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foreign interests
Feb. 19, 2024
Putin Is Winning — and He’s Flaunting It Alexey Navalny’s death is just one of many ways the Russian president is flexing his muscles in what could turn out to be a very good year for him.
By Jonah Shepp
early and often
Feb. 13, 2024
Speaker Johnson Caught Between Trump and a Hard Place on Ukraine Aid The House GOP was already deeply divided on the Senate-passed foreign-aid package. Then Trump said aid should be a loan.
early and often
Jan. 17, 2024
Do House Republicans Want a Border Deal or a Campaign Issue? Mike Johnson has no real incentive to cut a deal that divides his conference and might anger Trump, particularly in order to help Ukraine.
foreign interests
Jan. 1, 2024
2024 Could Be a Very Rough Year for Democracy Right-wing populism is on the march across the globe, and it will be up to a handful of American swing voters to set it back.
By Jonah Shepp
most wanted
Dec. 13, 2023
On the Run With Pussy Riot Forced to flee Russia, the dissidents fight Putin from abroad, one blistering punk show at a time.
By Casey Quackenbush
early and often
Dec. 5, 2023
U.S. Aid to Ukraine Is in Deep Trouble, to Putin’s Delight A Republican-generated quagmire in the House over border security and spending levels may not be resolvable before the end of the year.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
Nov. 29, 2023
Will Democrats Accept Border Concessions to Get Ukraine Aid? Republicans used to support deals that offered immigration reform for border-security measures. Now, Democrats are making all the concessions.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
Nov. 1, 2023
What Will Democrats Give Up to Get More Aid for Ukraine? Republicans are demanding border-security concessions that will divide Democrats deeply, and even that may not be enough to save help for Kyiv.
By Ed Kilgore
just asking questions
Aug. 14, 2023
How Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Might End Counterinsurgency expert John Nagl on why he believes the Ukraine war is still likely headed toward a “frozen conflict.”
By Benjamin Hart
‘Maybe I Am Dead’ Ukrainian comedian Serhii Lipko looks at stand-up differently now — after a year and a half as a soldier in an active war zone.
By Yaroslav Druziuk
unsolved mysteries
June 15, 2023
Who Blew Up the Nord Stream Pipeline? New clues keep surfacing, and the most recent appear to implicate Ukraine.
By Chas Danner
publishing drama
June 13, 2023
Why Are People So Upset About Elizabeth Gilbert’s New Book? The Eat, Pray, Love author announced she’s halting the release of her Soviet-era book following backlash about its setting.
By Bindu Bansinath
controversy
June 12, 2023
Eat, Pray, Love Author Eat-Pray-Pulls Book Set in RussiaElizabeth Gilbert’s new novel, The Snow Forest, will no longer come out in February 2024.
By Jason P. Frank
foreign interests
June 5, 2023
Has Ukraine’s Long-Awaited Offensive Finally Begun? Ukrainian forces have apparently started increasing their attacks on Russian front lines, but it may just be the preamble to a larger operation.
By Chas Danner
on with kara swisher
May 30, 2023
How Diia Is Becoming the Ukrainian Government’s Real Everything App Kara Swisher talks to Ukrainian deputy PM Mykhailo Fedorov and Samantha Power about how the app has evolved into a wartime digital Swiss Army knife.
By Intelligencer Staff
what we know
May 14, 2023
Leaked Pentagon Documents: What We Know The chief of the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group mercenaries allegedly offered to provide Russian troop locations to Ukraine.
By Chas Danner
the money game
Apr. 18, 2023
Europe’s Top Central Banker Paints Bleak Picture of West in Decline Christine Lagarde has endorsed a controversial take that the U.S. is no longer the world’s only superpower and the future is “multipolar.”
By Kevin T. Dugan
foreign interests
Mar. 19, 2023
Indicted War Criminal Putin Takes In the Sights at Ukrainian City He Ruined Putin showed up in the still-devastated city of Mariupol, where he took a drive and chatted with some locals who weren’t killed in Russia’s siege.
By Chas Danner
early and often
Mar. 16, 2023
DeSantis’s Ukraine Stance Could Blow Up His 2024 Strategy By going America First on Ukraine, the Florida governor is alienating the anti-Trump Republicans he needs to beat the former president.
By Ed Kilgore
foreign interests
Mar. 16, 2023
America Must Plan for a Stalemate in Ukraine The odds of a total Ukrainian victory look increasingly slim.
By Eric Levitz
Watching the War from New York For Ukrainians in the diaspora, the past year has meant broken friendships, survivors’ guilt, and a new way of thinking about identity.
By Esther Wang
the group portrait
Feb. 25, 2023
‘This War Stole a Year of My Life’ Bombings, blackouts, exodus: How sixteen young Ukrainians have survived.
on with kara swisher
Feb. 21, 2023
Trae Stephens on the Ethics of AI Warfare Kara Swisher talks to the Anduril co-founder about autonomous weapons, the innovation lag in the defense sector, and tech as deterrence.
By Intelligencer Staff
foreign interests
Feb. 20, 2023
Biden Makes a Big Cameo in Kyiv The president vowed during the historic semi-surprise visit that the U.S. would continue to stand behind the country.
By Chas Danner
Pink Floyd Continues to Battle Over the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Roger Waters is accused of being antisemitic and pro-Putin by his bandmates.
