American leaders keep overestimating their control over events in the Middle East, Ukraine, and around the world.
The world’s time, to which all clocks are set, comes from small national labs. Ukraine’s is in Kharkiv, a city under fire.
Supporting and arming Ukraine, and accelerating the collapse of the Russian military, is the most realistic way to end the conflict.
Images from the past month showing scenes from Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Donetsk, Mariupol, and more
An outdated view of warfare helps explain why the U.S. was slow to supply long-range missiles.
Indiscriminate violence reveals Putin’s powerlessness to overcome Ukrainian resistance.
Forecasting a conclusion to an unpredictable conflict
Kyiv’s success against Moscow forces us to reexamine our assumptions about what it means to be powerful.
Critics of U.S. foreign policy from both ends of the ideological spectrum have found common cause in supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Once U.S. money starts flowing again, the dynamics of the war will change.