The last American tourist
How does it feel to be an American tourist in such a tourist-free world?
Europe
Thursday
Wednesday
How will the battlefield stalemate end in Ukraine?
The big fool here is Putin
Friday
Why the Ukraine war might not end
War never conforms to our desire for the good guys to defeat the bad guys
Thursday
Angela Merkel’s legacy crumbles
She left Germany toothless and dependent on Russia
Friday
Peace and its consequences in Ukraine
The Second Cold War that the Western world never wanted is already here
Ukraine and the war for your mind
The conflict on the ground isn’t the only one — there’s plenty of propaganda afoot too
Tuesday
Time for Europe to man up
Vladimir Putin has no respect for Davos Man
Friday
Ukraine won’t join the European Union any time soon
Joining the bloc is a long and tedious process unlikely to be fast-tracked
Wednesday
The Ukraine invasion is nothing compared to Iraq
Or Iran or Afghanistan or…
Is Europe a continent? Does it matter?
The ‘continent’ is a lot more than what Nikole Hannah-Jones considers a racist ‘dog whistle’
Tuesday
Putin is making the EU great again
Achieving the impossible: perhaps there’s a silver lining to this awful mess
Even Hungary has soured on Vladimir Putin
Amid the invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s Eastern European ‘allies’ are recoiling
Monday
How to turn the tide against Russia
The West has no choice but to wage the new cold war that Putin has begun
Friday
Europe’s ‘green’ transition put it at Russia’s mercy
By abandoning fracking, they didn’t give up fossil fuels; they just imported more from the east
Where is the neocon war cry over Russia?
Only a quarter of Americans want major US involvement in Eastern Europe
Thursday
The stakes for Europe are even higher than in 1938
Putin’s invasion has set off a terrifying waiting game across the continent
Eating donuts in Poland as the bombs fall
A country waits on edge for more refugees from Ukraine
Monday
Diplomacy is Ukraine’s last hope
Rumors of a Russian invasion are ominous but negotiations can still save the day
Time to retire the ‘Munich’ analogy?
Putin is a bad guy — but he’s playing realpolitik, while Hitler was a lunatic
Tuesday
NATO won’t bleed for Ukraine
Acknowledging that is the single best way to stop a Russian invasion, yet policymakers refuse
