Russia

It has driven a wedge between Sámi in Russia and those in Nordic countries.

There is no realistic scenario for Ukraine to win. Washington should push for a settlement.

Top policymakers discuss how to rebuild Ukraine.

Russian classical literature, chock full of dehumanizing nationalism, reads disturbingly familiar today.

Creative storage and transport of the new harvest can undercut Russia’s weaponization of global hunger.

Lithuania’s muscular move to enforce EU sanctions by blocking Russian rail cargo could risk escalating the Russia-NATO conflict.

As Thucydides’s history shows, wielding power needs open debate.

The ratings are out: And Biden falls alongside Putin.

He is the one unsavory character the West urgently needs better relations with.

New survey data shows majorities across the group of major industrial countries see Putin’s aggression as a fundamental turning point for the world.

Russia’s war can only be understood as a bloody post-imperial conflict.

Russian artillery is an old tradition with brutal uses.

Berlin—along with Paris—may yet help Moscow snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

The French president wants to leave room for talks and carve out a bigger role for France.

Russia blackmails its neighbors with energy. Kyiv needs a solution.

The school of thought doesn’t explain everything—but its proponents foresaw the potential for conflict over Ukraine long before it erupted.

Official candidacy for the bloc is unlikely, but even a lesser accession status would send a powerful signal.

“If that’s our attitude, we’re never going to win a war again, ever,” said one U.S. source familiar with the debate.