The American people have spoken: Donald Trump won the presidential election in a landslide, securing himself a second term in the White House that is due to begin on January 20th next year. The Republican nominee’s resounding victory comes with major implications for the war in Ukraine: Shortly after the election, the Wall Street Journal reported that…

As 2024 begins, negotiations on further financial assistance to Ukraine have stalled on both sides of the Atlantic. As a consequence, Western policymakers now increasingly consider confiscating Russia’s frozen assets as a possibility to circumvent the political deadlocks that are blocking further financial aid. Russia, on its part, has…