By Alejandra Gularte
architecture
Feb. 6, 2023
A Fight About Putin’s Reach Erupts at the Cooper Union A show about a century-old Soviet school is at the heart of a debate over academic freedom and the school’s relationship to its Ukrainian neighbors.
By Diana Budds
tremendous content
Feb. 3, 2023
Trump Knows How to End Ukraine War ‘Immediately,’ But It’s a Secret Trump revealed there’s something he could say that would “guarantee” that the fighting ends now. Sadly, he won’t tell unless we reelect him.
By Margaret Hartmann
war in ukraine
Jan. 25, 2023
U.S. Tanks Are on Their Way to Fight Russians in Ukraine It may be Washington’s biggest escalation, though Biden downplayed the move.
By Matt Stieb
foreign interests
Jan. 20, 2023
Ukraine’s Latest Arms Haul: Thanks But No Tanks The country’s western allies are sending Kyiv a lot of armored vehicles, but Germany continues to balk at including its heavy tanks.
By Chas Danner
on with kara swisher
Jan. 17, 2023
Ian Bremmer on How Putin, Xi, and Elon Musk Are Alike In this episode of On With Kara Swisher , Kara talks to the Eurasia Group president about global risks and strongman weaknesses.
By Intelligencer Staff
war in ukraine
Jan. 16, 2023
Death Toll Keeps Rising After Russian Attack on Dnipro Apartment Building At least 40 Ukrainian civilians died in the Russian missile strike Saturday, and dozens are still missing.
By Chas Danner
early and often
Jan. 13, 2023
Republican Opposition to Ukraine Is Reaching Tipping Point Among House Republicans, and the GOP rank and file, hostility to the Ukrainian cause is becoming acceptable. It could have serious consequences.
By Ed Kilgore
foreign interests
Nov. 22, 2022
Should Ukraine Give Peace Talks a Chance? Six questions that advocates of imminent diplomacy — or indefinite war — must answer.
By Eric Levitz
russian invasion
Nov. 16, 2022
The Feeling of Ambient War in Ukraine Russian attacks have parts of Ukraine cold and in the dark. But in some ways, Ukrainians are already living in a moment that feels frozen in time.
By Andrea Stanley
the test of time
Oct. 29, 2022
The Last Weekend in New York Ever Sixty years ago, a young reporter covering the Cuban Missile Crisis glimpsed Armageddon.
By Clive Irving
ukraine war
Oct. 26, 2022
Progressives’ Ukraine Letter Was Right (and Pointless) Their position on the Russian war was common sense disguised as contrarianism.
By Eric Levitz
foreign interests
Oct. 10, 2022
Putin Strikes Back Russian air strikes hit at least 11 cities across Ukraine on Monday, killing at least 12 people and causing widespread power outages.
By Chas Danner
foreign interests
Oct. 8, 2022
Ukraine Bombs Russia’s Bridge to Crimea The strike didn’t destroy the bridge, but still represents a symbolic blow by Ukraine.
By Chas Danner
tremendous content
Oct. 3, 2022
Elon Musk Tries to End the War in Ukraine by Posting The serial entrepreneur tries on diplomacy with a Twitter poll.
By Matt Stieb
foreign interests
Sept. 30, 2022
Putin Decries U.S. ‘Satanism’ in Bizarre Speech Annexing Parts of Ukraine His speech celebrating an illegal annexation in Ukraine turned into an anti-trans rant in which he blamed the West for blowing up Nord Stream.
By Matt Stieb
foreign interests
Sept. 11, 2022
Ukraine’s New Offensive Is Going Shockingly Well The stunning advance, which has recaptured more than 3,000 square kilometers of territory, may mark a turning point in the war.
By Chas Danner
Sean Penn and Ben Stiller Are Now Permanently Banned From Russia Both actors have expressed public support for Ukraine in the ongoing war.
By Jennifer Zhan
what we know
Aug. 29, 2022
What Is Going On at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant? The threat of catastrophic accident persists amid heavy fighting in the area. A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency is en route.
By Chas Danner
what we know
Aug. 23, 2022
Who Really Killed Darya Dugina? The Kremlin says Ukraine was behind the car bombing, but as usual in Russia, speculation points in many directions.
By Chas Danner
What We Know About Putin’s Alleged Girlfriend The U.S. has finally hit Alina Kabaeva with sanctions.
By Mia Mercado
Who Knew Potato Salad Could Cause So Much Controversy? Some are questioning Irina Shayk’s spelling of Russians in a recent Instagram story featuring the dish.
By Danielle Cohen
J.K. Rowling on Changing Harry Potter’s Scar: ‘I Will Look Into That’ During a prank Zoom call, she believed she was talking to the Ukrainian president.
By Alejandra Gularte
venue changes
June 24, 2022
By Alejandra Gularte
the money game
June 15, 2022
It Could Be Years Before America’s Inflation Problem Is Under Control The Federal Reserve just raised rates by the most in 28 years, but its power to tame spiraling prices is limited.
By Kevin T. Dugan
foreign interests
June 11, 2022
Biden Says Zelenskyy ‘Didn’t Want to Hear’ Invasion Warning Meanwhile, Russia continues to make steady progress taking territory in eastern Ukraine, as Ukrainian forces run out of artillery shells.
By Chas Danner
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