Ukraine - The Stakes in Ukraine Have Not Changed, Tom Nichols, The Atlantic Ukraine/Russia - Odesa Is Defiant. It’s Also Putin’s Ultimate Target, Roger Cohen, New York Times Ukraine/Russia - Russia’s spies misread Ukraine and misled Kremlin as war loomed, Greg Miller and Catherine Belton, Washington Post Energy/Economy - Green energy depends on critical minerals. Who controls the supply chains? Luc Leruth Adnan Mazarei Pierre Régibeau Luc Renneboog, Peterson Institute for International Economics Energy/Economy - Securing Clean Energy Technology Supply Chains, International Energy Agency Energy/Germany - Where Will Germany Get Its Energy in the Future? Monika Bolliger, Markus Brauck, Alexander Demling, Claus Hecking, Isabell Hülsen, Michael Sauga und Gerald Traufetter, Der Spiegel Technology - Spirals of Delusion: How AI Distorts Decision-Making and Makes Dictators More Dangerous, Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman, and Jeremy Wallace, Foreign Affairs US/Hungary - Behind the U.S. Right’s Fascination With Viktor Orbán, Jacob Heilbrunn, The Atlantic US/Europe - The Transatlantic Balance We Love to Hate, John Kornblum, AICGS US/Europe - America vs Europe, The Economist France/Terrorism - The French just gave us another lesson in how not to fight terrorism, William Drozdiak, Washington Post France/EU - Why France’s European Policy Keeps Failing, Shahin Valee, Foreign Policy Russia/Technology - Silicon Lifeline: Western Electronics at the Heart of Russia’s War Machine, RUSI Russia - The World Putin Wants: How Distortions About the Past Feed Delusions About the Future, Fiona Hill and Angela Stent, Foreign Affairs EU - The EU’s Next Eastward Enlargement Will Be Complicated and Expensive, Barbara Lippert, SWP EU - Is a ‘closer Europe’ a better Europe? Heinrich August Winkler, IPS