Russia

Our hopeless foreign policy elite has no idea of what winning in Ukraine looks like — or how to bring it about

Joseph Stalin has been recast in Russia not as a bloodsoaked tyrant, but as a strong, effective leader

History suggests that female rulers are far more likely to start wars than their male counterparts

Opposing Putin isn’t hawkish, just realistic

“War is the original human state,” Russian directors seem to say

An unholy alliance of Berlin capitalists and intellectuals has disastrously misjudged the Ukraine war

Serious Money tracks the excesses and indulgences of those with wealth to burn

The harsh reality is that the nuclear revolution is irreversible and makes major wars significantly less likely

How did Europe’s wealthiest state come to finance the greatest tyrant of the 21st Century?