Russia’s War in Ukraine

As Argentina’s president prepares to meet with the U.S. president, the bloc’s consensus on Russia’s war in Ukraine will be put to the test.

Moscow is stumbling on energy diplomacy even now.

Russian state-run media outlets have spread the Kremlin’s Ukraine war narrative effectively in the region.

There is evidence the Russian president is not ignorant of the security benefits of arms control.

The charges may be an important step in pushing global justice forward.

Philip Breedlove, a former supreme allied commander for NATO, says policymakers are falling for Putin’s nuclear rhetoric.

Front-line officers are desperate for a less glamorous weapon: the infantry fighting vehicle.

The court has issued arrest warrants for the Russian president and another senior official over the forcible deportation of Ukrainian children.

Russia wants more concessions to keep allowing vital food exports to leave Ukrainian ports.

A crushed society is incapable of facing the truth.

Nicholas Berliner, a veteran diplomat, has joined the White House to run Russia policy.

The invasion of Ukraine has finally reconciled Europe’s liberals and nationalists.

Moscow is grasping for meaning in a meaningless invasion.

We thought there were buffer states in Europe. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has revealed they are frontier ones.

No matter the goal, Washington needs to quickly fill gaps in defense production.

Moscow has made economic statistics a central part of its information war.

An embassy event celebrates the seizure of ancient swords from a would-be Russian smuggler.

Washington urgently needs a 21st-century communication strategy.

A Ukrainian victory may be the country’s only chance at long-term salvation.

Ad hoc, one-off decisions and lagging implementation are undermining the strategic effects of U.S. military assistance.

The United States and Europe get a few things wrong about global attitudes toward Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Fellow victims of Russian imperialism are finding solidarity with Kyiv.

Beijing’s phony proposal lays bare its conditions for winning an East Asian war.

Despite fresh salvos of Western sanctions, Tehran and Moscow are buddying up on defense ties.

Russia’s war is receiving critical assistance from authoritarian regimes around the world. 

Open-source investigations were once potent journalistic tools, but in Ukraine, they’re being used on the battlefield.

A paralyzed Security Council and a toothless General Assembly can’t come to grips with Russia’s challenge to the international order.

Moscow is out to destroy a people.

The most pointed criticisms of the war are coming from those charged with fighting it.

Activists argue the struggles for state transparency and national liberation are one and the same.

What government officials are saying in public, and private, is fascinating—and full of contradictions.

Russia may well emerge from the war poor, belligerent, and with President Vladimir Putin still in power.

Russia’s invasion has made Europeans more emotionally attached to the continent than ever before.

Caviar and vodka on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine.

The Russian state is doing more than ever to crush dissent.

The right to life trumps the right to fight, and knowledge of a war’s damage trumps belief in its justice.

What has the West learned from one year of unprecedented economic sanctions?

Putin’s anti-Western speech elicited eye rolls, even at the Kremlin.

Angela Stent and Michael Kofman discuss one year of the war in Ukraine—and what to expect next on the battlefield.

The Netherlands’ prime minister argues that Russia’s war is a great-power conflict—with the world’s small states near its center.

A Ukrainian attack on the Russian-occupied peninsula might only be a matter of time.

What kind of country do Russians want to live in after the war?

The West’s historical anxieties have made it impossible to come to terms with the war’s reality.

Side by side with Zelensky, the U.S. president declares: “We stand here together.”

Washington’s prewar efforts were weak and inadequate.

For the GOP, it was all about reassuring Europe.

But long-range weapons aren’t a cure-all for Ukraine.

In a long struggle against Putin, Britain can’t ignore any ally.

Crowdsourced donations are fueling eyes in the sky.

It’s all about artillery rounds and air defense, not just tanks and fighter jets.

As large-scale conflict appears possible again, NATO members should focus on reserves.

Even if Moscow holds onto territory, the war has wrecked its future.

A new book examining Russia’s 2014 invasion of eastern Ukraine reveals some uncomfortable truths.

Fetishizing femininity has complicated and painful post-Soviet roots.

Why has it taken a war of conquest for experts to recognize Russia’s nature as a vast imperial enterprise?

The Gulf Cooperation Council has maintained links to both Russia and the West.

Europe’s brutal conflict has been a harsh but instructive teacher.

Vienna will allow sanctioned Russian parliamentarians to attend the next big security meeting on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Jerusalem’s ties to Moscow are partly about security. They’re also about illiberalism.

The West should remind Serbia not to hitch its wagon to a diminished Russia.

Poland and Estonia are planning to push the alliance to raise its defense spending benchmark this year to at least 2.5 percent of GDP.

Withholding support for Ukraine in reclaiming the territory risks undermining gains made thus far.

Sending American tanks now helps guarantee a safer world tomorrow.

Competing ideas about the end state of the war are striving for dominance.

With alternative sources in place, Putin’s attempt at blackmailing Europe on energy has failed.

