Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from George Kennan

Did liberalism sabotage itself?

Historian Samuel Moyn's account of the downfall of liberalism raises intriguing questions — but can't answer them

Salon

‘Just give Ukraine the planes’ is the battle cry of the armchair generals. It’s not that simple

A year on from Russia’s invasion, there is no shortage of pontification. What’s required now is statecraft, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Kennan's Warning on Ukraine

Ambition, insecurity, and the perils of independence

Foreign Affairs

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Ukraine war: this map holds an important clue about Kremlin fears of Nato expansion

As Russian forces withdrew in the face of the recent Ukrainian counteroffensives, the Kremlin repeated its claim that its military invaded because of the threat of Nato’s possible expansion.

The Conversation

United States: the end of an illusion of omnipotence

“I do not accept second place for the United States of America.” That simple statement, delivered to rousing effect by Barack Obama in his first State of the Union, in January 2010, managed to summarize the current American strategic horizon in a single sentence.

The Conversation

NATO and Ukraine: How the world got here

As NATO meets in Madrid, the Ukraine war is front and center. Will anyone be honest about how this happened?

Salon

Russia is being made a pariah state – just like it and the Soviet Union were for most of the last 105 years

The U.S. and its European allies recently said they planned to take a new approach in their relations with Russia: They would isolate and contain the country in the aftermath of its invasion of Ukraine. Doing so would keep Russia out of international organizations, restrict imports and exports, and prevent…

The Conversation

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

How Putin’s invasion returned Nato to the centre stage

The long read: For the first time in years, its role has become a topic of furious debate. But what do we talk about when we talk about Nato?

The Guardian - UK

Is the U.S. "exceptional"? Definitely

There's a clear connection between America's wealth, its global dominance and its soaring greenhouse-gas emissions

Salon

This 1946 telegram predicts much of Russia’s 21st-century foreign policy

Somehow, an American diplomat foresaw thoroughly contemporary innovations like troll farms

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.