Vladimir Putin’s enemy within
The president’s betrayal of his conscript army is creating a generation ready to sow chaos in Russia.
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Israel’s two-front war
The presumption of inevitable war can be self-fulfilling.
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What the West gets wrong about the war in Ukraine
If Kyiv’s allies had identified Putin’s invasion as an act of colonisation, they might have won more support from the…
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The silent stones of Europe’s wars
Eighty years after D-Day, how should Britain remember those who died?
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Goya’s lessons for a world at war
Why the great Spanish painter’s work still resonates so urgently.
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The age of danger
Order is breaking down as the great powers take sides in multiple wars.
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Inside Israel’s intelligence fiasco
Security failures allowed Hamas to launch its catastrophic attack on 7 October. Can the Israeli leadership overcome its fatal complacency?
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Why we go to war
Two new studies of the evolution of warfare reveal the fragility of peace in a world ruled by irrational actors.
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Casualties of the counteroffensive
In the summer’s vicious fight for territory, Ukraine is suffering heavy losses. But wounded soldiers are determined to return to…
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The politics of the new space race
Tim Marshall’s The Future of Geography shows how great powers – and Elon Musk – are looking to the stars…
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“The Russians didn’t expect it”: Ukraine drones unit is the new face of warfare
Civilians armed with commercially available drones are a formidable part of the opposition to the Russian invasion.
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How might the Ukraine war end?
Now is the time to imagine what a future ceasefire will look like.
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Belarusian forces “highly likely” to join Russian attack, says Ukraine
The war could be about to enter its most dangerous phase as conflict inches closer to Nato member states.
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The work of local journalists in war reporting has gone unnoticed for too long
The death of a Ukrainian reporter working for Fox News highlights the under-recognition of “fixers” in helping major media outlets…
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Russia can’t afford Putin’s war in Ukraine
In launching this conflict, the Russian president has revealed himself to be not only a vicious bully but also a…
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Putin’s war is in disarray
As the conflict in Ukraine drags on, will the minimal objective of surviving in power soon become the Russian president’s…
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What will Russia risk to invade Ukraine?
Even if war between the two countries is avoided, this round of heightened tensions at the border may not be…
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American warfare and the battle for profit
New books by Andrew Cockburn and Samuel Moyn ask who are the true winners and losers in today's technology-driven wars.
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