There is a dawning recognition that the continent urgently needs to step up its own defense, especially as the U.S. wavers, but the commitments still are not coming.
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‘Dictators Do Not Go on Vacation,’ Zelensky Warns Washington and Europe
President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed back against skepticism of a Ukraine victory, calling on world leaders not to ask when the war would end, but why Russia was still able to wage it.
In Big Election Year, A.I.’s Architects Move Against Its Misuse
Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta and other key developers are acting to prevent the technology from threatening democracies, even as their tools become more powerful.
Putin Says He Prefers Biden Over Trump
The Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, called President Biden experienced and predictable. But Moscow watchers said the comments most likely had an ulterior motive.
Europe Wants to Stand on Its Own Militarily. Is It Too Little, Too Late?
Outraged by Donald J. Trump’s remarks about encouraging Russia to punish some NATO members, and downbeat about Ukraine’s military prospects, Europe faces growing anxiety over its own security.
Finland’s New President Faces Unexpected First Test: Not Russia, but Trump
Alexander Stubb was elected vowing to bolster Finland’s new role in NATO, just as Trump’s threats have thrown the future of the alliance into doubt.
In Private Remarks to Arab Americans, Biden Aide Expresses Regrets on Gaza
In a closed-door meeting, the aide offered some of the administration’s clearest notes of contrition for its response to the Gaza war, a sign of rising Democratic pressure on President Biden.
Trump, Putin, Carlson and the Shifting Sands of Today’s American Politics
An interview with Russia’s leader and congressional resistance to aid for Ukraine underscore the transformation of the parties and electorate in the United States more than three decades after the Cold War.
Germany Braces for Decades of Confrontation With Russia
Leaders are sounding alarms about growing threats, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz is wary of pushing the Kremlin, and his own ambivalent public, too far.
Biden Imposes Sanctions on Israelis Over West Bank Violence
The order served as both a sharp-edged diplomatic notice to Israel and a message to Arab Americans, a key part of the political coalition the president needs to be re-elected.