Ada Wordsworth Uzbek Uncertainties Uzbekistan is divided between nostalgia for the Soviet past and patriotic hope for an independent future. July 18, 2024
Vanessa Ogle Shipping’s Shadow World The shipping industry, which moves more than 80 percent of global trade, is poorly regulated, environmentally dangerous, and rife with labor violations. April 9, 2024
Fintan O’Toole Biden’s Selective Outrage The rhetorical choice to pair Israel and Ukraine has not created a common moral cause. It has exposed a double standard. November 14, 2023
Tim Judah Black Swan Times Three months into Ukraine’s counteroffensive, even the best predictions about the war’s outcome could still be thrown off course. September 13, 2023
Carol Schaeffer ‘A Book is a Quiet Weapon’ Across Ukraine, libraries devastated by the war are culling their collections of Russian-language books and Russian literature. April 21, 2023
Timothy Garton Ash Second Time as Tragedy “The only way this war can end well is if the Ukrainians recover most of their territory.” February 18, 2023
Gordon F. Sander Finland’s Turn to the West Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has abruptly ended the Finns’ reservations about joining NATO. March 9, 2023 issue
Timothy Garton Ash Ukraine in Our Future Ukraine faces extraordinary challenges, but it also presents a challenge for Europe—and a great opportunity. February 23, 2023 issue
Fred Kaplan Putin’s Miscalculation After two decades of reforming its armed forces, Russia expected a lightning victory in Ukraine, but the ill-starred invasion has revealed their deficiencies. February 9, 2023 issue
Tim Judah Reconstructing Ukraine Optimists and pessimists alike have anxiously begun to weigh the country’s prospects after the war is over. January 11, 2023