Europe's Energy Wounds Are Self-Inflicted
Unrealistic policy and dependency on fickle neighbors like Russia are no substitute for working power plants.
Unrealistic policy and dependency on fickle neighbors like Russia are no substitute for working power plants.
As appalling as the Russian foreign minister’s admission is, it does not change the reasons to avoid a war with Moscow.
"If government is big enough to give you anything, it's big enough to take everything away from you."
"You have to ensure the citizens are protected against the power of the state. This is what we call liberal democracies."
Ukrainians aren't giving up, but some international supporters are growing pessimistic.
When the Bushwick bar Honey's tried to host a “Russia, Ukraine, and Food" talk with food writer and academic Darra Goldstein, the angry mob shut them down.
There’s no endpoint in sight to a war that threatens widespread consequences.
Like AUMFs before it, Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s proposed authorization would lead to less transparency in conflicts and more unilateral decision making.
Russia’s threats to reach into Transnistria could be a cheap distraction or an expansion of the conflict.
‘Peace through commerce’ didn’t prevent war in Ukraine, but that doesn’t mean the theory is invalid.
Journalists often do their best work in places that offer the least welcoming environment.
I coauthored it with Canadian immigration policy expert Sabine El-Chidiac.
Putin and other Russian leaders are likely guilty of massive war crimes. And there is real, though limited, value to pursuing the issue.
Going after oligarchs breathes new life into sketchy asset forfeiture powers.
Evidence mounts in Bucha, Ukraine, indicating that Russian troops killed civilians arbitrarily and mercilessly.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is leading his nation a just cause. But we should not allow him to impose censorship and emigration bans in the process. A nation fighting for freedom must not undermine it.
Immigration policy has been used as a non-martial weapon of war before. Let’s do it again.
Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell explains how it can benefit the US economy while "draining Putin's brain."
"Critiques of Western cancel culture are possibly not best made by those currently slaughtering civilians."
Every fried Russian tank and dead soldier drives home the point that superpowers can no longer dominate simply because they have more troops and weapons.
The sanctions that punish Russia are shattering the global economy.
The president is running from his own hefty contributions to record gas prices and inflation.
It's far too easy to find glowing descriptions of Putin on the nationalist right. Even some libertarians are making excuses for Russia's invasion. They should stop.
Countries insulating themselves against future sanctions may block trade that lifted billions from misery.
And it will only drive people further into the arms of President Vladimir Putin.
No class of governments can be trusted with access to people’s private communications.
There’s a difference between actions that only make us feel good and actions that actually help Ukraine.
Few politicians are willing to admit deficit spending is the larger cause.
Republican idiocy is setting back the cause of freedom.
The best way to de-escalate fighting in Ukraine is to give Putin a face-saving exit, not immiserating his people by cutting them off from the world.
A Russian-Ukrainian woman describes how Russians are being fed misinformation.
Among his other crimes, Putin’s war increases the suffering of the world’s poor and hungry.
Three members of one family on why they are staying in Ukraine as Russia invades
The article also addresses some potential objections.
Defeating Putin is better accomplished by measures that divide him from the Russian people.
Russia's invasion is monstrous, says foreign policy expert Will Ruger, but America can't forget the lessons of the past two decades of disastrous interventions.
Our political and media elites should think twice before they swarm social media like Russian tanks driving deep into Ukraine.
Ukrainians have taken to the streets with arms to defend their country and their freedom.
They’re not the only ones who should be allowed to protect themselves.
While it's tempting to defend the besieged nation from Putin's aggression, nuclear annihilation would be bad.
European nations are stepping up to help Ukrainians flee Russian aggression.
NATO is a means to an end, not an end unto itself.
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The country is one of the most egregious violators of religious liberty on the planet.
Let's give green cards to the Russians and deprive Vladimir Putin of the brainpower that keeps Russia's industrial motors running.
Western governments made promises they didn’t keep and offered assurances they can’t fulfill.
According to a new YouGov/Concerned Veterans for America poll, veterans and military families are most opposed to U.S. conflict with Russia.