Putin’s Quest to Reclaim ‘Historical Russian Lands’ Is a Recipe for Endless War

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared last week that Ukrainians have no right to the occupied regions of their own country. “I think it is not their territory, but the historical territory of Russia,” he stated.

How “realism” became synonymous with capitulation

The summer of 2025 will go down in history as the moment when the foundations of Western security architecture—concepts such as “democracy,” “freedom,” and “border integrity”—were replaced in American public debate by one short word: “Deal.