long been there for all to see.

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The New York Times 8:51 am on January 10, 2022
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U.S. and Russia Will Discuss European Security, but Without Europeans

The coming talks in Geneva are bilateral, reviving old fears that the two Cold War powers will forge a deal on their own.

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The New York Times 10:07 pm on November 15, 2021
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Europe Adopts New Sanctions Against Belarus

A confrontation at the Polish-Belarusian border, a funeral for a dead Syrian boy trapped in between and a new round of E.U. sanctions mark the struggle with Aleksandr G. Lukashenko.

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The New York Times 6:48 pm on October 5, 2021
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Blinken, in Paris, Tries to Restore Trust After Submarine Snub

The American secretary of state met privately with the French foreign minister for more than an hour. But French anger remained palpable, even as both sides tried to move on.

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The New York Times 7:27 pm on August 18, 2021
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Memory of Migrant Crisis Haunts Europe as First Afghan Refugees Land

With elections looming in Germany and France, European politicians are terrified of another mass movement of migrants. But experts say the comparison with 2015 is flawed.

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The New York Times 11:47 pm on May 18, 2021
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Gaza War Deepens a Long-Running Humanitarian Crisis

The Palestinian enclave was already in a dire state. The war with Israel has made it worse, damaging the health and sewage systems, closing schools and displacing tens of thousands.

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The New York Times 7:20 pm on May 18, 2021
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Europe Calls for Immediate Cease-Fire in Israel-Palestinian Fighting

European Union foreign ministers, save Hungary’s, want the fighting to stop now and decry “unacceptable” civilian casualties in Gaza.

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The New York Times 11:53 am on April 23, 2021
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Foreign Leaders Attend Funeral for President Idriss Déby of Chad

President Emmanuel Macron of France traveled to the ceremony, signaling the strategic importance that Paris has attached to the central African nation.

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The New York Times 11:51 am on March 12, 2021
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Europe Struggles to Defend Itself Against a Weaponized Dollar

Despite warm words from Biden, U.S. secondary sanctions against Iran, Russia and others punish European companies and prompt new calls for strategic autonomy.

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The New York Times 4:14 pm on January 18, 2021
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Europe Welcomes Biden, but Won’t Wait for Him

The European Union is eager for “a political climate change” and cooperation, but if the new president is consumed with domestic problems, it won’t put its own agenda on hold.

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The New York Times 9:57 am on September 25, 2020
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E.U. Failure to Impose Sanctions on Belarus Lays Bare Its Weakness

E.U. foreign policy moves require unanimous support from the member nations — a rule that continually undercuts the bloc’s bold ambitions for global influence.

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