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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

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to governor of Smolensk region Vasily Anokhin, at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia's War on Ukraine

Putin Goes There

by Paul Glastris September 11, 2025September 11, 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

Politics Roundtable

Trump Just Gave Putin Everything He Wanted

by The Editors August 18, 2025August 18, 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

President Trump seems to have made a shift on Ukraine, criticizing Russia and okaying arms sales to Ukraine that the Defense Department had stopped. That's why there's a picture of Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looking uncomfortable.

Russia's War on Ukraine

Trump’s Shift on Ukraine is Welcome, but Now What?

by Tamar Jacoby July 13, 2025July 13, 2025

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