A collection of 69 posts
The new European commitment to defence and Russia’s unshakeable wish to control Ukraine have revived an awareness that war is something with which comfortable and relatively wealthy states may still have to live.
The history of Soviet totalitarianism is now being rewritten.
Why does so much of the US Right hate a country valiantly resisting a war of aggression?
The strong will do what they can and the weak will suffer what they must.
The Trump administration has liquidated the postwar international order.
After three punishing years of war, the Trump administration is preparing to reduce a ravaged country to the status of US protectorate.
Iran and Russia have suffered serious setbacks over the past year, but grave dangers remain.
European leaders are struggling to cope with the multiple crises now facing the beleaguered continent.
In her new book, ‘Autocracy, Inc.,’ historian Anne Applebaum provides us with a distinctive and indispensable guide to one of the great challenges of our time.
Syria’s crisis demonstrates the importance of power.
Russia’s information war against the West is a comprehensive, coordinated effort to manipulate the information ecosystems of entire societies.
The president-elect’s arrival in the White House will likely galvanise the European New Right and doom the Ukrainian resistance.
Shady trade routes and oil tankers keep the Russian economy ticking over.
It is time for democratic countries to accept that the existing system is broken and that they must develop a new global security architecture.
Russia, Iran, and the failure of US resolve.