Stefan Wolff

March 2025

A coalition of the willing on European defence takes shape

By Tetyana Malyarenko and Stefan Wolff

Mar 8 • 

Stefan Wolff

And the winner is…Vladimir Putin?

If there were international affairs Oscars in the category of biggest return for least investment, then the Russian president would have won hands down…

Mar 4 • 

Stefan Wolff

Leaving Washington without a deal, has Zelensky gambled away Ukraine's future?

The visit of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House on February 28, 2025, has not gone to plan.

Mar 1 • 

Stefan Wolff

February 2025

Trump is not trying to appease Putin – he is building a dangerous new world order

There has been much and justified focus on the implications of a likely deal between US president Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir…

Feb 24 • 

Stefan Wolff

Europe may be willing to invest in its security, but is it able to do so?

The last week has left European leaders in little doubt that they will be mostly on their own when it comes to providing security guarantees to Ukraine…

Feb 22 • 

Stefan Wolff

The US is pushing Europe to the brink

European leaders are scrambling to respond to what looks like the end of reliable US protection of the continent.

Feb 17 • 

Stefan Wolff

Election interference: how Putin and Musk are weakening European democracies

In an unprecedented decision on 6 December 2024, the Romanian constitutional court annulled the November 25 presidential elections after it received…

Feb 12 • 

Stefan Wolff

Trump’s Gaza takeover plan will doom the two-state solution and imperil his own America-first Middle East policy

Donald Trump never fails to surprise.

Feb 9 • 

Stefan Wolff

In a Trumpian world, Europe needs to assume greater responsibility for its own defence

Three weeks before the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, EU leaders came together for their first-ever meeting solely…

Feb 7 • 

Stefan Wolff

January 2025

Trump’s vision of a peace deal for Ukraine looks increasingly just like a plan for a ceasefire

We are now well beyond the 24 hours that Donald Trump had promised it would take him to secure an end to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.

Jan 28 • 

Stefan Wolff