Russia’s Would-Be Assassins Still Stalk Europe’s Streets
Natalia Arno returned to her hotel in Prague in early May to find that the door to her room had been left ajar and a...
The Washington Whiz Kids Mapping the War in Ukraine
In the 560 days since Russia launched its full-scale assault on Ukraine, daily reports produced by the Washington-based think tank the Institute for the Study...
Belarus Is Abducting Ukrainian Children in Plain Sight
Belarusian Paralympic athlete Alexei Talai was waiting on the platform of Minsk’s main train station as a locomotive glided in and dozens of children from...
Is the Wagner Group a Terrorist Organization?
From Mali to Syria to Ukraine, the Kremlin-backed mercenary group Wagner has been accused of torturing, raping, and murdering civilians, prompting an effort on Washington’s...
The Witness
If you were looking for proof that the American dream is still alive and well, then Nury Turkel is pretty much it. The chair of...
Ukraine’s Newest Weapons Shipment Is From 300 B.C.
On Friday morning, three swords that looked to have spent a good bit of their lives underground were laid carefully on a green cloth draped...
Georgians Lean West—and Into the Water Cannons
A video of a woman defiantly waving a blue and gold EU flag in the face of police water cannons went viral on Tuesday as...
An End to the War Doesn’t Mean the End of Putin
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been an exercise in thinking the unthinkable—from the shocking barbarity of the invasion itself, to the unexpected course the conflict...
A Surreal Evening at the Russian Embassy
On Thursday evening outside the Russian Embassy in Washington, a small crowd gathered to protest the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Many were...
Putin’s New START Announcement and the Future of Arms Control
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday that his country would suspend its participation in the New START agreement with the United States, throwing into...