A Conversation with Natan Sharansky Former Israeli politician and refusenik, Natan Sharansky, speaks about his correspondence with Alexei Navalny and his nine years in USSR prisons. Pamela Paresky 1 Jul 2024 · 19 min read
Defending Democracy with Drew Pavlou: Quillette Cetera Episode 34 The student activist discusses the risks that Iran, China, and Russia, and their Western sympathisers, pose to liberal democracies. Zoe Booth 27 Apr 2024 · 1 min read
Nostalgia for Confinement Why are some in Russia and Eastern Europe pining for the communist system that once oppressed them? John Lloyd 18 Apr 2024 · 8 min read
Unilateral Illiberalism Tucker Carlson’s fawning interview with Vladimir Putin shows that he will never pose a threat to despotism. Brian Stewart 7 Mar 2024 · 8 min read
Ukraine Goes to Court Ukraine has therefore pursued multiple legal avenues in response to the aggression. Emiliano Polo 29 Feb 2024 · 9 min read
Alexei Navalny 1976–2024 The life and death of a complex and courageous dissident. John Lloyd 23 Feb 2024 · 14 min read
The Return of Terror’s Architect The restoration of a statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky in Moscow illuminates the gulf that now divides Russian society. John Lloyd 15 Nov 2023 · 9 min read
Unrealistic Realism on Ukraine Moral relativism, and its equally dubious corollary of moral equivalence, too often mars contemporary Realists’ conceptions of political realities. Borys M. Kowalsky 14 Nov 2023 · 13 min read
A Country in the Making Sean Penn’s surprising new documentary explores “extreme history” in war-torn Ukraine. Brian Stewart 29 Sep 2023 · 6 min read
Eight Hundred Years of Russian Despotism: An Interview with Orlando Figes In a new book, the historian traces modern Russian aggression to an apocalyptic mythology rooted deep in the nation’s past. Jonathan Kay 7 Jul 2023 · 10 min read
The Retreat from Moscow Prigozhin’s coup attempt raises a number of questions to which there are no reassuring answers. John Lloyd 27 Jun 2023 · 8 min read
World War Z A new book by historian Ian Garner investigates how the war in Ukraine is transforming Russia into a fascist society. John Lloyd 10 May 2023 · 10 min read
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 · 5 min read
Ukraine’s Verdun It is not just Western officials who worry that Zelensky’s determination to defend Bakhmut at all costs will cripple his army’s effectiveness. Robert Zaretsky 17 Feb 2023 · 5 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
