Opinion writers on Putin's actions.
By Yara Bayoumy and Cassandra Vinograd |
That's how Emma Ashford characterized Russia's invasion last week of Ukraine, a sentiment echoed by other writers and journalists. Not a surprise. But that fact did not diminish the horror and shock of seeing a European capital under siege, missiles hitting residential buildings, tanks rolling across an open border. |
With all the devastation and uncertainty, so many of us have questioned how this could happen, what it means and what comes next. |
Those are questions we've sought to answer since the war erupted. We've published maps and charts to help put the conflict and its consequences in context. In a guest essay, the Russian American writer Sasha Vasilyuk describes what life has been like for her family living in the eastern region of Ukraine, which has endured eight years of fighting already. In this piece, Chris Miller offers a deeper understanding of Putin's military strategy. And you can listen to analysis of the invasion from four of our Opinion writers in this roundtable discussion. |
Beyond the immediate catastrophe, the impact of Putin's actions will ripple for decades to come. Ashford argues that the Biden administration must adapt to a new reality — the end of the post-Cold War Era and unquestioned U.S. influence. As Ivan Krastev notes, President Biden has said he'll make Putin "a pariah on the international stage." That would be a fitting punishment, he writes, "but things may not work out that way. There is a real danger that instead it's the West that could find itself more isolated." |
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