The next phase of the Ukraine war
Putin cannot afford to end the conflict without securing major gains in the east
Putin cannot afford to end the conflict without securing major gains in the east
He’s claiming the benefits of a wartime president without most of the war
Presidents don’t always have to say what they’re thinking
Help Ukraine win while ensuring NATO forces do not fight the Russians
The Ukrainian president folds his country’s struggle for independence into the American saga
The Second Cold War that the Western world never wanted is already here
The conflict on the ground isn’t the only one — there’s plenty of propaganda afoot too
From Hungary in 1956 to Czechoslovakia in 1968, we’ve often chided but rarely intervened
Public resentment could reach a boiling point in the Caucasus
And his invasion of Ukraine shows how far he’s willing to go to achieve it
And Volodymyr Zelensky is its star
Time of day is important
There was never anything in the great Ukrainian quid pro quo. It was props and stagecraft
The moral bankruptcy of the Trump presidency is becoming more glaring by the day
The Democrats thought they could transform this tawdry revenge fantasy into reality. It isn’t working
Why else would he flirt with it so?
The attitude of Jewish ‘Russians’ in America toward Russia is goodbye and good luck. But mostly goodbye
To remove a president, they need evidence of serious malfeasance. Hearsay testimony about diplomatic process is not enough
The US ambassador to EU puts a kibosh on the notion Trump wasn’t avidly seeking a quid pro quo
The House gets egged on Halloween