To View Ukraine’s Future, Look at Chechnya, 2000
Of the wars Russians have fought since the last years of the Soviet Union and in the decades since it…
By Daniel Williams, journalist and author
Category: Europe
Safe Exit for Ukraine Civilians Will Signal End Is Coming
Ukraine has agreed to consider a Russian plan to establish safe corridors for refugees to leave besieged cities. It’s both…
Over Ukraine, Finally Germany, Italy Stop Coddling Russia
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has undone longstanding efforts of Western European countries to insulate their economic ties with Moscow from…
Putin Triest to Airbrush an Atrocity Out of Existence
None dare call it war. …
Violence Is Putin’s Best Friend Influence
Exploiting conflicts was Putin's hallmark long before Ukraine invasion.
Putin Goes for Renewal of Soviet-style Power to Bully Neighbors
Let the games begin, and I don’t mean the just-concluded Beijing Winter Olympics. Rather, it’s the pending Russian invasion of…
Putin to Ukraine: Submit or Else
Military intimidation from Russia and, in reaction, threats of economic punishment from the West suggest there’s no end in sight…
Biden’s Middle East Goodbye Means Hello Problems
Just saying there's no reason to worry about leaving Middle East doesn't make it so,
Putin Keeps Building His Back-to-the-Future Dictatorship
Vladimir Putin moves to erase Memorial, civil rights hero of Russian democratic drive.
Migrants Are Pawns in a Tense East-West Standoff
Belarus launches Middle East migrants into Poland and Lithuania as blackmail to put an end to economic sanctions.