On May 8, 1945, Europe celebrated the end of the Second World War. The day was celebrated with parades, parties, and countless festivities throughout Europe and the rest of the world. It’s an important day for many in Europe and is commemorated annually all across the Globe — including Russia…

At the outset, I should be very clear. The moral responsibility for Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is entirely with Vladimir Putin and his enablers. That said, there are things the US (and the West/ Global North) more broadly could have done to deter Putin. Let me explain. Many of…

At the outset, I should be clear: Crimea belongs to Ukraine. As of now, it is illegally occupied due to Putin’s annexation in 2014. In an ideal world, we would give Crimeans the right to decide the fate of Crimea. But we don’t live in that world. Putin is not…

We’ve all been hearing doom and gloom regarding the performance of Russia’s economy from the many unprecedented sanctions packages from the EU to their disastrous performance in Ukraine. But the reality is that Russia’s economy has been performing fairly well given the circumstances, namely the huge exodus of hundreds of…

On May 3 2023, video footage of the Kremlin showed two drones appearing and then exploding on its roof. One of these caused a fire. Russia claimed that it downed the drones, that the damage was minimal, and that no one was injured. It also took the occasion to accuse…

At 94 years old, Chomsky is still rolling. You’d think that the book royalties would amount to a lavish end to his career. Apparently, he’s in it to stay relevant. In his latest diatribe, he claimed that the United States' invasion of Iraq in 2003 is a greater moral blunder…

On April 24 2023, Tucker Carlson was fired from his famous slot on Fox News, titled “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” Millions watched him every night, thus granting him a huge influence over what millions in the US thought about American domestic politics as well as foreign policy. In large part, we…

There are two former Soviet Republics that stand above the rest: Ukraine and Belarus. Presently, Putin is well in his plan to annex the entirety of Ukraine. He started this plan in 2013 when he unequivocally supported the then-Ukrainian President and kleptocrat, Viktor Yanukovych, and by annexing Crimea in 2014. …

Europe has had one of its hardest winters since the 1970s. The European Union specifically experienced serious economic upheaval. One of the main uses of gas is the heating of homes in the EU, so on the current trajectory the EU is in with Russia, this might just cause a…