The Globalist

Could the worst of the fighting be over?

Should Poroshenko visit Beijing, as Richard Nixon once did?

If economy is king, then Russia may be weaker than it seems.

How Putin’s propaganda machine defeats itself.

Memorials to the “Heavenly Hundred” in Kiev’s Maidan Square are a reminder of unfulfilled promises of reform.

A new commitment by Ukrainians to vigilance over their political leaders.

Vladimir Putin’s obsession with power could cause Russia to slip down the dragon’s throat.

A rebounding Ukraine provides Putin with tougher choices.

The surprising way in which historical choices present themselves in cycles that are 100 years apart.

How Europe went from barbarity to civilization over the course of the 20th century.