Trump’s verbal attack on Zelenskyy was shocking – and predictable
In bullying Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, Trump showed his core beliefs.
Why high-level U.S.-Russia talks are bad diplomacy
Marco Rubio’s Riyadh meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov shows U.S. diplomacy is in crisis.
Would Russia use nuclear weapons in Ukraine?
Scholars think more aggressive actions increase the risk of a nuclear response.
Putin’s Russia navigates Middle East conflict and war in Ukraine
Two experts discuss the broader impact of the Israel-Hamas war.
Russia’s allies have been pretty quiet on Ukraine
Here’s what might happen next within the ‘BRICS’ bloc
The Ukraine conflict has Persian Gulf monarchies hedging their bets
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates haven’t been aligning with the U.S. — or Russia
North Korea conducted more missile tests. What happens next?
The Biden administration faces three big challenges on the Korean Peninsula
Russians don’t trust Putin as much as they did last year. And they don’t trust other politicians, either.
Is the Kremlin going to undermine public opinion polling to get the results it wants?
It’s a big deal that Trump didn’t allow notes on his meetings with Putin
Editors' note: In light of a January 2019 Washington Post