What John Mearsheimer gets wrong about Ukraine
The great-power realist lets theory get in the way of fact.
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Guns, grain, and history
The decline in Polish-Ukrainian relations will determine Europe’s political future.
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The tragedy of John Mearsheimer
How the American realist became the world’s most hated thinker.
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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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The end of the pariah state
What Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin’s deepening relationship reveals about the emerging international order.
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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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Radek Sikorski: “The destruction of Nord Stream was a very good thing”
The former Polish foreign minister on democracy in Poland, European security and what he meant by that Nord Stream tweet.
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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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Congressman Don Bacon: “Joe Biden does only enough to ensure the Ukrainians can keep a gridlock”
The Republican representative on waning support in the US Congress for aiding Ukraine.
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History offers Ukraine slender hope for a decisive victory
The wars between Finland and Soviet Russia in the 1940s hold lessons on how peace might be achieved today.
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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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Casualties of the counteroffensive
In the summer’s vicious fight for territory, Ukraine is suffering heavy losses. But wounded soldiers are determined to return to…
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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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Ukraine must go to war with itself
Now is the time to confront oligarchs and cultural conservatives, and ask what sort of country Ukraine will become.
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