Opinion

The prospect of a nuclear exchange between Russia and the U.S. seemed, until recently, to have ended with the Cold War.

"Russian combined-arms doctrine has generally advised against making cities primary objectives."

"The performance of Ukraine's military has been surprisingly strong against the larger and better equipped Russian military."

"The U.S. intelligence community apparently judged that the importance of preventing war was greater than any loss of...

As fighting rages across Ukraine, two versions of reality that underlie the conflict stare across a deep divide, neither...

"Putin's selective telling of the past exaggerates the legacy of Nazism in Ukraine while ignoring the state's historic...

"Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision is already a historic act of aggression, one that has not been witnessed on the...

"The declaration that NATO membership will not be offered to Ukraine and that missiles won't be stationed near each other's...

I love war but I’m not “in love” with war. It’s like a relationship that went bad.

Both false flag attacks and allegations that states engage in them have a long history.