The Trump-Putin Pact – Betrayal of Free World Alliance Threatens Global Catastrophe
“It is worse than a crime. It is a mistake.” – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, foreign minister to Napoleon Bonaparte.
Western Fatigue, Not Ukrainian Fatigue
What is exhausted is not Ukrainian society. What is exhausted is Western political will – the will to name aggression clearly and to endure the consequences of its own principles.
Belgium Should Be on the Right Side of History in Europe
As Ukraine faces a looming financing gap amid Russia’s war, Belgium and the EU must decide whether to act decisively by unlocking Russian assets to support Europe’s security.
Europe’s Three Ring Circus
A deep dive into the three competing sets of negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
Lukashenko’s Hostage Diplomacy Returns – and Ukraine’s Role
The transfer of political prisoners from Belarus may be part of a broader prisoner exchange.
America Must Stop Russia’s War Against Ukrainian Children
A Senate hearing rightly vilified Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children. If the United States does nothing about it, then it will be considered complicit.
Keep Putin’s Servant Trump out of Ukrainian Foreign Policy
Why Europe must stand up for Ukraine’s sovereignty against the Trump-Putin kleptocrats whose only interests are self-enrichment.
30 Years After Dayton – Lessons for Today
Why the Dayton Peace Agreement is the wrong model for Ukraine
America Has Helped Build the Most Powerful Military in Europe
A new campaign targeting Washington insiders argues Putin will break any peace deal, warns of drone threats to NATO, and calls for hard negotiations to deter Russia.
Quo Vadis, Russia?
Many Russia watchers harbor the hope that Russia will behave as a responsible nation. Yet recent history indicates that the imperialist impulse may be ineluctable.
The American Circus With Evil Clowns
I write as an American lawyer, a US citizen born in New York of Ukrainian origin. The United States is a mess and will need to clean house.
How the Trump Administration Has Become Complicit in the Abduction of Ukrainian Children
By defunding a major database monitoring Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children and other war crimes, then pushing for amnesty, Trump’s policies offer impunity to the Putin regime.
OPINION: The Bill for Crimea Comes Due for Putin
Crimea, a symbol of Putin neo-imperial project, has become the place that will bankrupt Putin’s political capital.
July 11, 2026