Putin’s Fear of an Economic Crisis Offers Sanctions Leverage for the West
No one knows what Russian President Vladimir Putin was hoping to achieve when he embarked on a nine-hour…
How Much Aid Is the U.S. Still Giving Ukraine Under Trump?
At a cabinet meeting last week, U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated a key milestone: The United States, according…
How Europe Can Pressure Russia on Ukraine Without Trump, From Economic Sanctions to More Defense Spending
U.S. President Donald Trump, fresh off his Alaska meeting last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin, seems to…
It’s up to Zelensky to end the war, says Trump
Ukraine’s foreign minister said that Hungary “can now send complaints” to Moscow, not Kyiv, after his Hungarian counterpart…
Washington Can Shift the Russian Elite’s Calculations on Ukraine
As Russia’s economic situation worsens and Ukrainian defenses continue to hold, elite factions in Moscow are maneuvering for…
Ukrainians Show Zelensky the Limits of His Power – Foreign Policy
Since late July, Ukraine has been gripped by the most serious domestic political strife since Volodymyr Zelensky was…
Russia’s Cognitive Warfare Against Ukraine
This article is adapted from a report written by Nataliya Bugayova and Kateryna Stepanenko, “A Primer on Russian…
Ukraine’s Cronyism Crisis Offers a Warning to the ‘De-risking’ World
Ukraine’s wartime economy is defined by the massive mobilization of resources for the war effort, funded by tax…
EU, U.K. Impose ‘Unprecedented’ Sanctions on Russia
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at heavy European sanctions against Russia, renewed sectarian violence in…
Trump’s Middle East Lessons for Ending the Russia-Ukraine War
Commenting on U.S. President Donald Trump’s successful brokering of a cease-fire between Israel and Iran on June 24,…