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Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty Putin’s Big Chill in Europe
Russia threatens to punish support for Ukraine by cutting the gas supply. The West must not be blackmailed.
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Ben Hickey An Army Alone Doesn’t Make You a Great Power
We focus too much on military force instead of considering economic, technological, social, and political structures.
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Anna Moneymaker / Getty A Russian Defeat in Ukraine Could Save Taiwan
In a wide-ranging conversation, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan talks about how Putin’s invasion has gone wrong, a fraught meeting with the Saudi crown prince, and the upcoming anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal.
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Getty; The Atlantic Don’t Blame Dostoyevsky
I understand why people hate all things Russian right now. But our literature did not put Putin in power or cause this war.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty Russia’s Hunger War
Opening a new front in its disinformation campaign, Moscow blames the West for food shortages and presents itself as Africa’s savior.
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The Atlantic; Getty The Accidental Trumpification of NATO
In a narrow but important sense, the world has become more amenable to the former president. And yet.
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Matthew Hatcher / SOPA / LightRocket / Getty The Russian Military Has Descended Into Inhumanity
The brutal war crimes being documented in Ukraine are a warning Americans should heed.
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Vadim Ghirda / AP The Horror of Bucha
Russian invaders are now treating the entirety of the Ukrainian population as combatants, as dirt to be cleansed.
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Raphael Lafargue / Abaca / Sipa / AP How the West Got Russia’s Military So, So Wrong
Good equipment and clever doctrine reveal little about how an army will perform in a war.
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Janos Kummer / Getty The Three Rules for Canceling Russia Fairly
How to punish the aggressor and support Ukraine while minimizing unintended damage
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The Atlantic What Ukrainian Literature Has Always Understood About Russia
For centuries, Ukraine’s writers have—surreptitiously, brashly, satirically—fended off attempts to erase their national culture.
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Getty; The Atlantic Can Sanctions Stop Russia?
Nicholas Mulder, the author of a new book on the history of sanctions, explains the West’s use of the “economic weapon.”
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Nanna Heitmann / Magnum I Watched Russian TV So You Don’t Have To
According to Russian state TV, Putin is the good guy. Many Russians believe it.
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Peter Hirth / laif / Redux Russia’s Economic Blackout Will Change the World
Like all novel experiments, the group punishment of Russia is a leap into the unknown.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Information War Isn’t Over Yet
The online fight between Russia and Ukraine has already surprised propaganda experts. It may only get more chaotic.
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Moises Saman / Magnum What a Decade-Old Conflict Tells Us About Putin
One can trace a straight line from the overthrow of Libya’s dictator Muammar Gaddafi to today’s devastating war in Ukraine.
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Enzo Signorelli / Getty What Russia Is Stirring Up at Chernobyl
The 1986 explosion at the plant was a turning point for independence in Ukraine. Now Russia is threatening to make the country relive that trauma.
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Victor Berzkin / AP Russia’s Looming Economic Collapse
This is terra incognita for economic policy. No country has ever faced this kind of global freeze-out.
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Sean Gallup / Getty; The Atlantic The Impossible Suddenly Became Possible
When Russia invaded Ukraine, the West’s assumptions about the world became unsustainable.
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Getty; Paul Spella / The Atlantic The Long Weekend That Changed History
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine means that the post–Cold War era may have just ended.
