Europe
Is Europe Already at War With Putin’s Russia?
Call it shadow or hybrid, everything points to war and the reluctance to call it that comes from decades of complacency on security.
Anti-tank defenses line Poland's border with Russia, in Dabrowka, Poland.
Photographer: Damian Lemanski/Bloomberg
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Mark Rutte, the new head of NATO, spelled out what many fellow Europeans have been in denial about: “It’s time to shift to a wartime mindset.”
Call it shadow or hybrid — or even terrorism — everything points to war in all but name with Vladimir Putin’s Russia, and the reluctance to call it that comes from decades of complacency on security as governments preferred energy deals and trade.