Op-Ed Jun 17, 2026 Roman Abramovich Can Talk to Moscow and Kyiv. But He Can’t Change Putin’s Mind. Earlier this month, a familiar name re-entered the ongoing push for a negotiated settlement to Russia’s war in Ukraine: sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.
Op-Ed Jun 15, 2026 Russia Has Lost Its ‘Near Abroad’ As Ukraine fights back, every other ex-Soviet republic but Belarus distances itself from Moscow.
Op-Ed Feb 27, 2026 We’ve overestimated Russia for too long The recent anniversary of Russia’s expanded invasion, which is now stretching into its fifth year, is as good a time as any to take stock of the state of the war itself.