Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014, one Russian phrase has haunted me. It translates to “They [Ukrainians] ...

THE WORD “HUBRIS” HAS COME UP frequently since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine. The most straightforward ...

The Russians were among the first Europeans to sense California's potential. Had they not sold their settlement there in 1841 ...

In January 1919, two disparate Ukrainian states – the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the West Ukrainian People’s Republic – merged into one.

Nina L. Khrushcheva is a professor of international affairs at The New School and the co-author (with Jeffrey Tayler) of In ...

Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming choice. In public, he exudes optimism. He has pulled his country back from the ...

U.S.-led sanctions have hit Russian oil exports. Moscow has accused Ukraine of trying to strike its last gas pipeline into Europe.

A victory for Putin means, in due time, a re-charting of the entire map of Europe, to suit his vision of a Russian empire ...

Michelle Yeoh attends the lighting ceremony of the Empire State Building in celebration of 'Star Trek: Section 31' Premiere, ...

The survival of Estonia, Europe and the broader Western world hinges on resisting the dangerous allure of appeasement in the ...

This article appears in the February 2025 print edition with the headline “The New Rasputins.” ...