US/Ukraine - What America Will and Will Not Do in Ukraine, Joseph R. Biden, New York Times

Germany/Ukraine - Olaf Scholz’s Kaiser complex leaves Ukraine in the lurch, Matthew Karnitschnig, Politico

Germany/Central and Eastern Europe - Germany loses EU sway as Eastern Europe turns away over Russia, David M. Herszenhorn, Jacopo Barigazzi, Barbara Moens and Hans von der Burchard, Politico

Ukraine - Crucial Crimea: Why the illegally occupied territory must be returned to Ukraine, Iulia Joja, The Hill

Russia/Ukraine - The folly of “off-ramps,” Timothy Snyder, Substack

Russia/Ukraine/Europe - I Thought Putin Invaded Only Ukraine. I Was Wrong, Thomas Friedman, New York Times

Europe - The hour of Europe has still not arrived, Janan Ganesh, Financial Times

Europe/China - Watching China in Europe, Noah Barkin, German Marshall Fun

Digital/UK/EU - Can the UK keep up with Europe on digital competition? Zach Myers, Centre for European Reform

EU/Defense - The EU Needs to Aim Even Higher on Its Defense Transformation, Max Bergmann, World Politics Review

EU/Energy/Global - How the EU’s ban on Russian oil will rock global markets, David Sheppard, Harry Dempsey and Sam Fleming, Financial Times

Russia/Energy - Putin is Playing His Energy Cards, David Wallace-Wells, New York Times