Public intellectual Noah Smith provides a shrewd assessment as to how the invasion will end… with a hollow, temporary, partial win for Putin and a profound, long term, strategic victory for the noble Ukrainian people, “some form of Finlandization.”...
The New York Times reports: Ukraine is sending its largest-ever delegation to a gathering of politically influential Christian leaders in Washington this week, seeking to lay out an argument that protecting religious freedom is a strong reason for continuing...
Illustration by permission of Caricature Master The Washington Post’s Mary Ilyushina reports that Vladimir Putin says he has remade Russia as a sovereign power and will prevail in Ukraine, but economic and strategic setbacks complicate the picture. Excerpt: .As...
Illustration used with permission of Character Master Alain Catzeflis, at The Article, calls Putin out as “a villain hiding in plain sight.” Excerpt: … Putin. How did this political matryoshka doll go from bright young spark with the world at...
Understanding why Putin invaded Ukraine — and the inevitable losses Russia confronts — can help accelerate Russia’s ending of hostilities. Chris Snow, at Medium, on the rise and fall of the Soviet Empire (Glory Blog 2 from Part Snow Part 1),...
