Why America needs a grand bargain with Russia
It’s unfortunate but Ukraine cannot become a member of NATO
Russia
Saturday
Thursday
Ice fishing in the Arctic
The Russian ice fishing journey is a study in contrasts between the elements
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s masterpiece is finally appearing
March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 3 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn reviewed
Wednesday
Stop pretending Ukraine will ever be in NATO
It’s a fantasy that accomplishes nothing except to provoke Vladimir Putin
Sunday
Is the Russia collusion hoax about to be exposed?
John Durham has indicted three people but he may break our hearts yet
Friday
The dictator behind Europe’s next migrant crisis
Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has the EU over a barrel
Friday
Biden builds back in the USSR
CNN lobs him softballs and he still can’t remember Kyrsten Sinema’s name
Monday
Welcome to the age of entropy
Our direction is not toward liberalism, but away from order of any kind
Wednesday
Congress’s defense budget is pure madness
They’re set to spend even more money than Joe Biden wants to
Thursday
History returns for Putin and Erdogan
The era of good feelings between Russia and Turkey seems to be over
Afghanistan and climate change: the West’s twin failures
Both have the same cause: a failure to accept reality
Tuesday
Central Asia’s geography after America’s defeat
Central Asia is going to matter substantially in terms of 21st-century geopolitics
Friday
Is there anything ‘new’ or ‘shocking’ about the latest Hunter Biden scandal?
The male heir of the 46th president was caught hanging brain with a prostitute, again
Thursday
What does Vladimir Putin have on Joe Biden?
Biden is refusing to act as Russian attacks become more ambitious and more aggressive
Sunday
Is critical race theory in the US military ‘dangerous’?
GOP House Armed Services Committee members slam Defense Department priorities as China and Russia rise
Wednesday
The Biden-Putin summit was a diplomatic nothingburger
There were no breakthroughs — but at least, by Putin’s account at least, there was ‘no hostility’ between the two sides
Can Joe Biden get real about Russia?
US hostility to Putin may be hardwired. But a little American humility could go a long way
Tuesday
Joe Biden’s summer vacation
He’s going for a nice ride across the big, big ocean in a very shiny airplane. Weeee!
Monday
Two spies, an explosion, and the new Czech rift with Russia
‘Putin is a murderer,’ read the signs carried by protestors outside the Russian Embassy in Prague on Sunday. On Saturday night, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš stunned the Czech Republic by stating that evidence now links Russian GRU secret agents to a massive explosion which killed two people at an arms depot near the Moravian village of Vrbětice in 2014. Czech Minister of the Interior and acting Foreign Minister Jan Hamáček gave 18 diplomats known to be linked to Russian foreign intelligence 48 hours to leave the country, and compared the situation to the Salisbury poisoning in 2018. The Salisbury parallel was underlined by the announcement of a manhunt for Alexandr
Friday
A tale of two Afghanistan withdrawals
The media has mastered the art of the thinly sourced bombshell — soon followed by the subtle retraction
