Opinion May 16, 2025May 16, 2025 Stage prop talks: Why the Istanbul meeting could not portend peace for Ukraine As should have been expected, Vladimir Putin did not show up for the peace talks in Turkey, and… Alex Johnson
Opinion May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 An inconvenient laureate. How Sergei Loznitsa’s Cannes nomination can help Russia’s anti-war resistance Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa’s latest feature, Two Prosecutors, has been included in the competition of the Cannes Film Festival,… Alex Johnson
Opinion May 06, 2025May 06, 2025 War of concessions: Why peace in Ukraine remains elusive Last Monday, Donald Trump promised to announce the good news that the war in Ukraine could be ending… Alex Johnson
Opinion May 02, 2025May 02, 2025 100 days of shock therapy: What everyone should have learned from Trump’s first months back in office No U.S. president has ever approached his 100-day-mark in office with a lower approval rating than Trump (45%).… Alex Johnson
Opinion Apr 30, 2025Apr 30, 2025 Crude reality: Predictions of cheap oil may spell doom for OPEC+ — and for the Russian budget The Russian budget is under serious pressure. Oil prices plummeted in April, and OPEC countries are increasing production… Alex Johnson
Opinion Apr 25, 2025Apr 26, 2025 The Kursk gambit: What Ukraine’s boldest operation achieved — and failed to achieve Photo: Oleksandr Klymenko / Reuters Ukrainian forces have retreated from most of the territory they once controlled in… Alex Johnson
Opinion Apr 23, 2025Apr 23, 2025 The Shallow State: Trump 2.0 is putting America’s critical intelligence liaison relationships in jeopardy In early April, Donald Trump dismissed the head of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), Timothy Haugh, along… Alex Johnson
Opinion Apr 19, 2025Apr 19, 2025 Overpromise, underdeliver: Trump must find a scapegoat for failed peace talks Speaking in Paris on April 18 after meeting with European and Ukrainian leaders, U.S. Secretary of State Marco… Alex Johnson
Opinion Apr 04, 2025Apr 04, 2025 A court without honor: Armenian leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh turn from defendants into hostages A protest in support of leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh, Yerevan. Photo by Rasmus Canbäck The harrowing images of Ruben… Alex Johnson
Opinion Mar 28, 2025Mar 28, 2025 The eggs of wrath: Trump’s tariffs could harm the U.S. economy most of all Donald Trump, once seen as a business-friendly president, is now shaping up to be a serious risk to… Alex Johnson