Ukraine

How Famine Denial Works

Its past and present, from the Holodomor to Gaza.

  • Alex de Waal

A Crack in Putin’s Armor

What the concert hall attack means for the Russian leader’s future.

  • Rajan Menon

Russia Cannot Be Isolated Indefinitely

Menon responds to his critics.

  • Rajan Menon

How to End the War in Ukraine

On stopping the fighting and building the peace.

  • Rajan Menon
with responses from
  • Miriam Pemberton
  • Oxana Shevel
  • Kathryn Stoner
  • Andrew J. Bacevich
  • Charles A. Kupchan
  • Michael Brenes
  • Liana Fix
  • Jack Lewis Snyder
  • Taras Bilous
  • Neta C. Crawford

Russia Can’t Win This War

Russia must be isolated.

  • Oxana Shevel

We Need a New Military Doctrine

Military proliferation is unwise and unnecessary.

  • Neta C. Crawford

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A Better-Armed Ukraine Is the Best Path to Peace

Our understanding of Russia’s motive is misguided.

  • Kathryn Stoner

A Diplomatic Roadmap

The West needs to start preparing for a stalemate.

  • Charles A. Kupchan

Making Stalemate a Goal

Could Ukraine be a buffer between Russia and NATO?

  • Jack Lewis Snyder

The American Tradition of Statecraft is a Cliché

Military primacy, not peace, is Biden’s main goal.

  • Andrew J. Bacevich

Progressives and a New Global Order

The daunting task of Ukrainian reconstruction demands new frameworks for humanitarian assistance and development.

  • Michael Brenes

Hope is an Expensive Commodity

Russia will not negotiate in earnest.

  • Liana Fix

The Prospects for Lasting Peace

Peace will not be achieved until Putin’s regime falls.

  • Taras Bilous

The Alarming Stakes of German Rearmament

Germany has responded to war in Ukraine with huge increases in defense spending, marking a new wave of militarization.

  • Stephen Milder

The Proto-Fascist Guide to Destroying the World

Noam Chomsky on lies, crimes, and savage capitalism.

  • Noam Chomsky
  • David Barsamian

The Roots of War

To discern why we fight, we should ask why we do not.

  • Chris Blattman

Dispatch from Ukraine

As the war continues with no end in sight, the country’s ability to prevail at the front will depend on how badly the war damages life on the ground.

  • Rajan Menon

How the International Criminal Court Could Prosecute Putin

The legal doctrine of “superior responsibility” makes the Russian president liable for war crimes committed in Ukraine.

  • Feisal G. Mohamed

How London Became a Playground for Putin’s Oligarchs

For decades, UK-based financial institutions have exploited loopholes to subvert regulations and shield the wealthy from scrutiny.

  • Oliver Bullough
  • Daniel Penny

Our Global Food System Was Already in Crisis. Russia’s War Will Make It Worse

The Global South will suffer the most as colonial legacies, climate change, and capitalism continue to plunge millions into hunger.

  • Raj Patel

Far from Ukraine, Putin’s War Worsens Palm Oil Crisis

The commodity’s bloody history is instructive of how global capitalism can and can’t be fixed.

  • Max Haiven

Imagining Ukraine

Poland and Russia both think of Ukraine as a seat of authentic Slavic culture. Józef Czapski’s war memoir highlights how this has often clashed with Ukraine’s independence.

  • Marta Figlerowicz

NATO and the Road Not Taken

Condemning Putin’s war must go hand in hand with imagining a more just security order.

  • Rajan Menon

Dispatch from Kharkiv National University

On the importance of women’s studies after the USSR collapsed, and what it helps us understand about Putin’s war on Ukraine.

  • Irina Zherebkina
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