The effort to eradicate Ukrainian identity in areas Moscow has “annexed” violates international law and might cross the line into genocide.
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Ukraine’s Other Front: The War on Corruption
The besieged nation has a deep-seated culture of graft that has to end if it is to rebuild successfully. There are hopeful signs from Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city and once one of its most corrupt.
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No, Aiding Ukraine Does Not Embolden China
It’s a recycled isolationist talking point from World War II, and it’s just as wrong now.
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Trump, DeSantis Say They Just Want Peace in Ukraine. Don’t Fall for It.
Like Charles Lindbergh and the original “America First” crowd, they love what the authoritarians are selling.
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After Biden’s Visit to Kyiv, Ukrainians Welcome U.S. Aid but Plead for More
Four Ukrainians I’ve gotten to know in the past year are diplomatic but firm. They need additional arms and know their fate is in the hands of a divided Washington.
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Will Republicans Stand by Ukraine?
It would have been a no-brainer a few years ago, but the Trumpy GOP is divided over backing Kyiv.
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Easy on the Doomscrolling: Two Years After January 6, There Are Reasons to Be Hopeful
A firm accounting of what happened and prosecution of the perpetrators are part of the good news.
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How to Rein In Elon Musk
The tech titan controls Twitter, Tesla and a vital satellite network, and has too much power. Fortunately, the government has the legal and regulatory authority to constrain him.
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The U.S. Should Recognize Belarus’s Government in Exile
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has been pushing the West to undermine Lukashenko’s puppet government.
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Republican Support for Ukraine Wavers Month by Month
Congressional Republicans backed Trump when he tried to extort Ukraine, then backed Kyiv at the war’s start. Now they are wavering again.
