Mr. Brooke has traveled to about 100 countries reporting for the New York Times, Bloomberg, and Voice of America. He reported from Russia for eight years and from Ukraine for six years, coming home in 2021.
With today’s sinking, Ukraine has used drones and missiles to sink or severely damage 27 Russian warships — one-third of the Black Sea fleet.
By JAMES BROOKE
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Defense ministers will be gathering Thursday at Brussels as questions grow over the reliability of the North Atlantic Treaty.
By JAMES BROOKE
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‘Wouldn’t it be better to negotiate with Russia?’ the Kremlin leader cajoles the conservative talk show host.
By JAMES BROOKE
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In Putin’s Russia, where cold political calculus rules, analysts say the timing of the interview was designed to boost the candidacies of Presidents Putin and Trump.
By JAMES BROOKE
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Could jealousy — the reason why in 1946 Stalin exiled to Odessa Marshal Zhukov — explain Zelensky’s reported plans to cashier his top general?
By JAMES BROOKE
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For the next six weeks, until Russia’s presidential election, the wives and mothers of soldiers are Russia’s political untouchables.
By JAMES BROOKE
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With Thursday’s sinking of a Russian missile carrier, almost half of Russia’s Black Sea fleet is out of action.
By JAMES BROOKE
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Anti-war candidate Boris Nadezhdin catches the winter mood as Putin fights to keep power.
By JAMES BROOKE
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As the White House declares a ‘pause’ on new export terminals for liquefied natural gas, has Europe traded the vagaries of politics at Moscow for the vagaries of politics at Washington?
By JAMES BROOKE
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‘If Ukraine’s current bombing campaign continues to gather momentum,’ an analyst reckons, ‘Russian military chiefs will have to decide whether to reduce protection for the army in Ukraine or leave critical infrastructure on the home front exposed to potential attack.’
By JAMES BROOKE
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Visegrád 24, based at Warsaw and boosted by endorsements from Elon Musk, takes an unapologetically conservative view, and discovers an audience that spans the globe.
By JAMES BROOKE
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They call their enemy ‘orcs,’ after humanoid monsters in ‘Lord of the Rings.’
By JAMES BROOKE
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