List of Eastern Europe articles
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a podium in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, flanked by American flags and standing beneath a painting of Teddy Roosevelt. Two out-of-focus video cameras are visible in the foreground as they film Biden, framing him from either side. Four Days in 2023 That Shook the World
2023 was a tectonic shift in geopolitics.
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A woman poses for a photo in front of a tall decorated Christmas tree in front of a war-damanged building in Melitopol in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region with a Russian flag flying from a tall pole overhead. What a Russian Victory Would Mean for Ukraine
Ukrainians would face terror on a scale not seen in Europe since the 20th-century era of totalitarian rule.
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A crumbling mosaic showing the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus is seen at an Orthodox monastery near the airport of Donetsk. The tiles of Mary's halo and lower face have fallen away, leaving behind a battered background of gray stone. Ukraine Has a Civil Rights Problem
Wartime unity hasn’t healed the wounds of the country’s past.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leave after holding a press conference at the White House in Washington. Did Biden’s Foreign Policy Flounder in 2023?
From Ukraine to Gaza, U.S. credibility on the world stage is appearing strained as an election year looms.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Central Bank of Russia chief Elvira Nabiullina at the Kremlin in Moscow. Russia’s Bank Chief Is Running Her Own PR Campaign
Moscow’s economic paradoxes offer an opportunity for Ukraine.
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Russian soldiers train at a military camp. Russia’s Military Cruelty Begins With Its Own Conscripts
Brutal hazing breaks and humiliates Russian soldiers—and they take it out on civilians.
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Biden delivers remarks from a lectern in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. It’s Time to Reconsider U.S. Military Aid
As Congress stalls, the U.S. public has good reason to demand more transparency on Biden’s funding for Ukraine and Israel.
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Kerch Bridge on fire The Shortest Path to Victory in Ukraine Goes Through Crimea
The West needs to keep its nerve, recognize the stakes, and support Kyiv’s clearest path to victory.
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The silhouette of a drone operator in Ukraine How an Army of Drones Changed the Battlefield in Ukraine
Ever-present surveillance has made movement extremely difficult, but there are still ways to evade detection.
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A view of the Russian central bank headquarters in Moscow on May 26, 2022. The Unintended Consequences of Seizing Russian Assets
Using Russian money for Ukraine reconstruction seems attractive but has major implications.
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A Ukrainian soldier in helmet and fatigues holds a cell phone and looks up at the night sky as an explosion lights up the horizon behind him. The West’s False Choice in Ukraine
The crossroads is not between war and compromise, but between victory and defeat.
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An illustration of a Coca-Cola bottle in the foreground as a casualty of war, with a small flame remaining. The desolate background shows silhouettes of soldiers and a tank. Brands Are the First Casualty of War
A fraying global order is forcing companies to pick sides.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speak after a joint press conference after talks in Kyiv on February 2, 2023. The EU’s Plan for Ukraine Could Easily Backfire
Membership bids in Europe sometimes accomplish the opposite of what they intend.
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American and Ukrainian flags near the Capitol Building in Washington. The Case for Supporting Ukraine Is Crystal Clear
Note to Congress: Ukraine aid is not charity but serves critical U.S. interests.
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A photo collage illustration shows Russian President Vladamir Putin walking with a shadow cast before him on a red field. In front of him is the crown of a Russian tsar and a Soviet-era statue with hammer, sickle, and star. The Inevitable Fall of Putin’s New Russian Empire
What history tells us about collapsed empires trying to restore their former possessions.
