Who ate all the Minsk pies?

Donald Trump is 'pissed off' with Vladimir Putin. Is a change of tone coming? Or not?

Putin asks, Putin gets.

Ukraine agreed to plans for a 30-day ceasefire. Vladimir Putin demurred. How can we understand Putin's position?

Will Trump's personal ambitions clash with the architects of US strategy? Is that strategy founded on good premises?

Trying to make sense of the slanging match in the Oval Office yesterday.

Three millennia ago the Egyptian king Rameses II signed a peace treaty with the Hittite Empire after protracted warfare. The two kings...

Donald Trump's war of words with Volodomyr Zelenskyy. Is the US about to cut a deal about Ukraine's future without consulting Ukrainians?

Trump and Putin spoke on the phone. The US president may be carrying on different negotiations from the ones reported. A contrarian's view.

In the past Donald Trump's praise for Putin was often interpreted as fealty. His current rhetoric suggests a different interpretation.

On the legitimacy of assassinations. Plus a few thoughts on prisoner exchanges amid concerns foreign citizens are seen as targets for arrest

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward probes the Joe Biden presidency, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the return of Donald Trump.

One thousand days of war. The US reportedly agrees to lift restrictions on Ukraine targeting Russia with long-range missiles.

Many think a betrayal is coming. Ever the contrarian, I offer three reasons why the US and its allies might not abandon Ukraine under Trump.

Why it's different this time round.

Behind the rhetoric, what does the US really want to see happen to end the war between Russia and Ukraine?

I review one of the crop of early reads on the Biden presidency, which we now know will last only one term.

Interpreting a recent escalation along the Belarus-Ukraine border. Is there anything for Ukraine to worry about?

Drones and killer robots. The future of war is neither science fiction nor a computer game, only an ethical and legal dilemma.

With Ukraine's troops still inside Russia, is it using its resources economically? Or has Ukraine overcommitted in its Kursk offensive?

A pacy read from Mikhail Zygar.