Ukraine

Putin’s Attempts to Ban ‘Satanism’ Are Just Another Means of Crushing Internal Dissent

Recent Russian parliamentary sessions devoted to ‘combatting Satan’ are really just disguised exercises in smearing political opponents and Ukrainians as agents of irredeemable supernatural evil.

Episode 90 | Is There a Trump Doctrine? And What Just Happened in Ukraine

Editors Marc LiVecche, Mark Tooley and Robert Nicholson discuss Trump’s May Middle East trip and Ukraine’s recent drone attacks on Russia’s strategic bombers

The False Dichotomy Between Supporting Ukraine and Taiwan

Despite arguments that the US must prioritize Taiwan over Ukraine, the truth is that if the latter falls, the former will soon be next

The Limits of Conscientious Objection in Wartime Ukraine

Recent court rulings in Ukraine show the limits of conscientious objection during existential threats to the nation

Losing Taiwan Would End US Hegemony – Losing Eastern Ukraine Would Not

While our European allies remain important, the U.S. must refocus on deterring China given the CCP’s efforts to reshape the global economy in its favor, including Europe

Why Putin Will Never Give Up Kyiv, with or without a Trump-Brokered Deal

Putin invaded Ukraine not out of any material reason like economic interest or force projection, but of the spiritual conviction that Russia cannot be whole without Kyiv

The Ball is in Putin’s Court – Will He Accept Trump’s Peace or Continue the War?

Trump wants to end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible and on his terms. Will Putin accept an American-brokered peace or continue fighting?

Revisiting the Push for Peace in Ukraine

Harry Truman sought to end the Korean War years before it settled into a bloody stalemate characterized by attritional warfare. Could Trump be attempting something similar with Ukraine?

Putin’s Perpetual Political Theater and “The Wizard of the Kremlin”

A new novel (and movie) about Vladimir Putin’s chief spin-doctor explain how the true battle between Ukraine and Russia is not one of warring armies, but of competing narratives