List of Eastern Europe articles
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Female Ukrainian cadets, wearing new military uniforms designed specially for women, on the outskirts of Kyiv on July 12, 2023. The Increasingly Front-Line Role of Ukrainian Women
How war has—and hasn’t—transformed the country’s gender dynamics.
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A depiction of The Battle of Crecy during the Hundred Years War. How the Hundred Years’ War Explains Ukraine’s Invasion of Russia
Three battles in medieval and early modern Europe offer instructive parallels to Ukraine’s Kursk offensive.
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A cyclist passes the Freedom Monument during at a photo exhibition showing historical pictures of the Baltic Way human chain. History Shows Giving Land to Russia Won’t Bring Peace
The long record of Russian and Soviet occupations does not bode well for negotiations.
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A local volunteer looks at a building damaged by Ukrainian strikes in Kursk on August 16, 2024, following Ukraine's offensive into Russia's western Kursk region. The Murky Meaning of Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive
A short-term success doesn’t necessarily have any long-term effects.
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Russian servicemen stand with the Kremlin's Spasskaya tower and Saint Basil's cathedral before the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in central Moscow, on April 27, 2023. How the Russian Establishment Really Sees the War Ending
An inside look at what Russia expects—and doesn’t—in a cease-fire with Ukraine.
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak and accept the Democratic presidential nomination during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, on Aug. 22. What Harris’s DNC Speech Reveals About Her Foreign Policy
An FP Live discussion with Anne-Marie Slaughter and Matt Duss.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C), with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (L) and U.S. President Joe Biden (R), attends a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council during the NATO 75th anniversary summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Biden’s Ukraine Strategy Is Missing in Action
Lawmakers are frustrated at the lack of a coherent plan as Biden prepares to leave office.
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Two Russian Orthodox priests are seen from behind, wearing ankle-length black robes, as they watch black smoke filling the sky above a dry field. A few fire trucks and other vehicles are lined up next to the priests. Kyiv Keeps Russian Oil in the Crosshairs
The pinprick attacks boost morale, but they don’t much dent Moscow’s energy earnings.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves after paying his respects at the Jam Saheb of Nawanagar Memorial in Warsaw, Poland. Modi’s Kyiv Trip Signals a Subtle Shift
As the Indian prime minister meets Ukraine’s president on Friday, it marks a departure in New Delhi’s foreign policy.
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A destroyed Russian tank sits on the edge of a cornfield, partially blackened and squashed, beneath a partly cloudy sky. In the background, the fields stretch on until they hit a low tree line, and telephone wires stretch between the rows of corn. Ukraine’s Offensive Bolsters Russia’s Separatists
A disparate collection of minorities hopes to bring down Putin.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to watch the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2022. In Russia, Ukraine’s Invasion Pops Putin’s Bubbles
After years of propaganda about the existential threat from Ukraine, Russians respond with a collective shrug.
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A woman in a red dress and hat walks behind two soldiers wearing camouflage and U.N. berets as they approach a border crossing on a street in Nicosia, Cyprus, on a sunny day. The Island Stuck in Limbo
Fifty years after partition, a divided Cyprus somehow manages to get by.
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A road sign reads Kursk in English and Cyrillic, with the number 108 next to it. Green grass and trees surround the sign. What Does Zelensky Want in Kursk?
Ukraine’s strategic objectives remain murky—and the operation creates many risks—but it could alter the course of the war.
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Ukrainian servicemen operate an armored military vehicle in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia, on Aug. 12. Will Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive Turn the Tide?
Kyiv’s risky incursion could be game-changing—or allow Russia to entrench its gains in Donetsk.
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Supporters hold Ukrainian flags during former Ukrainian Prime Minister and now presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko pre-election rally in Kiev, on March 29, 2019. Ukraine’s Democratic Progress Is Entirely on Track
The West’s talk of corruption problems is nothing more than excuse-making.
