Over $300 billion in Russian state assets are frozen in the West. It's long past time they were used to help Ukraine resist Vladimir Putin's war of aggression..
Plus: Spyware intercepted, gender desistance findings, trad discourse on those pesky working women, and more...
Mike Waltz is no longer national security adviser, but his plans for Bagram Air Base seem to have stuck in the president's head.
Trump struggles to articulate any foreign policy view with much coherence, and has a fragile ego that makes world conflicts all about him.
While mail-in voting provides obvious logistical challenges, every serious analysis of mail-in voting results has found it to be secure.
It's a new low in US refugee/asylum policy; simultaneouly unjust and counterproductive.
Leaked emails show Epstein’s attempts to dabble in security tech—across borders—in the last years of his life.
If geography really is destiny, then the Georgian situation has understandably necessitated a stiff, perpetual drink.
U.S.-led economic warfare punishes the world’s most vulnerable while failing to achieve its foreign policy goals.
Can a mercurial narcissist decenter America from global policing?
His negotiations with North Korea and Russia should be judged by their results. But opposing those talks from the beginning is a pro-war position.
Plus: Trump talks with Putin in Alaska, federal troops flood D.C., a controversial Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee, and a listener question about the hosts as a band
Plus: Showdown between mayor and attorney general, Zohran booed off Staten Island, and more...
Inching backward while bleeding Russia dry, Ukraine is relying on a time-tested military truth: You don’t need to outgun an invader—you just need to outlast them.
He calls Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator,” but not Vladimir Putin.
Plus: Columbia settles, State Department releases murderer, and more...
Supervillains used to be foreign enemies. Now the villain is a defense contractor who wants to start a regime change war.
There are now initial contributions by Andy Craig, Tarnell Brown, Aaron Ross Powell, Jonathan Blanks, and myself, plus response essays.
Neither Russia nor Ukraine has a clear path to victory. The Ukrainian drone attack last week and the Russian air raids on Friday don't change that.
When anyone can have an air force, superpowers aren't as powerful as they used to be.
Diplomacy is better than war in Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran. But that doesn't mean it's easy.
May Day should be a day to honor victims of an ideology that took tens of millions of lives. But we should also be open to alternative dates if they can attract broad enough support.
An immigration judge found the official document initiating Kseniia Petrova’s deportation to be legally deficient. She remains in detention, unable to further her cancer research.
The American citizen had been sentenced to 12 years in a penal colony for treason.
By imposing massive tariffs on foreign-made cars, Trump is punishing key allies, tanking Slovakia’s economy, and undermining U.S. influence in Eastern Europe.
Plus: Formula 1, Backyard Baseball, and The Great 8 vs. The Great One.
Plus: A listener asks why some American libertarians seem to unquestioningly accept everything Vladimir Putin says.
Trump is destroying a valuable source of American "soft power" and an inspiration to people suffering under authoritarian regimes.
Rep. Adam Smith (D–Wash.) thinks Democrats should return to their antiwar roots—and be open to negotiating with Russia.
Vanity Fair's James Pogue dives into the dissident right, his personal experiences with MAGA, and how Ukraine policy is unfolding.
Hawks from both major parties lashed out at the confirmation hearing for Trump’s nominee for top military strategist.
Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy's book tells the stories of soldiers, stalkers, and squatters in Chernobyl during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Plus: Tariffs go into effect, inside the fact-checker industrial complex, and more...
Plus: A listener asks the editors how to best determine whether Trump’s second term is good or bad for individual freedom.
One bright spot from Trump's shameful behavior in the Oval Office would be if it spurs European nations to shoulder more of the burden of supporting Ukraine.
As world leaders debate, Ukrainian defenders innovate, adapt, and wage defensive war on their own terms.
Plus: Change in Russia policy, Matt Taibbi interview, Dems try gun shows, and more...
Trump's negotiations and German elections may augur the end of collective security as we've known it.
Forget boots on the ground. Now we’ll have Americans “on the land.”
Socialism promises many things and claims to prioritize people over profits. But what people actually get is different.
Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy's book tells the stories of soldiers, stalkers, and squatters in Chernobyl during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The Trump administration’s math on Middle Eastern energy supplies just doesn’t add up.
It's a terrible decision for both moral and pragmatic reasons.
What the Russian-born author would have thought of Russia's war in Ukraine
While the U.S. publicly insisted on an “open door” policy, Zelenskyy says he was privately told that Ukraine couldn’t join NATO.
The U.S. is no longer willing to subsidize prosperous countries that won’t defend themselves.
The push for Russian-Ukrainian peace is about more than Ukraine.
Historian Sean McMeekin dissects how communism has enduring and resurgent appeal in the West despite its history of violence and economic disaster.
