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It is risky to let Ukraine into the EU. It’s more dangerous to keep it out

It is hoping to sap support for Ukraine and highlight America’s ambivalence

The country’s defensive cordon could yet be bargained away

America will not. Europe’s security depends on agreeing how to

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Sixteen years after an earthquake, L’Aquila has yet to shake off the damage