Argument

Despite its failings, the Russian military is still a powerful force.

Russia is digging in across the southeast.

Climate despair is understandable but misplaced.

Where it counts—in the halls of government and boardrooms—the effort to boycott Israel doesn’t even register.

State weakness has created a callous and brutalized soldiery.

The moral, legal, and public relations risks of staying are huge.

European leaders have reassessed Russia’s intentions and are balancing against the threat that Putin poses to the territorial status quo. 

Analysts in China can’t be open about what drives policy.

Russia’s war has made sanctions a powerful tool of statecraft. It’s time to formally enshrine them.

The United States shouldn’t bargain away Venezuela’s future for oil.

Two seemingly similar systems produce very different militaries.

And why it’s time to take it back.

Russia is seeking to destroy Ukrainian culture. The West must help those working to preserve it.

Substitute dollars backed by almost nothing are taking down the market.

Ukraine’s tech outsourcing sector, one of Europe’s largest, has adapted nimbly to the war.

Once lethal autonomous weapons systems begin to spread, they will be difficult to control.

The war in Ukraine is prompting countries from Kazakhstan to Moldova to reexamine their colonial past and seek diplomatic allies beyond the Kremlin.

The best sources on the war are the Ukrainians on the ground.

There’s no need to empower hard-liners by a potentially provocative upgrade.

U.S. training helps but isn’t the main reason for the transformation.