The Ukraine invasion is the first social media war
And Volodymyr Zelensky is its star
Ukraine
Monday
And now the dumbest takes about Ukraine
From Bill Kristol to Nikole Hannah-Jones, Twitter’s many geopolitical strategists have been busy
How to turn the tide against Russia
The West has no choice but to wage the new cold war that Putin has begun
Sunday
Yes, Russia could use nuclear weapons
Putin has put his nuclear forces on alert, forcing us to think the unthinkable
Biden’s confusion over sanctions
He’s cracking down on the autocratic Putin but easing up on autocratic Iran. Why?
Saturday
Our present bewilderment
Greta Thunberg-style eco-apocalypse ranting is now common sense on the left
Friday
No, China isn’t about to invade Taiwan
The idea that Putin’s incursion into Ukraine sends Beijing a signal simply doesn’t hold up
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
What happened to Tough Guy Joe Biden?
As Putin shells Kyiv, the man who threatened to take Trump behind the gym is nowhere to be seen
Where is the neocon war cry over Russia?
Only a quarter of Americans want major US involvement in Eastern Europe
Putin’s path to war in three speeches
The time between 2007 and 2022 was a period of missed opportunities for the West
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
Let Russia choke on Ukraine
Occupying a nation can very often backfire, as the United States learned in Afghanistan
Never Trumpers play 4D chess over Russia — and lose
They’re thankful Putin didn’t invade under Trump — but if Trump was so weak, why didn’t he?
Biden’s weak words on the Russian invasion
The president was outdone by Boris and Macron, while China spun and sneered
Was Russia’s ‘rape’ of Ukraine inevitable?
Putin has used sexually violent language to refer to Ukraine for some time
Wednesday
Joe Biden is no Jack Kennedy
JFK caused Russia to blink over Cuba, while Biden gave everything away from the start
The Ukraine debacle showcases Joe Biden’s many failures
Thanks to his energy policy, the US is helping to fund Russia’s military adventurism
Biden exploits the Russia conflict for political gain
It’s all Donald Trump’s fault, unless there isn’t a war, in which case the president gets the credit