Month: March 2022
How the US and its allies can help Ukraine without starting World War III
Ukrainian servicemen receive FGM-148 Javelins, American anti-tank missiles, at Kyiv’s airport on February 11. | Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images It’s a very tough needle to thread, but there’s a way to make the West’s Ukraine strategy work. Across the
Read MoreEscaping Kyiv
A woman carries a child along a platform at the Kyiv train station on March 1. As of Wednesday morning, March 2, more than 874,000 people have fled Ukraine, according to UNHCR, the United Nations’ refugee agency. | Diego Herrera/Europa
Read MoreAt least 30 killed after mosque bombed in northwest Pakistan
The bombing was the latest act of violence in majority Sunni Muslim Pakistan, where minority Shiite Muslims have come under repeated attacks. (Image credit: Muhammad Sajjad/AP)
Read MoreWhy These Westerners Disavowed Imperialism to Fight for India’s Independence
For Western historians, the news of democratically minded volunteers from other countries enlisting to fight with the Ukranians against their Russian invaders might bring to mind the creation of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. But there may
Read MorePast U.S. policy toward Russia looms over how Biden confronts Putin on Ukraine
Critics say the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan emboldened the Russian leader, but former U.S. officials say past U.S. responses to Russian incursions were a bigger problem. (Image credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Read MoreWhere are Ukrainian refugees going?
A woman hugs a girl as refugees from Ukraine wait for a transport at the Moldova-Ukrainian border’s checkpoint near the town of Palanca on March 1. | Nikolay Doychinov/AFP via Getty Images The arrival of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian
Read MoreJoint Readout of Quad Leaders Call – The White House
Joint Readout of Quad Leaders Call The White House
Read MoreWhat Will Germany’s Biggest Military Since World War II Look Like? No One Knows
Wenden is a perfectly ordinary German word. You can use it to say you want to flip a pancake, turn to a friend, tighten a screw, round a corner, consult an authority, or appeal to the public. But when Germans
Read More‘Dangerous and stupid’: GOP senator roasted on Fox News for ‘insane’ comments on Russia-Ukraine war
On Fox News on Thursday evening, one Republican congressman roasted a GOP Senator for his tweets about Ukraine. During an interview on the Ingraham Angle where Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) defended voting against a resolution honoring Ukraine, the host asked
Read MoreA Father Mourns His Son, 16, Who Was Killed by Bombardment While Playing Soccer
(MARIUPOL, Ukraine) — The surgeons leaving the operating room don’t make eye contact. One of them holds up his hands. Another looks down, defeated. It’s then that the father waiting at the doorway grabs his forehead, tears welling, and turns
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