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Recent Articles
Tom Engelhardt, “Ukraine in perspective”
Excuse me if I wander a little today — and if it bothers you, don’t blame me, blame Vladimir Putin. After all, I didn’t decide to invade Ukraine, the place my grandfather fled … More
Juliette Faure, “The deep ideological roots of Russia’s war”
On his 84th birthday, this February, Russian writer Aleksandr Prokhanov gave a live interview from the cockpit of a fighter plane flying over Ukraine. Below him, his dream of … More
Ramazan Hakkı Öztan, “Turkey’s alignment in a changed world”
On 9 March, the Israeli president Isaac Herzog met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, after a near six-year hiatus in high-level talks between the two countries. The … More
Martine Bullard, “China’s delicate balancing act”
If China’s leaders hoped for some respite while US attention was on events in Europe, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s accusation on 14 March must have been an … More
William Astore, “What would it take for military spending in America to go down?”
I have a question for you: What would it take in today’s world for America’s military spending to go down? Here’s one admittedly farfetched scenario: Vladimir Putin loses his grip … More
Olivier Zajec, “A third nuclear age may be dawning in Ukraine”
On 11 March, President Joe Biden sharply rejected politicians’ and experts’ calls for the United States to get more directly involved in the Ukraine war, ruling out direct conflict … More
