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Aurel Braun
Last published Aug. 2025 · On our record since 2011
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Recent work
- Opinion: A stronger Ukraine would be the only acceptable outcome of the Alaska summitOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 12, 2025
- Opinion: History shows that reality will eventually catch up to PutinOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 12, 2024
- Opinion: In his bizarre interview with Tucker Carlson, Putin drew on Soviet propaganda techniquesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 8, 2024
- Opinion: Putin and Kim’s renewed collaboration is bad news for Asian democracies – and for UkraineOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 12, 2023
- Opinion: Israelis can sort out their legal reform issues on their ownOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 1, 2023
- Opinion: The Wagner mutiny shows Putin’s war isn’t just a tragedy for Ukraine – it’s a disaster for RussiaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 25, 2023
- Opinion: With enough support, Ukraine can still defeat RussiaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 19, 2022
- Opinion: Western deterrence has failed in UkraineOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 22, 2022
- Opinion: Biden-Putin summit could be a triumph of progress, or a triumph of low expectationsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 14, 2021
- Opinion: Vladimir Putin is playing a high-stakes guessing game with UkraineOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 15, 2021
- Opinion: False reality is at the heart of Putin’s brazen constitutional assaultOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 1, 2020
- Opinion: Vladimir Putin isn’t immortal, but he wants to be indispensableOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 14, 2020
- Opinion: Life’s a beach for the G7′s Biarritz summit – but Russia is a dark cloud overheadOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 20, 2019
- Russia-Ukraine tensions are profoundly dangerous. The West must interveneOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 25, 2018
- After Brussels, Trump will have few offerings for PutinOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 11, 2018
- Putin’s political fantasy ensures Russia’s continued declineOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 18, 2018
- The reality behind Putin’s fire and furyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 28, 2018
- The reality behind Putin’s fire and furyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 28, 2018
- The reality behind Putin’s fire and furyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 28, 2018
- By banning Canadians, Russia projects its paranoia, not powerOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 8, 2017
- Russia’s goal of damaging NATO has failedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 24, 2017
- Russia’s goal of damaging NATO has failedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 24, 2017
- How the Kremlin will exploit the St. Petersburg attackOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 4, 2017
- How the Kremlin will exploit the St. Petersburg attackOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 4, 2017
- How the Kremlin will exploit the St. Petersburg attackOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 4, 2017
- Save the fake outrage: Obama has known about Russian hacking for yearsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 29, 2016
- Save the fake outrage: Obama has known about Russian hacking for yearsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 29, 2016
- The Kremlin should hold off any celebration over Rex TillersonOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 13, 2016
- The Kremlin should hold off any celebration over Rex TillersonOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 13, 2016
- Hungary: Once a symbol of hope, now a study in democratic frailtyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 20, 2016
- The West can’t let Putin decide Ukraine’s futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 31, 2016
- The West can’t let Putin decide Ukraine’s futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 31, 2016
- The West can’t let Putin decide Ukraine’s futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 31, 2016
- The West can’t let Putin decide Ukraine’s futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 31, 2016
- The West can’t let Putin decide Ukraine’s futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 31, 2016
- The West can’t let Putin decide Ukraine’s futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 31, 2016
- The West can’t let Putin decide Ukraine’s futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 31, 2016
- The West can’t let Putin decide Ukraine’s futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 31, 2016
- The West can’t let Putin decide Ukraine’s futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 31, 2016
- The West can’t let Putin decide Ukraine’s futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 31, 2016
- The West can’t let Putin decide Ukraine’s futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 31, 2016
- IOC doping decision is a blow to Russian pride and PutinOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 23, 2016
- Putin in New York: A tactical win, but at what price?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 28, 2015
- All quiet on the Russian front?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 2, 2015
- To stop Putin in Ukraine, Obama must offer more than rhetoricOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 25, 2015
- Putin’s dangerous misadventure: A ‘Greater Russia’ or a ‘Great Russia?’Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 2, 2014
- Opinion: Putin isn’t just humiliating Washington – he’s testing itOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 6, 2013
- Putin isn’t just humiliating Washington – he’s testing itOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 6, 2013
- Putin's flawed victory, Russia's painful futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 5, 2012
- Putin’s flawed victory, Russia’s painful futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 5, 2012
- Putin's flawed victory, Russia's painful futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 4, 2012
- Russia’s political order shakesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 5, 2011
- Russia's political order shakesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 5, 2011
- Russia’s political order shakesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 5, 2011
- Russia’s political order shakesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 5, 2011
- Vladimir Putin, the man who would be czarOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 26, 2011
- Human Rights Council burnished Libya’s imageOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 27, 2011
- Human Rights Council burnished Libya's image | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 26, 2011
- Human Rights Council burnished Libya's imageOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 26, 2011