Volodymyr Zelenskyy

June 2, 2025 | |

‘Brilliant Operation’: Ukraine Hammers Russian Bomber Fleet With Ambitious Drone Operation 

Ukraine’s Surprise Drone Strike: Ukraine claimed to have destroyed or damaged nearly a third of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet on June 1 in its largest drone operation within...

May 14, 2025 | Max Meizlish, John Hardie

Trump’s Russia Sanctions Toolkit

Options to Increase Leverage to End Putin’s War Against Ukraine

May 13, 2025 | Waller R. Newell |

My dinner with Aleksandr Dugin

Putin doesn't want to restore the USSR; he wants a 'new world'

May 9, 2025 | John Hardie |

Ukraine’s reintroduction of corps gathers steam

The Ukrainian military has recently unveiled several new army corps. The development is part of an ongoing reform in which Kyiv plans to replace problematic temporary command bodies with a host of permanent...

May 1, 2025 | Peter Doran |

Inside the secret genius of the Ukraine mineral deal

President Trump has just struck one big, beautiful deal with Ukraine — and its impact could reach far beyond rare earth minerals. Unveiled yesterday by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent,...

April 30, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Putin ‘has to be dealt with differently’

Trump’s new perspective is correct

April 29, 2025 | John Hardie |

How Trump Should Answer Putin’s Foot-Dragging

Despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker peace in Ukraine, Russian bombs continue to fall. Trump seems to be growing frustrated but has yet to apply tangible pressure on the Kremlin. That needs...

April 25, 2025 | John Hardie |

The Kursk gambit: What Ukraine’s boldest operation achieved — and failed to achieve

Ukrainian forces have retreated from most of the territory they once controlled in Russia’s Kursk Region. Although limited fighting on Russian soil continues, experts are already drawing conclusions...

April 24, 2025 | |

Many Dead as Russian Missile Barrage Causes Carnage in Kyiv

‘Important that Everyone Sees This’: Russia launched a massive missile and drone barrage mainly targeting Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv on April 24, resulting in the greatest...

April 18, 2025 | |

‘Within a Matter of Days’: Rubio Warns U.S. Could Walk Away From Russia-Ukraine Negotiations

‘It’s Not Our War’: Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned that the United States will abandon its efforts to secure a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine if progress...

April 16, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

A ‘Reverse Kissinger’ would be a fool’s errand

Vladimir Putin’s interests align with those of Xi Jinping

April 15, 2025 | Ivana Stradner |

Trump should stop dancing to Putin’s nuclear waltz

Since retaking office, President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed concern that Russia’s war on Ukraine could spiral into World War III....

April 14, 2025 | |

‘Before Negotiations…Come To See’: Zelensky Urges Trump to Visit Ukraine

Latest Developments Civilians Celebrating Palm Sunday Killed: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited President Donald Trump to visit Ukraine to see Russia’s atrocities for himself during...

April 11, 2025 | Jack Burnham |

Countering Beijing’s Denial, Kyiv Claims That More Than 150 Chinese Nationals Are Fighting for Russia in Ukraine

Rather than sue for peace, Russia has banked on Chinese assistance to expand its war in Ukraine. ...

April 7, 2025 | Ryan Brobst, Bradley Bowman

Arsenal of Democracy

Arming Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel While Strengthening the U.S. Industrial Base

March 21, 2025 | John Hardie |

Ukraine’s Belgorod incursion makes limited gains

Days after it withdrew from most of Russia’s Kursk region, Ukraine launched a cross-border incursion into neighboring Belgorod Oblast. The operation appears to be much more limited in scale and objectives...

March 19, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Pressure Putin

That’s what Trump must do to achieve a ceasefire

March 18, 2025 | |

Putin Demands End to Western Support for Ukraine in Phone Call With Trump

Putin Calls for Complete Cessation of Military Aid to Ukraine: Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded the “complete cessation” of all foreign military aid and intelligence...

March 14, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

It’s time to abolish the UN’s pro-Hamas bureaucracy

Fifty years later, the world body still behaves as though “Zionism is racism” remains on the books.

March 12, 2025 | John Hardie |

Trump Should Prepare to Make Putin Pay If He Refuses Ceasefire

Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire with Russia at talks in Saudi Arabia on March 11 — assuming Washington can get Moscow to play ball. That will be no easy task. Russia may attempt to attach unacceptable...