Edward Lucas

Russia is too weak militarily to invade any Nato country. It is building some military infrastructure, notably on the border with Finland, but it has no soldiers to put there.

On August 31, 1939, Nazi SS officers disguised as Poles attacked the radio station in the then German town of Gleiwitz.

Since Donald Trump's arrival on the international stage, Nato summits have descended into pantomime. Serious actors say and do absurd things to fit the genre.

The alliance avoided disaster in the Turkish capital - but it is becoming increasingly irrelevant, writes Edward Lucas.

It’s time we stopped penalising enterprise and mobility and raised money from unearned wealth

The FBI chief Kash Patel is heading to Moscow, according to a well-sourced but unconfirmed report , where he is to be hosted by the Russian security service, the FSB.

Nothing wrong with that in principle: under the previous administration the then CIA chief Bill Burns regularly acted as message-carrier to the Kremlin.

With Brits named among the worst travellers, it’s up to us all to respect cultures and lessen our impact

August is known as the “cursed month” in Russia, and with good reason. The August coup of 1991 led to the final downfall of the Soviet Union.

“Narva is next.” That short sentence encapsulates Western scaremongering and the pernicious recycling of Kremlin talking points about the Baltic states' supposed vulnerability.