Vladimir Putin

Ukraine’s attempts to secure a ceasefire on favorable terms have been undermined by a string of battlefield losses—and a lack of Western support.

A measured, relentless advance applies political pressure. The more destruction looms, the more intense the pressure.

In less than two months in office, Trump may have created the conditions to derail a China-Russia power bloc against the United States. On Tuesday, U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators reached...

It is not true that Trump has no way to quickly bring Putin to the table for real negotiations.

The greatest challenge will be ensuring that Russia does not renew its appetite for swallowing the remainder of Ukraine at the first opportunity. Donald Trump as a presidential candidate in...

Give Putin credit. Russia’s strongman president knows a thing or two about political timing.  In recent weeks, much to the chagrin of traditional allies in Europe, the Trump administration has...

A desire to end conflict will not suffice in achieving an actual end to hostilities in either Ukraine or Gaza. The United States is no stranger to peace-making, and in...

Donald Trump’s America, Vladimir Putin’s Russia, and Xi Jinping’s China, a trio which splits the world into sectors of influence. As his former national security adviser, John Bolton, observes, Trump,...

Although U.S. security assistance toward Ukraine is up in the air for the time being, other NATO countries are rallying around Kyiv.

Putin’s attritional strategy in Ukraine means that troops do not get the opportunity to gain valuable combat experience on the battlefield—because the whole model is based on exchanging men for...

It might be too much for the Trump administration to expect that Europe will guarantee a Ukraine peace settlement they had no part in making.  Panicked by President Trump’s decision...

Overall, the Russian military enjoys a better position today. The Kremlin has the men, munitions, and political power to take on a greater number of casualties.