Russia becomes a lost cause
As Putin turns to the Donbas, the West despairs of diplomacy. But what comes next?
Nato
Tuesday
Monday
Why Putin won’t save NATO
The West’s best hope is to rediscover a self-affirming anti-imperialism on the nationalist right
Springtime for Cold War nostalgics
Weariness with, and wariness of, the Cold War was very real and ought to give us pause
Thursday
The Kremlin’s clown prince
Vladimir Zhirinovsky wanted to bomb Washington and made Putin appear sane
Tuesday
Don’t blame the West for its Ukraine hesitance
They’re trying to avoid a war, which is why they view a Ukrainian security guarantee skeptically
Sunday
The next phase of the Ukraine war
Putin cannot afford to end the conflict without securing major gains in the east
Tuesday
Don’t let Russia end the old world order
If we allow Putin to tear up that order, any pivot to China will be made more difficult
Monday
Has Biden lost his mind on Ukraine?
He’s claiming the benefits of a wartime president without most of the war
Biden’s ad-libs are making the world less safe
Presidents don’t always have to say what they’re thinking
Why Biden’s slip-up is so revealing
In the months to come, regime change will morph into the de facto goal
Saturday
No more dithering over Ukraine
Help Ukraine win while ensuring NATO forces do not fight the Russians
Biden’s Warsaw speech was both baffling and moving
He ended by saying that Putin ‘cannot remain in power’
Thursday
How bad could a Russian cyberattack be?
Containing the attack is the problem
Wednesday
How will the battlefield stalemate end in Ukraine?
The big fool here is Putin
Saturday
Time for Turkey to align with the West
Doing business in unstable and undemocratic countries is a huge risk
Wednesday
Did the realists underestimate Putin?
Russia’s Ukraine invasion is George W. Bush in Iraq all over again
Tuesday
Yes, Putin could use biochemical weapons in Ukraine
An army barbaric enough to ignore the rules of war will not much care what horrors it inflicts
Sunday
Russia’s war is a global cancer
Its conflict will continue to spread — and what then?
Friday
Peace and its consequences in Ukraine
The Second Cold War that the Western world never wanted is already here
Tuesday
Putin the reckless gambler
The supposedly cautious Russian leader has dug his country into a hole
