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Why 2026 Could Prove as Important as 1989
The year the Berlin Wall came down marked the end of one epoch and the start of another. This year could do the same.
Matt Pottinger and Roy Eakin
Kyiv’s Citizens Aren’t Going Anywhere
Under attack from missiles and drones, Ukrainians still reject an ‘unjust peace.’
Aidan G. Stretch
Losing Stanislav: A Ukrainian Tragedy
The search for one child shows how hope for Ukraine’s stolen kids is fading.
Aidan G. Stretch
Peace Through Profit: The Problem with Steve Witkoff’s Ukraine Strategy
The president’s dealmaker thinks business can fix any foreign-policy crisis. Putin’s cronies think differently.
Eli Lake
Niall Ferguson: The Beginning of the End of the Ukraine-Russia War
Trump’s latest peacemaking initiative has a better chance of success than the skeptics realize. Both Ukraine and Russia now need a respite from war.
Niall Ferguson
What Ukrainians Think About Trump’s Peace Plan
Volodymyr Zelensky has been hurt by a corruption scandal. But I spoke to Ukrainians who have rallied around his defiance toward the U.S.-Russia…
Aidan G. Stretch
Two Drinks with. . . a Soviet Dissident, in Ukraine
Myroslav Marynovych spent seven years in a gulag, co-founded Ukraine’s first human rights foundation, and helped bring his country out of communism. A…
Aidan G. Stretch
Palmer Luckey and the Future of American Power
Bari Weiss and Palmer Luckey sit down in D.C. for a sweeping conversation about his falling-out with Mark Zuckerberg, AI weapons, why America lost its…
Bari Weiss
1HR 25M
Harmeet Dhillon’s Civil Rights Revolution. Why Hamas Doesn’t Want Peace. Plus. . .
The return of the Luddites. Is MAGA warming to weed? And much more.
The Free Press
Will Trump End the War in Ukraine Next?
Despite Zelensky’s return to the White House this Friday, there is less hope in Ukraine for a ceasefire than concern that Trump will lose interest in…
Aidan G. Stretch
Niall Ferguson and Bari Weiss on October 7 and Our Changed World
As Hamas signals openness to President Trump’s peace plan two years into the war in Gaza, the historian joined Bari to discuss the latest developments…
Bari Weiss
1HR 5M
What Happens When Russia Takes Over Your School
Putin wants to annex eastern Ukraine. This small town already knows what it feels like to get bullied into being Russian.
Aidan G. Stretch
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