Putin's Endgame Is Not a Mystery. It's Regime Survival.
Ukraine is a speed-chess version of the wars in Bosnia, Chechnya, and Syria, with the pieces on the board including nuclear weapons.
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The U.S. Government Doesn’t Control Domestic Oil Production. But It Should.
The oil and gas industry won't increase production because it's enjoying the profits from high prices.
U.S. and NATO's Unprecedented Weapons Transfers to Ukraine Could Prolong the War
Western nations must ask themselves whether the current course of action is more or less likely to help end the horrifying violence being imposed on Ukraine’s civilian population.
Argentina Demands Justice From the IMF
But who will provide it?
Putin's Criminal Invasion of Ukraine Highlights Some Ugly Truths About U.S. and NATO
The fact that Putin is trying to justify the unjustifiable in Ukraine does not mean we must ignore the U.S. actions that fuel his narrative.
No, Russia Didn't Get Its Propaganda From John Mearsheimer
Sincere internal criticism of the U.S. — or any country — often sounds a lot like insincere foreign criticism.
Big Tech’s Kafkaesque Approach to Censorship Is Driven by an Abiding Contempt for Its Audience
YouTube knocked a show I co-host, The Hill’s "Rising," off the air.
Don't Be a Tankie: How the Left Should Respond to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Those who don’t stand in solidarity with the oppressed cannot call themselves leftists.
Toxic Nostalgia, From Putin to Trump to the Trucker Convoys
War is reshaping our world. Will we harness that urgency for climate action or succumb to a final, deadly oil and gas boom?
Lesson From Ukraine: Breaking Promises to Small Countries Means They’ll Never Give Up Nukes
In the 1990s, world powers promised Ukraine that if it disarmed, they would not violate its security. That promise was broken.