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Who can save Ukraine now?

Trump's appeasement of Putin and why we're not in the 1930s yet

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Timothy Garton Ash
Feb 14, 2025
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History of the Present (Five days to 14 February 2025)

If only… But a warm welcome in the White House now seems more likely to beckon than a prison cell in the Hague. (Author’s photo, War Museum, Kaunas)

History has gone into overdrive in the first weeks of Donald Trump's second term as he bulldozes principles, institutions and partnerships that US foreig…

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