They picked the right side.

The West cannot assume that the Russian leader will be a rational actor on nukes if he sees his nation and regime under existential threat.

Armed conflict is never straightforward. Weapons are not power. National identity matters.

The West has already frozen some $300 billion in Russian assets. Here’s the case for seizing them.

Ukrainians and the world’s democratic powers must work toward the only acceptable endgame.

Trump does not do “policy” as Washington understands that term. His approach is personal, transactional, ad hoc, and episodic.

Not by choice, but by force.

Moldova’s president has high hopes. Putin has other ideas.

Unelected bureaucrats get a bad rap. But some do an essential job.