The New Europeans, Trump-Style The New Europeans, Trump-Style
Donald Trump is sowing division in the European Union, even as he calls on it to spend more on defense.
Dec 18, 2025 / David Broder
The US Is Looking More Like Putin’s Russia Every Day The US Is Looking More Like Putin’s Russia Every Day
We may already be on a superhighway to the sort of class- and race-stratified autocracy that it took Russia so many years to become after the Soviet Union collapsed.
Dec 11, 2025 / Andrea Mazzarino
Does Russian Feminism Have a Future? Does Russian Feminism Have a Future?
A Russian feminist reflects on Julia Ioffe’s history of modern Russia.
Dec 10, 2025 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
Ukraine’s War on Its Unions Ukraine’s War on Its Unions
Since the start of the war, the Ukrainian government has been cracking down harder on unions and workers’ rights. But slowly, the public mood is shifting.
Dec 9, 2025 / David Zauner
A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist? A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist?
While he has been more reluctant than some presidents to put US troops in harm’s way, Trump has dismissed checks on his use of military force, saying, “We’re just gonna kill peopl...
Nov 25, 2025 / Stephen Zunes
Boris Kagarlitsky on the Trump Administration’s 28-Point Plan to End the Ukraine War Boris Kagarlitsky on the Trump Administration’s 28-Point Plan to End the Ukraine War
From prison, the eminent critic of Putin and the war calls for the conflict to end.
Nov 24, 2025 / Boris Kagarlitsky
Rethinking Nuremberg for the 21st Century Rethinking Nuremberg for the 21st Century
The new film Nuremberg may tell us as much about the present as about the past.
Nov 10, 2025 / Elizabeth Borgwardt
Europe Is at Donald Trump’s Mercy. It Has Itself to Blame. Europe Is at Donald Trump’s Mercy. It Has Itself to Blame.
The European Union has failed to mount an alternative to Donald Trump. On defense, geopolitical alignment, and trade policy, it is ever more subservient to the United States.
Oct 28, 2025 / Harrison Stetler
The Risk of a Radical Escalation Leading to Actual Conflict Between NATO and Russia Grows The Risk of a Radical Escalation Leading to Actual Conflict Between NATO and Russia Grows
Verdun in the Donbas.
Oct 28, 2025 / Anatol Lieven
Ireland’s New President Boldly Opposes Austerity, Militarism, and the Genocide in Gaza Ireland’s New President Boldly Opposes Austerity, Militarism, and the Genocide in Gaza
Catherine Connolly, an independent leftist, won a landslide victory with the promise to serve as “a moral compass in a world increasingly driven by profit and spectacle.”
Oct 28, 2025 / John Nichols