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The Atlantic How Putin Thinks
A conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg, Anne Applebaum, and Tom Nichols about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s animating worldview, and what the coming days might hold
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: The Performance of Volodymyr Zelensky’s Life
The Ukrainian president is modeling courage from the streets of Kyiv, via self-shot videos.
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Mariana Suarez / AFP / Getty The War on Ukraine Is Testing the Myth of Elon Musk
The SpaceX CEO’s much-praised move to help keep the country online isn’t the magical fix it may seem.
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Jeff J Mitchell / Getty A Weekend of Global Protest Against the Invasion of Ukraine
Images of anti-war protest from London, Tokyo, Lisbon, Boston, Tbilisi, Tehran, Baku, Mexico City, Prague, New Delhi, and many other locations
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Sean Gallup / Getty Putin Accidentally Revitalized the West’s Liberal Order
The Russian president thought he sensed an opportunity to take advantage of a disunited West. He has been proved wrong.
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Zelensky Official / Facebook The Grim Stagecraft of Zelensky’s Selfie Videos
The Ukrainian president’s dispatches from the streets of Kyiv have doubled as proof of life and missives of solidarity.
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Chris McGrath / Getty Ukraine Is Redefining America’s Interests
If this conflict is a new cold war, it’s one that the autocracies have been pursuing energetically and the democracies have been loath to accept.
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Guillaume Herbaut / Agence VU' / Redux What Volodymyr Zelensky’s Courage Says About the West
The Ukrainian leader’s refusal to back down is as inspiring as it is illuminating.
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Emilio Morenatti / AP Photos: Chaos and Resistance in Ukraine
Images of the ongoing Russian invasion, seen across Ukraine over the past several days.
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Johanna Geron / AP How Zelensky Gave the World a Jewish Hero
As the Ukrainian president captivates the world with his bravery, he offers a reminder of the inroads Eastern and Central European Jews have made in overcoming their status as perpetual outsiders.
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Sergei Supinsky / AFP / Getty How the Crisis in Ukraine May End
We’re still looking at a range of possibilities, including de-escalation and a great-power conflict.
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The Atlantic ; Kay Nietfeld/Picture Alliance/Getty What’s Behind Putin’s Dirty, Violent Speeches
Although seemingly spontaneous, the Russian president’s deployment of vulgar language has almost always been intentional and strategic.
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Oleg Kuleshov / TASS / Getty How Should the U.S. Respond to Putin’s Nuclear Provocation?
Putin’s order to raise Russia’s nuclear-alert status is aimed as much at a domestic audience as it is at the West.
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Stefani Reynolds / Getty Romney Was Right About Putin
A conversation with the Republican senator about Russia’s threat to the world, the members of the GOP who praise Putin, and how this conflict ends
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Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Getty The Russian Invasion Touches Outer Space
The long-held idea that earthly conflict can’t tarnish something as lofty as space travel is only a platitude, not a certainty.
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Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg / Getty Who is Vladimir Putin’s Revisionist History For?
Nationalist leaders often weaponize the past to justify their present aims. But the Russian president’s narrative appears to be directed at an audience of one.
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Andre Pain / AFP / Getty Can Putin Recover From This?
The Fed and the European Central Bank move hard, fast, and together.
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Anna Moneymaker / Getty A Prayer for Volodymyr Zelensky
History has found the Ukrainian president, and his courage is remarkable to witness.
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Getty; The Atlantic ‘Netwar’ Could Be Even Worse Than Cyberwar
A risk first described almost 30 years ago is now mature.
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Getty / The Atlantic Seize the Oligarchs’ Wealth
A crackdown on the Russian elite could help the situation in Ukraine and offer solutions to broader social problems.
