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NATO, Ukraine, ICC politics and the performance — and limits — of European solidarity. Coverage tracks transatlantic relations, the erosion of post-Cold War assumptions and what European governments do when their stated values meet hard choices.

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The Ledger

370,000 Bunkers. Just in Case.

Switzerland has 370,000 nuclear bunkers — more than any country on earth. Every citizen is guaranteed a space. The entrance to the world's largest is in a children's playground. The Swiss have maintained this for 80 years. Just in case. The world has not asked why.