Can the Big Mac save Russia?
McDonald’s reopens in Moscow under new management
Vladimir putin
Wednesday
Russia is sidestepping American oil sanctions
The global oil market isn’t exactly cooperating
Monday
Biden dumps weapons into Ukraine
It could expand the war yet Congress has had no say
Friday
Russia slogs through the Donbas
Ukrainian victory hinges on Western supplies of artillery and ammunition
Friday
Ron DeSantis’s aide is no Russian agent
There has been an ignorant backlash
Friday
Why are Putin’s propagandists so bad at their jobs?
The Soviet Union had a powerful PR machine; today’s Russia less so
Thursday
Pussy Riot’s daring escape from Russia
Our world could do with more like them
Wednesday
The failure of Marine Le Pen
And the surprising success of Emmanuel Macron
Monday
Putin’s Victory Day speech shows he’s not backing down
Serious peace negotiations will have to wait
Tuesday
Where will the war in Ukraine go next?
Russia is on fire, but the expansionist impulse remains
Saturday
Among Moscow’s lost generation
Russia is more disillusioned with the West than we know
Monday
In search of a Biden doctrine
His self-importance and lack of strategic thinking are not a recipe for a safer world
Why Putin won’t save NATO
The West’s best hope is to rediscover a self-affirming anti-imperialism on the nationalist right
Thursday
Inflation is here to stay
Americans know it’s not Putin’s fault
Tuesday
Marine Le Pen takes on the king of Europe
The French election is down to her and Macron, with high stakes for the rest of the world
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
Wednesday
Secret bioweapon labs are Putin’s MacGuffin
Expect the ruse to decline as the war rages on
Monday
Has Biden lost his mind on Ukraine?
He’s claiming the benefits of a wartime president without most of the war
