3+ hour, 9+ min ago  (773+ words) World Brief: EU Takes Aim at Russia's Abductions of Ukrainian Children Understanding the conflict four years on. Welcome back to World Brief, where we're looking at Russia kidnapping tens of thousands of Ukrainian children, the potential end of the U. S. -Iran…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (73+ words) Analysis: Russia's War Boom Masks an Economic Implosion Understanding the conflict four years on. Alexey Kovalev is an independent journalist and former investigations editor at Meduza who left Russia in 2022. X: @Alexey__Kovalev Don't overthink it. The Iran war is bad for Russia....

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (579+ words) Analysis: How Ukraine Benefited from Trump's Iran War Understanding the conflict four years on. On March 17, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a speech to the British Parliament. "The regimes in Russia and Iran are brothers in hatred'and that is why…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (278+ words) Analysis: Ukraine and Russia Are Warring at Tennis "Well, OK, in my opinion, you are the same as if you had allowed Hitler's supporters in," Oleksandra Oliynykova, a 25-year-old Ukrainian tennis player, declared before the start of this year's Australian…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (147+ words) Analysis: Cracks Spread Through Putin's Power Structure Understanding the conflict four years on. Within 48 hours, Remeslo was in a psychiatric ward. The exact circumstances of his arrival there remain unclear, but loyalist media report that it was not voluntary. Vladimir…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (479+ words) Argument: The Age of Asymmetric Warfare Is Here, and the West Is Not Ready Understanding the conflict four years on. Iran's regime has wreaked chaos by launching numerous Shahed-type drones'across the Gulf region, targeting countries including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (614+ words) Argument: Ukraine and the EU Need a Fresh Start The question, therefore, is not whether to accelerate Ukraine's integration but how. The core principle should be simple: Any interim model for Ukraine must be a stepping stone to full membership,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1732+ words) Understanding the conflict three years on. To assess the state of the war, prospects for peace, and further geopolitical fallout, we asked eight of our best thinkers for their views. Read on for their responses, or click on an individual…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1450+ words) Foreign Policy The Day Russia's War Collided With History By lasting longer than World War II, the invasion of Ukraine has shattered the Kremlin's most sacred myth. A mainstay genre of Moscow's war propaganda is the claim of a direct,…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1674+ words) Africa Brief: Young Africans Are Being Lured Into Russia's War Machine Understanding the conflict three years on. Welcome to Foreign Policy's Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Hundreds of Africans are reportedly tricked into joining Russian forces in Ukraine, Nigeria…...