What Ukraine really needs from Europe
Bear hugs and kind words are not enough
Russia
Tuesday
Monday
What are Ukrainian children doing in North Korea?
For Pyongyang, any opportunity to expound its anti-American worldview is worth taking
Wednesday
Why Putin thinks he’s winning
Believing that time and destiny are on his side, Putin is sticking to his maximalist war aims
Tuesday
Can Zelensky surrender?
In Ukraine, peace will be a hard sell
It feels as if Michael McFaul’s audience has long since left
New world chaos, old-fashioned debate
Monday
Inside the mind of Putin’s real hatchet man
Yuri Ushakov seems to be the prime mover behind Russia’s negotiating position
Wednesday
Fact-checking the Venezuela war hawks
Proponents of regime change are throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks
Tuesday
Why would Putin sign Trump’s peace deal?
Everything turns on security guarantees, which are so far undefined
The battle for Ukraine’s electric grid
More than any conflict in history, the Russia-Ukraine war has been about electricity
Monday
Russia is willing to keep on fighting in Ukraine
As the Kremlin sees it, Russia is winning regardless
Friday
Zelensky risks coup or civil war
Chief among concerns is how the military might react to a bad deal
Will the Russia peace deal backfire on Trump?
The President has made himself party to a Faustian bargain
Thursday
Witkoff’s Ukraine peace proposal is unworkable
Zelensky will find nothing good in the latest plan
Tuesday
Why Europe can’t go it alone on Ukraine
The continent cannot afford to fund Kyiv’s war effort
How the Ukrainian far right is preventing peace
If a ceasefire is signed, it is far from clear that they will lay down their arms
Wednesday
Putin thinks time is on his side
He is now willing to stake all on victory in the field
Saturday
Will Trump meet ‘Little Rocket Man?’
Trump has set off on a tour of Asia to meet regional leaders
Wednesday
So much for Trump’s peace push
Trump is sanctioning Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil
Tuesday
From Russia with love
I was told by US officials and online that if I went back to the US I would be imprisoned or worse
Friday
Trump, the foreign policy president?
For his part, Zelensky played his cards very well
