The Ukrainian Year Ukraine has been instrumental in restoring a focus on what matters to the people and elected leaders of the West. Jesse Inman 26 Feb 2023 · 4 min read
Ukraine’s Verdun Attritional trench warfare and the terrible logic of the sunk cost return to Europe. Robert Zaretsky 17 Feb 2023 · 4 min read
Mearsheimer: Rigor or Reaction? What John J. Mearsheimer gets wrong about Ukraine, international affairs, and much else besides. Matt Johnson 15 Feb 2023 · 21 min read
Democracy’s Trenches The idea that the war in Ukraine is not our business is seductive but dangerously mistaken. John Lloyd 4 Jan 2023 · 11 min read
A Strange and Brutal Country Adam Curtis’s new BBC series provides a unique insight into Russia’s late-twentieth-century collapse. Christopher J. Snowdon 24 Oct 2022 · 6 min read
Defying Russia’s Despot Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s new book offers a profile in courage. John Lloyd 20 Oct 2022 · 9 min read
Revolt Against the Modern World Putin is the offspring of a political culture based on insuperable adversity to democracy. Vladimir Tismaneanu 15 Oct 2022 · 4 min read
Red Letter Day How an unknown teacher from Leningrad took on Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev—and ultimately won. Robin Ashenden 29 Sep 2022 · 12 min read
Horseshoe Theory Comes to Ukraine Putin’s Western apologists don’t reflect the usual conflict between Left and Right—but rather comprise an example of both poles making common cause against the center. The Quillette Editorial Board 16 Sep 2022 · 7 min read
What the Left Keeps Getting Wrong About Ukraine Vapid bromides about peace and negotiation are no substitute for policy and a frank acknowledgement of Russia’s responsibility for the conflict. Matt Johnson 9 Sep 2022 · 9 min read
Idealist and Idiot Gorbachev’s legacy is partly to blame for the tyranny into which Russia has since slumped. John Lloyd 2 Sep 2022 · 9 min read
Lydia and the Vlads An Estonian’s changing relationship with Russia. Robin Ashenden 26 Aug 2022 · 11 min read
The Roads Not Taken A new book by Orlando Figes explores the role of Russian history in the Ukranian war. John Lloyd 12 Aug 2022 · 9 min read
If Europe Wants Peace, It Must Prepare for More War Deterrence needs to be strong enough that it stands on its own feet with or without out American support. Stephan Jensen 15 Jul 2022 · 11 min read
Zelensky’s Terrible Dilemma—and Ours Capitulation or Bloody Resistance? John Lloyd 4 Jun 2022 · 7 min read