Tag: Ukraine

Two months ago, I suggested that NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte fake a heart attack and postpone next week’s summit in The Hague. I genuinely feared that the Trump team’s animus ...

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry cheered the US strikes against Iran, and backed President Trump’s assertion that Tehran cannot be permitted to obtain nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev blasted ...

When Ukrainian and Russian officials met for a second round of cease-fire discussions in Istanbul on June 2, it was obvious that there would be no serious negotiation. Ukraine, eager ...

When the 32 NATO allies convene for the bloc’s summit in The Hague, the number one objective will be to avoid an open blowup between Washington and its closest—or should ...

In December 2015, under the bright lights of a Las Vegas auditorium, more than a dozen Republican presidential hopefuls took to the debate stage to brandish their hawkish foreign-policy credentials. ...

It was just after midnight on June 10, and Kyiv’s curfew had just begun when news of incoming rockets and drones buzzed on our phone screens. I was sitting on ...

Despite plenty of threats and ominous social media posts, the Trump administration has not taken an aggressive stance on sanctioning Russia yet. It has been more than three years into Russia’s ...

Foreign policy has loomed unusually large in U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term. During his first 100 days in office, Trump claimed big successes—but the American people weren’t necessarily convinced. ...

Drones are changing the very nature of warfare. After playing a salient role in the recent conflict between India and Pakistan, unmanned aircraft stunned the world in Operation Spider’s Web ...

Operation Spiderweb—Ukraine’s dramatic and stunning drone attack on air bases deep inside Russia—illustrates several themes that have characterized the war ever since Russia launched its illegal invasion in 2022. It ...