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![]() Andreas KluthThe Japan Times |
The first casualty of war is truth, they say. I’d add that truth is equally moribund in a cold war and a pandemic or other calamities for which...
Moldova looks like “the next Ukraine.” So said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov recenty. Obviously, that should worry us. Lavrov, like...
It takes a clinical case of solipsism to behave as irresponsibly as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan does. Then again, maybe he’s doing it on...
Ever since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his attack on Ukraine last year, the West has faced a conundrum: How do you support Ukraine in its...
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears its first anniversary, what’s next? In some ways, the Kremlin and Kyiv both seem to be signaling a new...
You may well know someone — you, perhaps? — who is stoic, epicurean, skeptical or cynical. That’s because these four adjectives represent...
We could try to just dismiss people such as Ye, the celebrity formerly known as Kanye West, as unhinged. After all, American talk shows — like the...
Russians are facing a psychological conundrum all human beings confront every day, but at a far more consequential level. It is this: How much will...
We can unearth the mass graves left in Ukraine by retreating Russian troops. We can talk to the Ukrainian survivors of rape and torture, the mothers...
If you are Russian and inhabit the propaganda universe created by your president, Vladimir Putin, it must be hard keeping up with the reasons why your...
As military strategists in the West war-game a possible nuclear escalation by Russian President Vladimir Putin, they’re also pondering the role...
Democracy is in a worldwide slump. So is peace — both the international and the domestic sort. There are lots of reasons. What’s the biggest? Many...