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German troops receive the new G95 assault rifle at a Bavarian training base in December 2025, as Berlin accelerates a once-unthinkable military buildup.

Germany’s Rearmament Is Stunning

by Tamar Jacoby January 7, 2026February 3, 2026

Trump Ukraine: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio talks to the press at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Russia’s War on Ukraine

Three Lessons From Trump’s Latest Plan for Ukraine

by Tamar Jacoby November 25, 2025November 24, 2025

Can Europe Protect Ukraine? From left, Britain's Defense Secretary John Healey, Ukraine's Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal and Germany's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius address a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025.

Russia’s War on Ukraine

Can Europe Turn Tough Talk on Russia into Action?

by Tamar Jacoby October 23, 2025October 22, 2025

Estonia in the Crosshairs. The tiny Baltic nation and NATO member, fights on against the Russian goliath.

Estonia in the Crosshairs

by Tamar Jacoby October 13, 2025October 11, 2025

An officer from the Specter Battalion of the 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade demines a downed Russian drone near the eastern front in Ukraine.

Russia’s War on Ukraine

Downing Russian Drones: “The U.S. and Europe Should Learn From Us”

by Tamar Jacoby September 18, 2025September 17, 2025

Firefighters work on the site of a burning building after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia’s War on Ukraine

A Deadly Night in Kyiv Makes a Mockery of the Peace Process

by Tamar Jacoby August 29, 2025August 29, 2025

Russia’s War on Ukraine

Trump, Zelensky, and European Leaders Got Along—Mostly by Sidestepping the Big Issues

by Tamar Jacoby August 20, 2025August 20, 2025

Russia’s War on Ukraine

How to Reverse Trump’s Capitulation to Putin

by Tamar Jacoby August 18, 2025August 18, 2025

Russia’s War on Ukraine

Ukrainian Fighters Aren’t Expecting Much from the Trump-Putin Summit

by Tamar Jacoby August 11, 2025August 11, 2025

Dramatic Shift in Trump's Thinking. The president has make a dramatic shift since he tormented Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office this winter. Here is the president on Monday, July 14, shaking hands with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and signing off on weapons shipments from NATO allies to Ukraine.

Russia’s War on Ukraine

Dramatic Shift in Trump’s Thinking About the Russia-Ukraine War

by Tamar Jacoby July 17, 2025July 17, 2025

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