Ukraine

Destroyed apartment buildings in Ukraine

Against World War III Against World War III

Is a long, bloody war between Russia and Ukraine really in our national interest?

Apr 21, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich

Putin Index Finger

This Is How We End the War in Ukraine This Is How We End the War in Ukraine

It’s time to finally deliver a bill to Vladimir Putin for a foreign policy that has involved little more than flattening one hapless city after another

Apr 21, 2022 / Alfred McCoy

Protesters dressed with cutout faces of Biden and Putin prepare to throw nuclear weapons in the garbage

Ukraine’s Nuclear Flashpoints Ukraine’s Nuclear Flashpoints

How to avoid Armageddon in the new nuclear era.

Apr 20, 2022 / Michael T. Klare

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning fighter jet is shown at the Singapore Airshow in 2014

The Pentagon Is Cashing In on the Ukraine Crisis The Pentagon Is Cashing In on the Ukraine Crisis

The new gold rush of defense spending is a disaster in the making.

Apr 19, 2022 / William D. Hartung and Julia Gledhill

Military personnel carry flags

America’s Militarism Will Be Its Downfall America’s Militarism Will Be Its Downfall

Unapologetic and unembarrassed by its string of recent failures, the war party is once again climbing back into the saddle.

Apr 18, 2022 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Vladirmir Putin looks away from the camara

Prosecuting Putin’s Aggression Prosecuting Putin’s Aggression

Prosecuting the crime of aggression is the only effective way to target those who are most responsible for the horrors of war. Yet international law does not currently recognize th...

Apr 14, 2022 / Editorial / Philippe Sands for The Nation

People wearing fire suits and masks of world leaders stand around a sculpture of the Earth on a pyre.

Autocracies and Fossil Fuels Go Hand in Hand Autocracies and Fossil Fuels Go Hand in Hand

The extraction of hydrocarbons tends to support despotism, whereas sun and wind are much closer to being democratic.

Apr 11, 2022 / Covering Climate Now / Bill McKibben

People seated around a horseshoe shaped table watch an on-screen address from Ukraine's president

The Ukraine Crisis Comes to the UN The Ukraine Crisis Comes to the UN

Volodymyr Zelensky delivers an impassioned speech—and the General Assembly revises its role.

Apr 8, 2022 / Barbara Crossette

Life Under Russian Occupation in Bucha

Life Under Russian Occupation in Bucha Life Under Russian Occupation in Bucha

A Ukrainian mother and daughter talk about life under Russian rule in a town where war crimes are alleged to have taken place.

Apr 8, 2022 / Nicolas Niarchos

People evacuating Irpin in Ukraine

Our Planet’s Long History of War Our Planet’s Long History of War

Whether we care to realize it or not, we’re now in a strange and threatening new world of war.

Apr 8, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt

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