Sanctioning Russia Is a Form of War. We Need to Treat It Like One.
The Russian political scientist Ilya Matveev recently described the impact of the West’s sanctions on his country as “30 years of economic development thrown into the bin.” He’s not exaggerating. Econ...
1 Apr 20221h 20min
I Keep Hoping Larry Summers Is Wrong. What if He’s Not?
“There is a chance that macroeconomic stimulus on a scale closer to World War II levels than normal recession levels will set off inflationary pressures of a kind we have not seen in a generation,” wr...
29 Mar 20221h 17min
Margaret Atwood on Stories, Deception and the Bible
A good rule of thumb is that whatever Margaret Atwood is worried about now is likely what the rest of us will be worried about a decade from now. The rise of authoritarianism. A backlash against women...
25 Mar 20221h 8min
How Energy Markets Are Shaping Putin’s Invasion — and the World
Nearly every dimension of the Ukraine-Russia conflict has been shaped by energy markets.Russia’s oil and gas exports have long been the foundation of its economy and geopolitical strength. Vladimir Pu...
22 Mar 20221h 2min
A Realist Take on How the Russia-Ukraine War Could End
As we enter the fourth week of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many of the possible pathways this conflict could take are terrifying. A military quagmire that leads to protracted death and suffering. A ...
18 Mar 20221h 14min
Timothy Snyder on the Myths That Blinded the West to Putin’s Plans
“Americans and Europeans were guided through the new century by a tale about ‘the end of history,’ by what I will call the politics of inevitability, a sense that the future is just more of the presen...
15 Mar 20221h 11min
Masha Gessen on Putin’s 'Profoundly Anti-Modern’ Worldview
For Western audiences, the past few weeks have been a torrent of information about what’s happening in Russia and Ukraine. Daily updates of Russian military advances. Horrifying videos of buildings ex...
11 Mar 20221h 1min
Fiona Hill on the War Putin Is Really Fighting
Vladimir Putin was looking for a swift invasion that would halt Ukraine’s drift toward the West, reveal NATO’s fractures and weaknesses and solidify Russia as a global power. In response, the West thr...
8 Mar 202258min
