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Andrii Bashtovyi Russia’s Invasion Is Making Ukraine More Democratic
What were once perceived to be weaknesses are turning out to be advantages.
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Maxym Marusenko / NurPhoto / Getty The Hate I Feel
I am angry that Russia might get away with what it has done to Ukraine, that my friends and loved ones are constantly in danger. But I have no way to release this emotion, so it builds.
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Getty; The Atlantic How the UN Security Council Can Reinvent Itself
The most powerful body of the most global organization has proved unable to address the world’s most pressing problems.
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Paramount via Everett Let’s Use Chicago Rules to Beat Russia
Why the U.S. adversary is a lot like Al Capone
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Ben Hickey America’s Necessary Myth for the World
The great paradox in the world today is that the “dumb simplicity” of America’s self-perception is both obviously bogus and fundamentally true.
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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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RIA Novosti / Sputnik / AP Ukraine Has Exposed Russia as a Not-So-Great Power
Kyiv’s success against Moscow forces us to reexamine our assumptions about what it means to be powerful.
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Art Media / Print Collector / Getty What a 1904 War Can Teach Vladimir Putin
The Russo-Japanese War led not just to an immediate revolution, but to deeper and longer-lasting change years later.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Picture Post / … What If Russia Uses Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine?
A look at the grim scenarios—and the U.S. playbook for each
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Thomas Dworzak / Magnum Russia Has a Plan for Ukraine. It Looks Like Chechnya.
Putin’s template is simple: flatten cities, install satraps, rule by fear.
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Ruben Salvadori/contrasto/Redux Where Russia’s Declinist Rage Isn’t Enough
An ex-Soviet state’s national myths—as well as the forces of nationalism, economics, culture, and religion—all pull it away from Moscow. Can Russia really compete?
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The Atlantic The One Key Word Biden Needs to Invoke on Ukraine
He should call it a fight not for democracy but for sovereignty.
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The Atlantic; Getty In Ukraine, Youth Has Ended
The country’s young people have been forced to make decisions much tougher than most adults are capable of. I feel some small sense of common cause.
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Christopher Furlong / Getty More Than 100 Days of War in Ukraine
Images from the past month, showing scenes from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Lviv, the Donbas region, and more
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Saul Loeb / Getty The Potential of a ‘Hot War’ Between the U.S. and Russia
Plus: The “wingnut theory” of politics
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Sergey Bobok / AFP / Getty Western Support for Ukraine Has Peaked
The honeymoon that Ukraine’s leaders have enjoyed with the West will not last.
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Danielle Del Plato We Have No Nuclear Strategy
The U.S. can’t keep ignoring the threat these weapons pose.
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Didier Vandenbosch ‘It’s Extremely Important That We Don’t Forget the Brutality’
NATO’s efforts to help Ukraine are not simply about military strength but about character, the alliance’s leader indicated.
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Getty; The Atlantic Decolonize Russia
To avoid more senseless bloodshed, the Kremlin must lose what empire it still retains.
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Galerie Bilderwelt / Getty War Will Never Be This Bulky Again
Russia’s botched invasion has illustrated the diminishing power of heavy and expensive military power.
