In #DialoguesOnWar (above), Myroslav Marynovych, Vice Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, and Serhii Plokhii, Director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, address the critical issues arising from the Ukraine… Read more »
It is up to the West’s democracies to stop another Grozny or Aleppo in Kiev, a leading Ukrainian activist said today. “People in Kyiv are ready to sacrifice their lives,”… Read more »
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, surrounded by several top officials, addressed the country Friday night local time from the doorstep of the presidential administration in central Kyiv to show he and… Read more »
A completely unnecessary war has started, born out of one man’s nostalgia, paranoia and fear of losing power, Anne Applebaum tweeted. Like the Russian czars before him—like Stalin, like Lenin—Putin… Read more »
In his speech to the Russian nation on Monday, President Vladimir V. Putin buoyed his case for codifying the cleavage of two rebel territories from Ukraine by arguing that the… Read more »
As the crisis in Ukraine unfolds, the West must not underestimate Russia. It must not bank on narratives inspired by wishful thinking. Russian victory in Ukraine is not science fiction,… Read more »
The head of an organization that’s battled Russian disinformation in Ukraine since President Vladimir Putin last sent troops into the country in 2014 tells CBS News the United States has… Read more »
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are intent on shaping a new world order — one in which America’s postwar global dominance is in retreat and autocratic regimes can thrive in… Read more »
The experience of Afghanistan over the past 20 years illustrates the problems and contradictions inherent in the democracy-promotion agenda, The Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual Democracy Index asserts. The issue of… Read more »
Less than half (45.7%) of the global population lives in a democracy – a pronounced decline from 2020 (49.4%), according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual Democracy Index. Even fewer… Read more »