by Therese Raphael We can’t know what was said in those secret deliberations, but the Nobel Committee must have thought about giving Volodymyr Zelenskyy the Peace prize. That would have […]
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Putin is becoming even more dangerous
As attested by Vladimir Putin’s carefully calibrated photo ops, he knows the value of spectacle. One such spectacle took place last week in the Kremlin, as the despot held a […]
On Ukraine, it’s the West vs. the rest
by Daniel DePetris From the moment Russian forces began their widespread missile barrage against Ukrainian targets in February, the United States and Europe have sought to rally the world on […]
Did Xi just learn a lesson from Putin?
by Martin Schram This was not the way Russia’s Vladimir Putin wanted to look, for all the world to see last Thursday, when he walked into the massive and bizarrely […]
Ukraine’s powerful weapon: Yankee ingenuity
Authoritarians control their flock with flattery about their inborn goodness and fear-mongering about the outside forces threatening it. There’s an underlying laziness to all this. It frees the followers from […]
The West still won’t give Kyiv the weapons to win
by Trudy Rubin Aug. 24 marked six months since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine. It was also Ukraine’s Independence Day. Yet instead of celebrating, Kyiv canceled all holiday […]
Jill Biden to Joe: It’s over
When your wife suggests you have failed at your job, it’s probably time to retire, or see if there is an opening as a Walmart greeter. That appears to be […]
‘Evil has returned’ to Holocaust memorial in Kyiv
by Trudy Rubin Ukrainians refer to Vladimir Putin as “Putler,” an amalgamation of Putin and Adolf Hitler. The label is more than a jab at Putin’s obscene lie that Russia […]
Countries can’t quit coal
The world is having a hard time burying coal. The “get-no-respect” energy source has rapidly moved from a pariah to a courted fuel, even if countries are reconnecting with coal […]
Putin the unabashed lord of 21st century war crimes
by Trudy Rubin When a 2,000-pound Russian missile slammed into a crowded shopping mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk last Monday — killing at least 18 people buying […]
