What does Russia hope to achieve in Ukraine?
Putin hopes to assert Russian control in the region, keep the West off-balance and face no consequences
Russia
Sunday
Thursday
Can Putin ever be stopped?
The Russian president will only halt his prospective move on Ukraine if he fears the costs and risks of invasion are too high
Tuesday
Biden chickens out of Iran negotiations
And naturally he’s blaming Israel too. Surprised?
America still won’t risk a war with Russia over Ukraine
That cold reality ought to be the backdrop to the ongoing crisis diplomacy between Washington and Moscow
Sunday
Antony Blinken’s soundtrack to failure
Biden’s secretary of state has released his Spotify playlist and its invitations to weakness are many
Monday
The next chapter in American foreign policy
Our choices are constrained by the needs of our internal order
Saturday
Why America needs a grand bargain with Russia
It’s unfortunate but Ukraine cannot become a member of NATO
Thursday
Ice fishing in the Arctic
The Russian ice fishing journey is a study in contrasts between the elements
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s masterpiece is finally appearing
March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 3 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn reviewed
Wednesday
Stop pretending Ukraine will ever be in NATO
It’s a fantasy that accomplishes nothing except to provoke Vladimir Putin
Sunday
Is the Russia collusion hoax about to be exposed?
John Durham has indicted three people but he may break our hearts yet
Friday
The dictator behind Europe’s next migrant crisis
Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has the EU over a barrel
Friday
Biden builds back in the USSR
CNN lobs him softballs and he still can’t remember Kyrsten Sinema’s name
Monday
Welcome to the age of entropy
Our direction is not toward liberalism, but away from order of any kind
Wednesday
Congress’s defense budget is pure madness
They’re set to spend even more money than Joe Biden wants to
Thursday
History returns for Putin and Erdogan
The era of good feelings between Russia and Turkey seems to be over
Afghanistan and climate change: the West’s twin failures
Both have the same cause: a failure to accept reality
Tuesday
Central Asia’s geography after America’s defeat
Central Asia is going to matter substantially in terms of 21st-century geopolitics
Friday
Is there anything ‘new’ or ‘shocking’ about the latest Hunter Biden scandal?
The male heir of the 46th president was caught hanging brain with a prostitute, again
Thursday
What does Vladimir Putin have on Joe Biden?
Biden is refusing to act as Russian attacks become more ambitious and more aggressive
