An interview with international relations professor Nicholas Grossman, who explains why Putin has to be absolutely thrilled by Trump’s threats toward Canada and his effort to destroy USAID.

Hours before JD Vance was set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Donald Trump revealed his true thoughts on Ukraine.

Trump, Musk, and their billionaire and theocratic allies are following the example of tyrants everywhere. But it’s worth remembering they haven’t all succeeded.

Donald Trump doesn’t appear to fully understand how disarmament works.

Yes, the president-elect really is serious about expanding the U.S. But what he mostly wants is to bully small countries that won’t fight back.

Ryan Routh wasn’t a Ukrainian Manchurian candidate—instead he was one of many grifters and losers who ended up in Ukraine after Russia invaded.

In the third episode of TNR’s soccer podcast, we discuss Ukraine’s exit from Euro 24, American soccer coverage, and the highs and lows of two weeks of nonstop soccer.

Is the creed that’s always reexamining itself up to the task of stopping authoritarianism? In a word—yes.

Remember when the #Resistance claimed that Trump was compromised by Putin? Well, this time it’s real—and Russia has nothing to do with it.

China has already started. This is going to make Putin’s 2016 troll farm look like amateur hour. Can we counter it?

For Americans, authoritarian rule is theoretical. But in Eastern Europe, reminders of it are everywhere, as is dread of a partial return to those days.

Donald Trump is now claiming Vladimir Putin will free reporter Evan Gershkovich only if he wins. An expert in foreign relations explains why this is a bad omen for a second Trump term.

A former CIA officer explains how a vast, pro-Putin corruption network uncovered in Europe is a warning sign for the U.S.

Congress is back (yikes), and Speaker Johnson can force a Ukraine aid vote—and it would pass. But even Johnson isn’t the real appeaser here.

From praise for Hitler and Mussolini to friendships with Putin and Orbán, open adoration for authoritarians is a defining feature of the American right.

So long, Sunak, Macron, Trudeau. Hello, Vlad, Viktor, and Kim. What would happen to the United States, and the world, if Donald Trump made it back to the Oval Office? The “leader of the free world” would become a fanboy follower in the unfree one.

The Russian strongman has yet to topple Ukraine, but he’s conquered the GOP.

With Trump set to host Orbán at his Mar-a-Lago retreat this week, it’s time to get serious about the rise of the global far right and why its worldview poses such a dire threat.

It’s why he was imprisoned the moment he returned to Russia in 2021. And it’s why he’s dead today.

Donald Trump is threatening to abandon NATO. MAGA is blocking money for Ukraine. A well-placed House Democrat explains how these things are connected—and what must happen now.