Russia is now faces slipping growth, high inflation, recruiting shortfalls, a static front, and a squandered opening with Trump, while Europe stiffens support for Ukraine and new U.S. sanctions hit its energy giants.
Author: Bernard Guetta
Bernard Guetta (b. 1951) is a French journalist-turned-politician, currently serving as an independent MEP with the Renew Europe group since 2019, reelected in 2024. Awarded the prestigious Albert‑Londres Prize in 1981 for his geopolitics reporting, he previously worked for France Inter, Le Monde, L’Obs, and L’Expansion, focusing on international affairs and human rights
Vladimir Putin is convinced his country is strong enough to secure total victory in Ukraine. But the Russian leader is forgetting two crucial things about the current geographic dynamic.
Like Spain after Franco, La Stampa’s Bernard Guetta argues, Iran faces a crucial choice between authoritarian decay and democratic renewal. Before time runs out.