Julia Ioffe’s “Motherland,” a much-anticipated memoir and history of Russia, offers an original take on America’s long-time adversary.
Foreign Affairs
Reporting and analysis on foreign affairs and America’s role in the world.
Posted inForeign Policy
Venezuela’s Best Chance for Freedom
Trump and the U.S. should keep pressuring Maduro, but not use blunderbuss tactics that will backfire.
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Estonia in the Crosshairs
Estonia in the Crosshairs: The Baltic nation on the front line where the Ukraine war is spilling into Europe offers a lesson in resilience—and why alliances matter.
Posted inRussia’s War on Ukraine
Downing Russian Drones: “The U.S. and Europe Should Learn From Us”
A Ukrainian air defense unit showcases what NATO should have done when the Kremlin sent drones into Poland.
Posted inRussia’s War on Ukraine
Putin Goes There
For the first time in its history, NATO engaged a Russian incursion into allied airspace. Trump shrugged. What happens next?
Posted inRussia’s War on Ukraine
A Deadly Night in Kyiv Makes a Mockery of the Peace Process
The war in Ukraine has entered a new phase—Russia talks of peace but continues the killing on the ground.
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Trump, Zelensky, and European Leaders Got Along—Mostly by Sidestepping the Big Issues
The looming questions that need to be worked out as talks go forward.
Posted inPolitics Roundtable
Trump Just Gave Putin Everything He Wanted
Despite tough talk beforehand, Trump emerged from their Anchorage meeting nodding along as Putin outlined his vision for carving up Europe like it’s 1914. The editors discuss.
Posted inRussia’s War on Ukraine
How to Reverse Trump’s Capitulation to Putin
After his shameful performance in Anchorage, Donald Trump is sitting down with Zelensky and European leaders in Washington today. Here’s the plan they need to persuade him to follow.
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Ukrainian Fighters Aren’t Expecting Much from the Trump-Putin Summit
As Trump and Putin prepare to discuss swapping Ukrainian territory, the soldiers who’ve been defending it for years say they’d rather finish the fight now than leave it for their children.
