A quick landgrab has distorted into a complex geopolitical conflict – and even Trump’s fulminations can’t seem to make Ukrainians give in, says Rajan Menon, a professor emeritus of international relations

EDITORIAL. Russia's leader finds himself stuck in a war of attrition, causing a devastating loss of life for only limited territorial gains.

Editorial: Despite relentless attrition at appalling human cost, the Kremlin has not achieved its goals. Maximum economic pressure can undermine its war aims

OP-ED. From 2014 to 2022, eight years of armed conflict in the Donbas region marked the first act of Russia's war of aggression; the full-scale invasion was the second. If…

With the Russian military performing poorly, Ukraine is clarifying strategy and pushing back with modest success

Ukrainians are repelled by the prospect of capitulating to Moscow as the war barrels into another year.

A quick landgrab has distorted into a complex geopolitical conflict – and even Trump’s fulminations can’t seem to make Ukrainians give in, says Rajan Menon, a professor emeritus…

The quick victory never came. But a functional economy, controlled media and slow battle gains give Putin control.

What many in the West viewed as a strategic blunder is increasingly seen in Moscow as a costly but necessary gamble.