Writing the Ukraine War history, as it happens
Three new books dissent from the orthodoxy, helping to illuminate key aspects of the conflict and the crisis between Russia and the West.
Three new books dissent from the orthodoxy, helping to illuminate key aspects of the conflict and the crisis between Russia and the West.
Again doubling down on the ‘open door’ mantra, why does the alliance continue to send the wrong signals to Kyiv?
Algiers has interests in keeping good relations with Moscow and the West, but Putin prolonging the conflict could change the calculation.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is the latest high-level Western official to visit the region, and Moscow isn’t happy.
A history of the region’s relationship with Ukrainian rule before 2014 shows why Kyiv’s attempt to retake it would be so difficult.
And so is his bottom line: that the world not only craves, but needs an ‘American-led order.’ Stick a fork in it, this bird’s done.
The decision to renew the agreement will delay concerns that Russia could withdraw from the initiative.
Gen. McConville is a great example of why you shouldn’t expect meat & potatoes when asking a senior officer to open up about anything.
After yesterday’s NATO crisis that wasn’t, it’s clear we need to get a grip on what the alliance’s obligations are — and what they aren’t.
The Global South put its stamp on the joint statement, which reflected divergent perspectives on the Ukraine war and its impacts.
A deadly explosion in Poland kicked off hours of near-gleeful speculation about whether NATO would join the fight against Russia.
Conservatives say they will fight to prevent aid debate until new House majority takes over in the new year.
Zelensky just issued a ’10 point plan for peace’ with the Russians at the G20. But one thing was missing from the conversation.
A new round of nuclear talks will represent the most substantial Washington-Moscow contacts in months.
Putin’s forces are reportedly leaving, perhaps providing an opening for the diplomacy Zelensky says he now supports.
Jake Sullivan has been reportedly talking to Russians for months, and the administration wants Zelensky to keep channels with Putin open.
German leader Olaf Scholz is taking heat for his trip to Beijing — but as usual, critics are oversimplifying a complex geopolitical picture.
The move signals that Russia has lines it’s not willing to cross, but it also shows how hawkish elements in Moscow want to change that.
If anything, Global North elites are flexing their colonial muscles by ignoring the war’s impact on 65 percent of the world’s population.
The latest cinematic telling of the classic story succeeds in conveying the futility of world war, even if we are about to unlearn that lesson.
This is what happens when we leave our friends behind.