![The husk of the Hotel Odessa can be seen in the port city in the morning. Russian cruise missiles hit the hotel on September 25, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/odessa-getty.jpg)
Dispatch From Odessa: Ukrainians Have No Plan B Dispatch From Odessa: Ukrainians Have No Plan B
Everyone in Odessa seems to think that Ukraine is on its way to total victory. What if that’s not possible?
Mar 21, 2024 / Paul Hockenos
![Ukrainians in Exile: A Documentary Short Film](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Sequence-01.00_01_55_14.Still004-1.png)
Ukrainians in Exile: A Documentary Short Film Ukrainians in Exile: A Documentary Short Film
Watch The Nation’s newest documentary film, about Ukrainian refugees in the wake of Russia’s invasion.
Feb 22, 2024 / Multimedia / Janek Ambros, The Nation Video, and Ludwig Hurtado
![Ukrainian soldiers pass by a volunteer bus burning after a Russian drone hit it near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on November 23, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Ukraine-AP-winter.jpg)
It’s Time to Negotiate With Russia It’s Time to Negotiate With Russia
Diplomacy will be ugly, but peace must be the ultimate goal.
Dec 21, 2023 / Ross Barkan
![somber photo American flag, US isolationism](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/US-flag-getty.jpg)
Two Cheers for Isolationism Two Cheers for Isolationism
The left should be arguing that the US’s purpose is its own redevelopment—which is incompatible with global primacy.
Nov 17, 2023 / Jeff Faux
![Senators Burton K. Wheeler of Montana and Robert Taft of Ohio study a globe.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-613513016.jpg)
This Isn’t Your Father’s GOP. It’s Your Grandfather’s GOP. This Isn’t Your Father’s GOP. It’s Your Grandfather’s GOP.
Today's Republicans aren’t isolationists; they are hawks targeting Latin America and Asia.
Nov 6, 2023 / Jeet Heer
![President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Joe Biden walk to the Oval Office of the White House September 21, 2023 in Washington, DC.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1680847188.jpg)
Memo to Biden: Israel and Ukraine Are Not the Same Memo to Biden: Israel and Ukraine Are Not the Same
In linking two very different wars, Biden undermines Ukraine’s moral and legal case for sovereignty.
Nov 1, 2023 / David Klion
![Biden delivers a speech in the Oval Office](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/biden-speech-getty.jpg)
Biden’s Zombie Foreign Policy Lurches Blindly Along Biden’s Zombie Foreign Policy Lurches Blindly Along
As global instability spreads, the president remains committed to failed strategies.
Oct 23, 2023 / Jeet Heer
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Zelensky’s Visit to Washington Zelensky’s Visit to Washington
Time for some hard talking.
Sep 19, 2023 / Anatol Lieven
![putin next to russian flags](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/russia-putin-AP.jpg)
The West Needs a Russia—Not a Putin—Policy The West Needs a Russia—Not a Putin—Policy
Demonizing Putin is not a policy. It’s an excuse for the absence of one.
Sep 13, 2023 / Artin DerSimonian
![Hanna Perekhoda and Ilya Budraitskis.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/perekhoda-budraitskis-1.jpg)
Resisting Russian Imperialism: 2 Socialists—a Ukrainian and a Russian—on Ukraine’s Struggle for Self-Determination Resisting Russian Imperialism: 2 Socialists—a Ukrainian and a Russian—on Ukraine’s Struggle for Self-Determination
A Nation interview with Hanna Perekhoda and Ilya Budraitskis.
Sep 7, 2023 / Ashley Smith