Is this the end of the Ukrainian moment?
European unity, strong in the first weeks of Russia’s war in Ukraine, will need reinforcement if it’s to be sustained.
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A new age of global war
Europe believed it had banished war for good. But Russia’s aggression in Ukraine shows we must prepare for armed conflict…
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Lawrence Freedman’s Diary: My ban from entering Russia and memories of Cold War encounters with the KGB
I was last on the Kremlin’s most recent list of people to be sanctioned. This suggested I was something of…
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Nato must keep faith with Ukraine
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the alliance’s former secretary general, on what the West got wrong in the 1990s and why democracy…
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Europeans were united in support of Ukraine, but that consensus is fraying
Polling reveals an EU public divided between and within countries on what outcome to push towards.
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Why the UN Security Council can’t keep ignoring climate-driven conflict
Drought and famine further jeopardise peace in fragile regions. The UN needs to recognise this threat before Cop27.
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How the Marshall Plan made Europe
It is 75 years since the US launched its ambitious aid scheme to rebuild postwar Europe and protect it from…
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Terence Davies’s Benediction is a perfect portrait of an outsider
In this new biopic of the wartime poet Siegfried Sassoon, Davies beautifully renders, in quasi-autobiography, a life unredeemed.
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“The Russians didn’t expect it”: Ukraine drones unit is the new face of warfare
Civilians armed with commercially available drones are a formidable part of the opposition to the Russian invasion.
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How the world’s dictators are rewriting the past in order to control the future
Authoritarian leaders in Russia, China and North Korea are using distorted historical narratives to justify wars and control citizens.
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War at the end of history
Will Putin’s invasion of Ukraine lead to a new world order, or an era of grinding compromise?
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How might the Ukraine war end?
Now is the time to imagine what a future ceasefire will look like.
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How war in Ukraine could spark unrest in the Middle East
The rising price of wheat will have severe repercussions in countries that rely on imports for bread.
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Belarusian forces “highly likely” to join Russian attack, says Ukraine
The war could be about to enter its most dangerous phase as conflict inches closer to Nato member states.
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The work of local journalists in war reporting has gone unnoticed for too long
The death of a Ukrainian reporter working for Fox News highlights the under-recognition of “fixers” in helping major media outlets…
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Russia can’t afford Putin’s war in Ukraine
In launching this conflict, the Russian president has revealed himself to be not only a vicious bully but also a…
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Putin’s war is in disarray
As the conflict in Ukraine drags on, will the minimal objective of surviving in power soon become the Russian president’s…
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Exclusive polling: Most Brits still want Boris Johnson to resign
Two thirds of voters have not changed their minds about the Prime Minister since Russia invaded Ukraine.
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What will Russia risk to invade Ukraine?
Even if war between the two countries is avoided, this round of heightened tensions at the border may not be…
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Is Vladimir Putin preparing for war?
Haunted by the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian president is using the pandemic, the climate crisis, migration and…
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