It has been nearly three months since Russia invaded Ukraine and, despite Ukraine’s remarkable resistance and the implementation of an aggressive sanctions package on Russia, there appears to be no end in sight to the war.

Western leaders are all in, but their citizens have more pressing problems at home, data shows

As America and its allies move out, India, Turkey and China are moving in

The response of the world to the Russian “special military operation” in Ukraine has been to increase the flow of military equipment to the Ukrainian forces, thereby assuring the continuation of hostilities, and to impose absolutely draconian sanctions on Russia. Sanctions have been the preferred mode of operation in this crisis by the U.S. and NATO, since they are not prepared to engage militarily for fear of pushing the conflict to the nuclear threshold. But sanctions have their own “deadly force” and their own “collateral damage.”

The ‘great expropriation’ will come to be regarded as a turning point — one which the great powers of the world will likely regret.

Biden didn’t have to take a blowtorch to the financial system in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But he has done so.

It’s rarely a good sign when Big Tech and Western leaders agree

If God forbid the administration fires it, the results will be to wound Moscow, but also to blow off America’s own toes.

While sanctions continue to be imposed, the rest of the world is getting on with diplomacy

The United Nations 2021 Climate Conference known as COP26 ends on Friday in Scotland, but its climate change problems for 2021-22 might be just beginning. The leaders are calling on Russia and OPEC to turn up the dial on oil and gas to save them from themselves.