The United Kingdom and Eastern Europe are pushing for the United States and Germany to seriously arm Ukraine—and quickly.

A year after the invasion, Ukraine is riddled with Russian collaborators and sympathizers.

Permanently confiscating Russian assets is tempting—but expropriating them without evidence of a crime would endanger Western companies.

It’s not fear of escalation. It’s fear of being too late.

Experts are asking: Why now?

Governments must not limit their moral outrage to situations that serve their short-term interests.

John Sullivan on the road to war, diplomatic tensions with Moscow, and volunteering to scrub the embassy toilets.

The artillery-fired cluster munitions could be lethal to Russian troops—and Ukrainian civilians.

Not planning for the possibility of disintegration betrays a dangerous lack of imagination.

They’ve found common ground on the battlefield in Ukraine, but not everyone in Tehran is happy about it.

Twelve experts weigh in on how to prevent, deter, and—if necessary—fight the next conflict.

Pseudoscience and mysticism are common among the Moscow elite.

Both sides believe they can win on the battlefield.

Proposed U.S. arms sales to NATO almost doubled this past year as Russia’s aggression spooked the continent.

This year saw Russia invade Ukraine, China’s Xi Jinping secure a third term, and Iranians take to the streets. What will 2023 look like?

As hard-liners shuffle for power amid a failing war, Russia’s military could turn even more aggressive.

Signs are growing that an invasion from the north could be imminent.

The war in Ukraine is more about artillery shells than cyberexploits—for now.

The West wants to have its Russian oil price cake and eat it too.

Moscow’s ban on Western academics and researchers makes the world a more dangerous place.

Many of the problems from the initial draft have been solved.

The United States has broken with a long-standing precedent that was established for very good reasons.

The Biden administration is also interested in watering down Russia’s influence at the United Nations.

Ilya Yashin’s is the most significant political trial in Russia since Alexey Navalny’s imprisonment in 2021.

“We’re measuring against a reality that no longer exists,” one congressional aide said.

Why is the West so hesitant about a clear Ukrainian victory?

Mass protests create a favorable environment for intelligence agencies—but the CIA should tread carefully in China, Iran, and Russia.

Those who return home find shattered houses, no heat, and the worst yet to come.

From the Baltic Republics to Crimea, Washington has opposed forcible annexation—and the Golan Heights should be no exception.

Moscow’s war is unjust, but there’s no moral obligation for soldiers to refuse to fight.

Winter may slow down Ukraine’s advances, but Kyiv is better prepared than Russia’s ragtag forces.

The Kremlin’s ability to wage war is already constrained, but the worst is yet to come.

One small town in Ukraine held off a Russian attack and helped liberate a key regional capital.

Erdogan is trying to strike a balance of being pro-Ukraine but not anti-Russia.

The war continues to be discussed in ways that are self-serving—and self-defeating.

Russia’s terror campaign against Ukraine’s power plants is cutting off the lights—and energizing resistance.

Historically, Russian emigrants have been reluctant to form exile communities and have tried to assimilate.

One key to securing peace in Ukraine will be exposing the faulty argument for the war’s necessity.

The United States is wondering if Russia has enough artillery to keep up its war in Ukraine.

His Starlink satellite internet service has largely kept Ukraine online—but highlights the risks of overreliance on the private sector in wartime.

Diplomacy is neither intrinsically moral nor always strategically wise.

Lawmakers flock to security conference to allay doubts over long-term Ukraine commitment.

Ukrainian identity has been fundamentally changed by invasion.

Mikk Marran talks about Moscow’s intelligence failures, cyberwar, and whether Western resolve will last the winter.

Although Ukraine has reclaimed the one provincial capital taken by Russia, there’s still a long road to recovery.

How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put Moscow’s worldwide influence operations to the test.

For many coming home to Ukraine’s east, their prewar lives are a distant dream.

“I think everyone now is sufficiently worried,” a NATO official said.

Russia still to blame for incident after bombarding Ukraine with missiles, Stoltenberg says.

New survey data shows a majority of Ukrainians do not support the travel ban in its current form.

Soviet authorities built the transit system to withstand a potential NATO attack. Now, stations are shielding Ukrainians from Russian missiles.

Ukraine needs heaters as much as HIMARS.

Ukraine is continuing its offensive—even in subzero temperatures.

Russia’s posturing may encourage a dangerous wave of nuclear diplomacy.

Russia’s advanced military systems are dependent on components from the West.

Ahead of tomorrow’s polls, foreign policy looms large in a Virginia district seen as a bellwether for national trends.

A potential Asian war would look very different.

Explosions along the Nord Stream pipelines have exposed the vulnerability of energy and communications networks in the continent’s northern seas.

The country wasn’t preordained to despotism or a clash with the West.

The West is using the wrong analogy for Russia’s invasion—and worsening the outcome.

