Europe & Eurasia

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing US-Israeli campaign against Iran are not separate conflicts but two theaters in a broader civilizational war between the West and the authoritarian Axis of Resistance

80 years after Churchill delivered his famed “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton, Missouri, his clear-eyed warning about the dangers of totalitarian regimes remains as relevant as ever.

Although Marco Rubio was applauded on both sides of the Atlantic for his Munich speech, conspicuously absent was any reference to the greatest threat to Europe: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

A newly released documentary “2000 Meters to Andriivka” about Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive displays the senseless brutality of Russia’s invasion, where the scale of destruction is so immense as to deny either side any meaningful victory

The image of Russia as a bastion of conservative Christianity against a decadent West exists purely to legitimize Putin’s repression of any Christian communities beyond his control

Bullying allies, threatening Greenland, and emboldening Moscow are not statesmanship. America’s recent foreign policy risks undermining the very order it once led.

As President Trump seeks a peace deal in Ukraine, he must remember that every Ukrainian pastor not aligned with the Russian Orthodox Church left behind Russian lines is at risk for imprisonment and torture

As the Armenian government distances itself from the Armenian Apostolic Church, Russia has doubled down on the politics of faith to retain influence—turning religion into an instrument of empire.

Stephen Kotkin’s history writing is masterful—but his democracy-vs-authoritarianism lens distorts how geopolitics really works