I understand why democratic countries are reluctant to fight, but I worry they don’t understand what will happen next.

The highlights from seven days of reading about the world

In their first face-to-face meeting, the Democratic nominee humiliated the former president.

Freedom for the hostages, or more of the same?

Putin hasn’t given up his plans. He thinks Ukraine’s allies will lose interest.

Russia-Ukraine is becoming a trial of strength between different parts of the conservative universe.

He drew a careful distinction in his testimony between actual efforts to fight corruption and a public statement that would damage one of the president’s opponents.

Ukraine’s president is rushing to the United States for good reason.

As the Judiciary Committee drafts its articles of impeachment, it will have to decide how much of the special counsel’s findings it wants to include.

The president’s rhetoric will encourage Putin to test American resolve.