by John M. Crisp Our future is foreshadowed by our past, and few human activities have shaped our history more than our near-irresistible compulsion to fight each […]
Tag: russia
Putin’s disinformation machine is unrelenting
by Jim Warren No sooner had President Joe Biden arrived in Ukraine last Monday than the Russian state news agency Tass berated the surprise visit to “his […]
A year after invasion, what’s next for Ukraine?
by Carl P. Leubsdorf In the year since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the world has thrilled to the pluck […]
Last week’s bad news — lost and found
by Martin Schram Two big blips of downright infuriating news flashed across our news screens last week. But both vanished quickly, swamped by the next gush of […]
Crimea — a peace prize or a head fake?
by Martin Schram Negotiating a true peace in the middle of a horrendous war is sometimes a task for only the feint-hearted. This moment in Ukraine’s war […]
Hostage-trading rarely ends well for U.S., but it’s a sad fact of life
The kidnapping sprees that made international travel perilous for Americans back in the 1980s and 1990s have returned in force. Only this time, other governments are joining […]
Let’s leave ‘zombie viruses’ — and oil — under the permafrost
by Faye Flam Vast stretches of permafrost are melting as the Earth’s polar regions warm, thawing ancient viruses and bacteria that had remained frozen for tens of […]
U.S. policy makes Ukraine fight by rules Russia doesn’t follow
by Doyle McManus Last week, Ukraine pulled off an audacious military feat: three drone strikes deep inside Russia, one against a target less than 150 miles from […]
The elections are over, but foreign meddling isn’t
A top Russian oligarch and ally of Vladimir Putin openly stated his country has engaged in U.S. election meddling and would continue doing so in future elections. […]
Russia’s mass abductions are genocide
by Andreas Kluth We can unearth the mass graves left in Ukraine by retreating Russian troops. We can talk to the Ukrainian survivors of rape and torture, […]