The U.S. president’s optimism about Ukraine creates the expectation that everything is possible—and commits him to a Ukrainian victory.
The U.S. risks provoking Russian aggression.
The congressional opposition to the president’s funding request explained—as far as it can be
Russia’s gambit to deter support for Ukraine by restricting energy supplies flopped—thanks to concerted action by European countries.
If world leaders had been clearer about the sanctions Putin would face, they might have deterred his invasion of Ukraine.
An indifferent response to a warlord’s march on Moscow heralds the dawning realization that Russia has no good way out in Ukraine.
Shortly after invading Ukraine, Russian forces took over the site of the world’s most devastating nuclear accident. Not for the first time, Chornobyl became a strategic nightmare.
Secrets were “sitting in a … Discord server for a month, and nobody noticed.”
Two simple questions, few straight answers
A grim anniversary of war in Ukraine, icicles in Mexico’s Ciudad Juárez, cherry blossoms in Japan, deadly mudslides in Brazil, and much more