Once ‘the indispensable nation,’ the U.S. is now just another squabbling player in an unstable world
Tamar Jacoby
Tamar Jacoby is the Kyiv-based director of the Progressive Policy Institute’s New Ukraine Project and the author most recently of Displaced: The Ukrainian Refugee Experience.
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Trump Provokes Fear in the Western Alliance
Trump’s Phone Call to Putin About Ukraine Provokes Fear in the Western Alliance: Whatever happens in Russia’s war on Ukraine, there is trouble ahead between Washington and its European allies.
Posted inPolitics
As Ukraine Fights, Echoes of Historic Meetings in Yalta and Helsinki Abound
Some 80 years ago, Roosevelt and Churchill were at their meeting with Stalin. Thirty years later, the Helsinki Accords helped doom the Iron Curtain. Here’s what we can learn on their anniversaries.
Posted inRussia’s War on Ukraine
In Ukraine’s Army, the “Heavenly Punishment” Battalion’s Morale is Unwavering, Its Blows Punishing
Moscow’s unprovoked war against Kyiv steeled the determination and ingenuity of its fighting forces. An eyewitness report.
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The Least Terrible Way for Ukraine to Negotiate with Russia
Many Ukrainians, used to making the best of bad situations, reacted to Donald Trump’s reelection with caustic humor. Among the most heard jokes play off his promise to end the war with Russia in 24 hours. “Has everyone set their timers?” one man asked on Facebook. But underneath the repartee, Ukrainians are tired—ground down by a war, now all but […]
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The “Russian World” and Donald Trump
Vladimir Putin is feeling the strain of Ukraine’s vigorous defense, neighboring nations chafing under Moscow’s influence, and a unified NATO. Enter Donald Trump.
Posted inNovember/December 2024
A Millennium of Conflict
Russia’s identity, not its security or the fear of NATO, has historically been the main driver of Moscow’s aggression toward Ukraine. But is the war really a genocide?
Posted inRussia’s War on Ukraine
A Ukrainian Army Chaplain “Must Keep His Spirits Up”
A Ukrainian Army Chaplain “Must Keep His Spirits Up.” Visiting hospitals, officiating at funerals, and comforting the traumatized, a Baptist in a battered van offers food, empathy, and prayers to his flock fighting the Russian invaders.
Posted inRussia’s War on Ukraine
Ukrainian Public Opinion Remains Determined Against Russian Aggression
But recent surveys show the country is wary of a peace-for-land deal with Moscow and nervous about continued Western support.
Posted inRussia’s War on Ukraine
A Hello to Arms
Living in Ukraine, I wanted to contribute to the fight against Russia’s brutal invasion. What I learned by buying and donating a drone.
