Ukraine’s Friendly Fire

Boris Johnson thought for a while there that he is Margaret Thatcher and forgot that history only repeats itself in the form of disaster. Therefore, he started beating the drums of war in Ukraine,…

Gamal Abd El-Maboud

NATO’s Hard Road Ahead

Thanks to Russian President Vladimir Putin, NATO’s Madrid Summit takes place this week against the backdrop of a resurgent Western alliance. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine compels NATO to return to its…

Charles A. Kupchan

A World of Power and Fear

Among the collateral damage of the war in Ukraine is a school of thought: realism. This intellectual tradition insists that the pursuit of national interests trumps higher ideals, such as the…

Paul Poast