Powerful images from the past 12 eventful months

His baldly illegitimate claim to four Ukrainian provinces shows contempt for the global order—and his own subjects.

Is Putin facing his Czar Nicholas II moment?

Why have the experts been so persistently wrong?

Ukraine’s success illuminates a strategy that has allowed a smaller state to—so far—outlast a larger and much more powerful one.

The breakout star of the GOP primary is peddling wishful thinking.

Being anti-war isn’t naive, but a serious, considered, and humane position.

Even if Kyiv agrees not to align with the West, Putin will have other demands.

Imperiled by Russian invaders, private citizens are stepping forward to do what Ukraine’s government cannot.

U.S. officials are turning to Russia for help with Iran and Syria, even as the Ukrainian conflict persists.