3. Why it was thought to be War and World not War and Peace In modern Russian, the words for ‘peace’ and ‘world’ are identical, a fact which has led to an urban myth that Tolstoy intended ...

As I write, the main news item in the international press is that of an "active invitation" by the US for a 30-day ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war ... Malta shall not disrupt the EU's plans ...

A peace agreement along these lines would not mean Ukrainian “surrender.” By far the greater part of Ukraine would remain ...