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Will Russia attack NATO? It depends

Will Russia attack NATO? It depends

Recent U.S. intelligence assessments suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin is increasingly tempted to authorize provocations targeting NATO...

yesterday 8

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Ukrainians Skeptical as Former Defense Minister Pushes for Elections

Ukrainians Skeptical as Former Defense Minister Pushes for Elections

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25.08.2026 9

Foreign Policy

Ani Chkhikvadze

How democratic socialists dodge the reality of Communist dystopia

How democratic socialists dodge the reality of Communist dystopia

Megan Romer, a national co-chairwoman of the Democratic Socialists of America, has drawn attention for her refusal to call Cuba a dictatorship....

25.08.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

What’s behind Russia’s escalation against the UK

What’s behind Russia’s escalation against the UK

Following reports that Ukraine had used drones made by two British companies to strike oil and logistics facilities inside Russia, Moscow’s embassy...

21.08.2026 8

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Ukraine’s former defense minister calls for elections. Will he get them?

Ukraine’s former defense minister calls for elections. Will he get them?

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov opened a new front in the country’s sharpening political scene on Tuesday, calling for new...

20.08.2026 7

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Can Venezuela’s Opposition Find A Path to Power?

Can Venezuela’s Opposition Find A Path to Power?

Hours before the United States invaded Panama in 1989, opposition leader Guillermo Endara was sworn in as the Central American country’s president...

19.08.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Ani Chkhikvadze

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni faces a far-right general

ROME — For years, the European commentariat has warned that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni would drag her country back toward dark...

14.08.2026 3

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Trump can seize an opportunity in bolstering support for Ukraine

President Donald Trump is evaluating how far to go to bat for Ukraine. The debate over sending Tomahawk cruise missiles and additional Patriot...

12.08.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Ukraine proves how Saudi Arabia and the Sunni monarchies can blunt Iran’s drone knife

America’s Middle Eastern allies are contending with a new reality. One in which Iran, whatever ceasefire or arrangement is reached to end the...

07.08.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

German airport attack reeks of Russian intelligence

On Tuesday, workers at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle airport discovered a drone in a cordoned cargo zone near a runway. The drone carried a detonator and...

06.08.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

How Zelensky won Trump’s trust

Shortly before mourners filled Washington National Cathedral for the funeral of Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday, President Donald Trump received...

29.07.2026 6

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Ukraine’s Cardboard Maidan Shows That the People Still Matter

Russia’s War in Ukraine Understanding the conflict four years on. It took the crowds outside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office less...

24.07.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Ani Chkhikvadze

While Tehran probes with missiles, Jerusalem is in a bind

08.06.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Iran attack seeks to exploit Israel-US tensions

08.06.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Armenians Vote Under Russia’s Shadow

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07.06.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Ani Chkhikvadze

Weakening Putin, Ukraine takes the fight to St. Petersburg

03.06.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Russia’s growing desperation reflected in Ukraine onslaught

02.06.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Georgia becomes Iran’s terrorist incubator

29.05.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Georgia’s Dogs Are Disappearing

On any given morning in Tbilisi, capital of the South Caucasian country of Georgia, a visitor will find dogs dozing on park benches, sprawled across...

21.05.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Ani Chkhikvadze

The US and Ukraine will benefit greatly from drone deal

20.05.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Ukraine turns up the heat on Moscow

18.05.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Trump should exact a heavy price for saving Castro’s Cuba

16.05.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Ukraine is hammering Russia

09.05.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

What’s behind the Trump-Meloni divorce?

04.05.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Israel needs to learn that Russia is no partner

01.05.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

What happens the day after tomorrow in Iran?

26.04.2026 40

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Viktor Orban was never America’s friend

14.04.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

The US military needs Trump’s defense budget

Before and after the United States began its current action against Iran, commentators claimed that the operation would overstretch the U.S. military....

05.04.2026 40

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Will Viktor Orban fall in Hungary’s elections?

On April 12, Hungarians will vote in the most important European election of 2026. For the first time since Viktor Orban consolidated power in 2010,...

04.04.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

This is not Israel’s war. Iran campaign benefits America and the world

A strain of commentary, prevalent on both the isolationist right and the anti-interventionist left, insists on framing the military campaign against...

28.03.2026 50

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Don’t believe the pundits: Iran is a strategic loss for Russia

A class of foreign policy commentators has spent the better part of four years insisting that Russia was winning in Ukraine, that Kyiv’s cause was...

27.03.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Chile’s new president faces big challenges at home and abroad

Decades after a 1973 bombing which left its walls in ruins and led President Salvador Allende to take his own life, the Palacio de La Moneda —...

15.03.2026 40

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

The United Kingdom trades Winston Churchill for a squirrel

The United Kingdom’s central bank, the Bank of England, announced this week that Winston Churchill will be removed from the 5-pound ($6.60 value)...

13.03.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Trump should stay firm in Iran

The joint U.S.-Israeli air campaign against Iran represents a genuine opportunity for long-term Middle Eastern stability. The early results are good....

04.03.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Ukraine shows how to defeat Iranian drones

Iranian drones and missiles have been slamming into cities across the Middle East for three days. Gulf states with some of the best air defense...

03.03.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

A welcome AfD court ruling for German democracy

A German court has rightly blocked the country’s domestic intelligence service from continuing to brand the Alternative für Deutschland...

28.02.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

How Ukraine won the battle for Kyiv

At 4:15 a.m. on Feb. 24, 2022, explosions jolted Kyiv awake. Russia had launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine from Belarus in the north, from...

24.02.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Why Russia keeps playing games in Ukraine peace talks

The second day of Ukraine–Russia talks in Geneva, Switzerland, ended after just two hours Wednesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused...

19.02.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Is Communist Cuba on its last legs?

11.02.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Trump, another hair-on-fire uproar, and the midterms

08.02.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Make Democrats defend noncitizen voting

08.02.2026 20

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

How Russia is successfully freezing Ukraine

08.02.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Cities can’t afford to keep losing families

25.01.2026 40

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Life is worth living

25.01.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

The future of Syria’s Kurds hang in the balance

25.01.2026 50

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Venezuela: It all depends on the meaning of the word ‘run’

05.01.2026 40

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

California’s Palisades fire cover-up continues

05.01.2026 50

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Trump’s righteous warning to Iran’s leaders

05.01.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

What Trump should do if Ukraine peace talks collapse

03.01.2026 30

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze

Questions of sovereignty, not neutrality, drive Russia’s war on Ukraine

18.12.2025 20

Washington Examiner

Ani Chkhikvadze