1. Braveheart in Dundee: A Child, a Knife, and a Nation’s UneaseBritain reeled this week after an extraordinary scene in Dundee. A 12-year-old girl, clutching a knife and an axe, was filmed squaring up to a man after, according to some witnesses, he may have threatened her younger sister. Police…
1. Europe and Zelensky at the Emperor’s FeetVladimir Putin once sneered that the day would come when Europe’s leaders would scurry to Washington, wagging their tails at Trump’s feet. At the time, it was dismissed as theatre. This week, it looked like prophecy fulfilled.On 18 August, eight European…
1. Trump & Putin: The Meeting That’s Already Been Written — On Alaska, Once Russian LandThey’ll sit down in Anchorage on Friday, but let’s not kid ourselves — this isn’t the start of anything. It’s the last page of a chapter drafted weeks ago. The map? Already sketched. The terms? Whispered in…
