The Globalist

Vladimir Putin is a murderous despot: Why the West’s response to Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine matters. And why we must deal firmly with his European enablers.

Ukraine could offer to suspend its NATO candidacy for some time, but only in return for Russia’s withdrawal from Donbas.

China’s goal isn’t cuddling up to Russia. It is preventing NATO from interfering in the Indo-Pacific.

The Biden administration is greatly irritated by the SPD’s submissive stance on Russia.

Putin’s post-Soviet world remains a work in progress, but Africa already looms.

To prevent a Russian invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. and NATO can’t rely on sanctions alone. History offers a clear message on appeasement.

Why the popular uprising against corrupt national elites in oil-rich Kazakhstan has Putin and Russia so nervous.

Former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev may be the last barricade blocking a confrontation between Russia and Kazakstan.

How the closure of the Memorial in Russia is a template for the kind of society Republicans want to build in the U.S.

Putin is keen on inciting “hybrid attacks” against the West to de-stabilize it. He may well end up inadvertently stabilizing it.