Military

Biden Must Push for Peace in Ukraine

Anatol Lieven / Responsible Statecraft Nov 30, 2023 It's not enough for Washington to urge talks from behind the scenes, while insisting in public that only Kyiv can negotiate. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Putin: Russia Leads the World in Hypersonic Weapons

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV /The Associated Press Dec 24, 2019 The Kremlin has made military modernization a top priority amid tensions with the West after annexing Crimea in 2014. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The United States of Impeachment

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Dec 20, 2019 Trump's real sin is 'hijacking' the establishment's (failed) foreign policy. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Conflicting White House Accounts of 1st Trump-Zelenskiy Call

DEB RIECHMANN, ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN / The Associated Press Nov 15, 2019 The unclassified record of Trump’s April 21 exchange with Volodymyr Zelenskiy bears scant resemblance to the official summary of the talk. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Russia and Ukraine Trade Prisoners, Each Flies 35 to Freedom

JIM HEINTZ / The Associated Press Sep 7, 2019 Among those released by Ukraine was separatist Volodymyr Tsemakh, linked to the 2014 shoot-down of a Malaysian airliner that killed 298. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Liberals Sold Their Souls to the War Machine on Russia

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Apr 10, 2019 Vladimir Putin is an unsavory character, but the idea that he poses a direct threat to the U.S. has never been anything less than absurd. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Vladimir Putin Outmaneuvers the U.S. Yet Again

Daniel Lazare / Truthdig Dec 11, 2018 By seizing three Ukrainian vessels in the Kerch Strait, the Russian president has successfully thwarted the globe's most dangerous bully. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Trump Is Failing at the Business of Being President

By Thom Hartmann / Independent Media Institute Jul 25, 2018 In all areas—from international and domestic policy to tax reform, from immigration to health care—a common theme has emerged: The president just can't do things competently. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Trump Delays His Meeting With Putin Until 2019

KEN THOMAS / The Associated Press Jul 25, 2018 The president wants the Mueller investigation to be finished before he meets with the Russian leader. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The World According to Trump

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jul 9, 2018 As with much of his program, the president's foreign policy often appears to be contradictory and self-defeating. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘I’m Alive’: Russian Reporter, Ukraine Police Faked Killing

By DMYTRO VLASOV and NATALIYA VASILYEVA / The Associated Press May 30, 2018 Ukrainian authorities' plot to stage the death of journalist Arkady Babchenko in order to pull off a sting operation draws astonishment and censure from various sources. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.S. Hypocrisy Creates Perpetual Enemies and Forever War

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig May 9, 2018 When will Washington stop dividing the world into "good" and "bad" states and consider America's image and actual vital interests? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )