What John Mearsheimer gets wrong about Ukraine
The great-power realist lets theory get in the way of fact.
ByVladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin is the president of Russia and has been the country’s leader, with an interlude as prime minister, for more than 22 years. Putin was born in 1952, studied law at Leningrad State University and served for 15 years as a KGB officer before becoming a politician in 1991.
Welcome to Putin and Kim’s parallel reality
The two leaders not only need each other, they also now share a worldview.
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What Putin learned from Hitler
The two dictators considered themselves engaged in a life-and-death struggle with Western imperialism – and retaliated with their own plans…
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Putin’s darkest conspiracy theory yet
The Russian president’s latest claims about Zelensky’s Jewish roots are as revealing as they are grotesque.
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The unreality of American realism
The war in Ukraine can’t be compared to Vietnam.
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Death of a warlord
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s assassination won’t help Russia’s flailing war effort in Ukraine.
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Putin has declared war on Russia
The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin proves that it’s not the regime’s enemies that are under attack but its heroes.
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Russian currency crash is a blow to Putin’s credibility
Sanctions have cut off the financing the president needs to increase military spending.
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What if Ukraine loses?
As criticism of Kyiv’s strategy mounts in the West, hard questions must be asked.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin and the end of the rebellion
Russian officials say that the Wagner chief has died in a plane crash.
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The Price of Truth: meet the journalists taking on Putin
Watching this documentary while drinking tea at my desk, I feel admiration and something close to shame.
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The 14 best books to help you understand Vladimir Putin’s Russia
This list offers the most incisive books on the past and present of Russia and its president.
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Russia’s war on the future
Unable to defeat Ukraine on the battlefield, Vladimir Putin is targeting the next generation.
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The Global South’s lost dream of mediated peace in Ukraine
The G20 summit may prove that Vladimir Putin has annoyed too many countries with significant clout in international affairs.
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Alexander Lukashenko: The broker of Belarus
The Belarussian dictator has entangled himself further in Russia’s war.
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“The guy I was before the Russians captured me has died”
Inside the torture chambers where Putin’s forces tried to eradicate Ukrainian identity.
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The meaning of Alexei Navalny’s conviction
Vladimir Putin is determined to curb the opposition leader’s influence.
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There is only one way to win a war of attrition
Outside cheerleaders and anxious supporters cannot force the pace of the conflict in Ukraine.
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What happens if the Russian state collapses?
The West yearns for Vladimir Putin to fall – yet this could trigger mayhem in Russia, and instability throughout Europe.
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Former Wagner commander: “Putin will lose the war in disgrace”
Marat Gabidullin on the failed rebellion, Wagner’s future in Africa and Prigozhin’s political ambitions.
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