“We are requesting new rounds all the time that have longer range and more explosiveness,” said one Ukrainian military official.

Riyadh and Tehran are rivals on almost everything, but they are both supporting Russia’s war effort to give Washington a black eye.

Beijing knows its own military has much in common with Moscow's ineffective force.

How this year’s Lviv BookForum in Ukraine became an act of solidarity.

The Kremlin is headhunting useful idiots to undermine European unity before Kyiv can prevail.

Sixty years after the Cuban missile crisis, Biden is re-creating nuclear deterrence on the fly.

The only thing more terrifying than Russian nuclear use is letting fear drive Western strategy.

Battlefield losses, military corruption, and a disastrous mobilization drive have broken the social contract.

The tiny territory and its bellicose leader reveal the fragility of Russia’s multiethnic federation.

The elites used to need the Russian president. Now he needs them.

There are two basic ways to think about the war—and the world.

Former CIA analyst Andrea Kendall-Taylor on the hard-liners who have increasing sway over Moscow’s choices.

Arguments to the contrary overlook the complexity of nuclear decision-making.

A small but vocal minority of pro-Trump Republicans are openly questioning U.S. support for Ukraine.

A hasty mobilization is sparking fear and resistance.

All around a war-weakened Russia, there is a giant geopolitical sucking sound.

Not so fast, experts say.

A Russian human rights group’s award is a down payment on a potentially hopeful future.

The Biden administration’s fear of provoking Putin and risking World War III has become an excuse to do less for Ukraine.

For Kyiv and its allies, negotiating an imperfect peace is preferable to risking a catastrophic nuclear confrontation.

Russia’s new Iranian-made drones put Ukraine “a bit more on the defensive,” one expert said.

As the alliance meets this week, leaders must discuss how they will react if Russia uses weapons of mass destruction.

Russia’s suspected sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines has brought a flood of Western naval assets into the region.

Send more air defenses, Ukrainian officials implored, and send them now.

Spearheaded by a former NATO chief, the Kyiv Security Compact would put Western security guarantees in writing—but it might be too much for Washington to stomach.

In Russian President Vladimir Putin’s mind, the war in Ukraine and his decadelong assault on LGBTQ rights are two sides of the same coin.

Hard-line Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik has given the Russian president a firm foothold in the Balkans.

U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo on the preparations that go into sanctioning Russia.

Russia is among the world’s most ambitious imperial nations.

A top European bank chief weighs in on how to bankroll Ukraine for the war, and reconstruction, ahead.

Russia can’t recruit, train, equip, or supply new troops. So what’s the plan?

Ukraine has made huge inroads in the south and east.

Russian troops are being trained to be cannon fodder.

As men flee Putin’s draft, Russia’s neighbors struggle to cope.

Yevgeny Prigozhin wants to ride the Wagner Group to greater glory.

The moral and strategic disaster of the Russian leader’s war in Ukraine has ended his imperial dreams.

What lessons does the sinking of the Moskva have for Taiwan?

Ukraine likely won’t join NATO anytime soon, but it’s a big symbolic move in a war that’s increasingly going against the Kremlin.

Ukraine needs help documenting Russian atrocities.

How backing Kyiv can bridge the partisan divide and make U.S. foreign policy great again.

A new generation of business owners with no experience are snapping up Western companies’ assets at fire-sale prices.

But Finland and the Baltic states are still leery of Moscow’s long-term designs.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised a new foreign policy. Critics say he has yet to deliver.

Victory in Ukraine could easily mean hubris in Washington.

The West can only counter Putin’s nuclear threats with ruinous threats of its own.

Deliveries of packages and pension payments have helped uphold a fragile sense of normalcy for civilians under fire.

The Black Sea agreement offers a model for off-ramps to escalation.

Chaotic mobilization sparks renewed fears that the pain will not be shared evenly across Russia.

The Kremlin is down but not out in Ukraine, and the Baltic states want to make sure they’re not next.

Moscow is overstretched in Ukraine—and Armenia is suffering the consequences.

The war in Ukraine is going so bad, he’s willing to risk domestic unrest.

The president successfully preserved the status quo for two decades. Suddenly, he’s turned into a destroyer.

Russian strikes have taken a toll on Ukraine’s defense industry, but offshoring and the cottage industry are keeping the shells coming.

Another mass grave in Ukraine reveals the horrors of Russia’s occupation.

Victory in Kharkiv may be as significant for Ukraine’s independence as the Battle of Saratoga was for America’s.

The Ukraine war has given Astana a unique chance to frustrate Moscow.

The trans-Atlantic alliance chief discusses Russia’s war in Ukraine and competing with China.

Mobilization could be in the cards, escalation is in the air, and Russian nationalists are braying for blood.

Removing mines will be a long and costly operation.

A visa ban won’t have the same impact as military aid to Kyiv, but it would send a strong message to ordinary Russians.