Vladimir Putin

The dirty secret of the Russian military is that long-conquered subjects are the Kremlin’s cannon fodder.

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

The system for prosecuting war crimes is broken—but focusing on sanctions could work.

The West has a vital interest in keeping the country’s wartime economy running.

Now, it is Russia, not China, sitting in the geopolitical driver’s seat.

The Kremlin is reviving the brutal methods it used in Syria, and the World Health Organization is refusing to name the crime and its perpetrator.

Egged on by the language of annihilation and extermination, Russian soldiers have become willing executioners.

Russia loses a passionate voice against injustice.

Russia’s war in Ukraine is turning the European Union into a serious military player.

Putin’s weaponization of the Russian language has solidified Ukrainian identity and statehood.

The reasons for his anti-Western enmity stretch back over Russia’s entire history—and they will be with us for a long time.

Zelensky appears to float suggestions of a compromise, but U.S. officials fear Putin could double down.

Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats plunge the West into a debate it’s not ready for.

A former U.S. diplomat who served in Afghanistan on why talks still matter.

Washington’s security guarantees now seem worth even less.

Beijing is watching closely. And it doesn’t like what it sees.

Europe has opened its borders to the continent’s biggest exodus of refugees since 1945.

A historian speaks on how the Russian president’s history helps explain his current mindset.

For the Kremlin, NATO’s 1999 war against Serbia is the West’s original sin—and a humiliating affront that Russia must avenge.

Even without sanctions, Russia’s war will increase the shortage of oil and gas.