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Ukraine
Trump’s Turn Toward Zelensky—and Against Putin
Since their disastrous meeting in February, Trump and Zelensky are finally aligned. They have Russia—and Melania—to thank.
Eli Lake
What Ukraine Is Teaching Worcester, Massachusetts
When the war-torn nation partnered with sister cities across the U.S., it expected aid from the Americans. No one anticipated that help would go in the…
Aidan G. Stretch
How Trump Gained the Upper Hand with Putin
America’s energy policy, NATO solidarity, fighting words, and use of force against Iran changed the strategic equation.
Matthew Continetti
Putin Wants to Destroy Ukraine. Can Trump Stop Him?
Journalist Victor Sebestyen on what he expects from the meeting, the best- and worst-case scenarios, and why American presidents keep misreading Putin.
Peter Savodnik
WATCH: Moscow Residents on War, Sanctions, and Drone Attacks
As the war rages on in Ukraine, and drone attacks disrupt daily life, I expected things to feel tense in Moscow. Instead, I found people insisting that…
Tanya Lukyanova
10M
Niall Ferguson: America Is in a Late Republic Stage—Like Rome
The historian and Free Press columnist on why America makes a terrible imperial power, how we got ourselves into Cold War II, and why the real culture…
Nathan Gardels
Niall Ferguson: Trump’s Foreign Policy? Reality TV Politik
Making peace is harder than buying skyscrapers. The president is learning this the painful way in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
Niall Ferguson
Why Americans Don’t Understand Vladimir Putin
The Russian president hasn’t just gone ‘crazy.’ He’s always been like this.
Konstantin Kisin
The Art of the Peace Deal
From Kashmir to Kyiv, Trump’s peace offensive may stanch the bleeding, but can he deliver more than temporary quiet?
Matthew Continetti
Douglas Murray: How Death Cults Infiltrated America
The British journalist rails against pro-Hamas protests—and the moral failure of a West that tolerates them.
Bari Weiss
I Used to Be a Complacent Wall Street Guy. Now I’m an Anti-Trump Protester.
Evan Newmark had never participated in a protest in his life. Three weeks ago, that changed. Now, every day, he heads to the Trump Hotel. Why?
Evan Newmark
When War Crashed Through the Window
Muscovites have long been insulated from the war their country launched. That changed on Tuesday, when Ukraine unleashed a major drone attack on the…
Tanya Lukyanova
Fight Club: Are Israel and Ukraine’s Wars the Same—or Worlds Apart?
Eli Lake believes it is incoherent to continue support for Israel while cutting off Ukraine. Michael Brendan Dougherty disagrees.
Eli Lake and Michael Brendan Dougherty
Is Trump’s Mineral Deal Unprecedented? Not Exactly.
For lessons on the president’s offer to Ukraine, look back at FDR.
Ed Conway
Douglas Murray: How MAGA Lost Its Way on Ukraine
Ukraine is not just a country that the Trumpian right has never visited. It is a fantasy country that they imagine they know everything about.
Douglas Murray
Truth Mattered in the Cold War. And It Matters Now in Ukraine.
Honorable men went to the gulag for refusing to repeat the Kremlin’s lies. Now an American president is echoing them for free.
Eli Lake
Victor Davis Hanson: Can Trump Revolutionize America?
Change is underway—at the border, in our federal government, and abroad. But several forces threaten to undermine success.
Victor Davis Hanson
LISTEN: The Best Reality TV Is Actually in the Oval Office
Bari Weiss
58M
The Ukraine Crisis: What We’re Thinking—and Debating
Victor Davis Hanson, Christopher Caldwell, Michael Oren, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Eli Lake, and more.
Bari Weiss and Oliver Wiseman
Christopher Caldwell: Zelensky’s Trumpian Trick
People who like Zelensky dislike Trump. They seem not to have noticed that the Ukrainian leader is the most Trump-like politician in the world.
Christopher Caldwell
Michael Oren: What Zelensky Can Learn from Netanyahu
When Bibi collided with Obama in 2011, Rahm Emanuel pounded my chest and barked: ‘Your [expletive] prime minister cannot come into the [expletive] White…
Michael Oren
What Average Americans Think of Trump’s Showdown with Zelensky
Most ordinary voters weren’t horrified by the president’s treatment of an ally. In fact, they agreed with it.
Batya Ungar-Sargon
Victor Davis Hanson: Ten Reasons for the Zelensky-Trump Blowup
What comes next for relations between the United States and Ukraine?
Victor Davis Hanson
A Fiasco in the Oval Office
The dressing-down of a besieged ally might be ‘great television.’ But it’s terrible for the United States.
Eli Lake
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