Europe

Ukrainian firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the site of a drone attack on industrial facilities in Kharkiv on May 4, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine: Compromise or Collapse Ukraine: Compromise or Collapse

The news from Ukraine’s front lines is grim.

Oct 29, 2024 / Anatol Lieven

A man carries an injured child, fleeing down a road in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

We Are Failing Children Around the World With Our War-Making We Are Failing Children Around the World With Our War-Making

What today’s conflicts are doing to the children trapped by them.

Oct 28, 2024 / Nick Turse

Terumi Tanaka, cochair of Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, speaks during a press conference on October 12, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.

Nihon Hidankyo’s Bittersweet Receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize Nihon Hidankyo’s Bittersweet Receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize

The prize is a reminder that we must abolish and eliminate nuclear weapons.

Oct 18, 2024 / Ivana Nikolić Hughes and Peter Kuznick

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the plenary session of the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum at the Tauride Palace, July 11 2024, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Can BRICS Rise in a World Threatened by War? Can BRICS Rise in a World Threatened by War?

The group’s appeal is only growing since its recent expansion, but it must now deal with a world on the brink.

Oct 15, 2024 / Sarang Shidore

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier delivers his general policy statement to the French National Assembly in Paris on October 1, 2024.

Austerity for Immigration Austerity for Immigration

Emmanuel Macron’s unofficial pact with Marine Le Pen.

Oct 10, 2024 / Harrison Stetler

Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes a statement on the evolving situation in the Middle East at 10 Downing Street on October 1, 2024, in London, England.

The UK’s New Prime Minister Seems Horrible at His Job The UK’s New Prime Minister Seems Horrible at His Job

Keir Starmer has been comically terrible in his first few months in office.

Oct 10, 2024 / Evan Robins

Yemen Cluster Bomb

The Remnants of War Are Killing People in Times of Peace The Remnants of War Are Killing People in Times of Peace

Unexploded ordnance makes the terror of war linger after the wars themselves are in the history books.

Oct 2, 2024 / Andrea Mazzarino

Firefighters inspect a house hit by a Russian missile during an air strike, on September 24, 2024, in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

The Claim That Russia Doesn’t Possess Any Solid Red Lines—or Won’t Enforce Them—Isn’t Supported by Evidence The Claim That Russia Doesn’t Possess Any Solid Red Lines—or Won’t Enforce Them—Isn’t Supported by Evidence

Any policy debate on war must reckon with escalatory dynamics.

Sep 26, 2024 / Daniel R. DePetris

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state-owned agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting regarding the situation in the Kursk region, in his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo outside Moscow, on August 12, 2024.

Putin Has Allowed the West to Cross So Many Lines That He Is Now Under Pressure to Respond Putin Has Allowed the West to Cross So Many Lines That He Is Now Under Pressure to Respond

He’s also boxed himself in by his own language.

Sep 18, 2024 / Anatol Lieven

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is church.jpg A view of destroyed church in the Pokrovsk region, which has become a frontline area following a rocket strike of Russian forces in the Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on September 6, 2024.

Ukrainians Will Also Be Watching Tonight’s Presidential Debate Anxiously Ukrainians Will Also Be Watching Tonight’s Presidential Debate Anxiously

With Republicans divided over the issue of continuing military support for Ukraine, Democrats have had little to say on the issue. But tonight’s confrontation could change that.

Sep 10, 2024 / Leif Reigstad

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