Commentary and Analysis

"Debate and scrutiny are exactly what our defense budget needs most," Elizabeth Shackelford argues.

Such accusations ignore the harm the war is doing to the US economy and the potential political peril it has created for the Biden administration, Paul Poast writes.

The Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and the Ukrainian Embassy to the United States discuss the creation of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression.

"Widespread skepticism of Washington has given way to the belief that US forces have a role to play on the peninsula for the foreseeable future," Karl Friedhoff writes.

Deborah Amos, Steve Erlanger, and Philip Stephens join guest host Carla Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

Ivo Daalder argues that China’s unwillingness to stand up to Putin is part of what causes the danger of missile hits like the one in Poland this week.

As the frenzy dies down after the missile hit in Poland, Council President Ivo Daalder joins Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell to unpack lessons learned.

“The best way to deal with it is to give Ukraine the capacity to defend itself, rather than escalate this further,” Ivo Daalder tells Zain Asher.

Despite economic hardship or scares from the missile in Poland, "It really isn't up to us to tell the Ukrainians how it ends," Council President Ivo Daalder tells Geeta Guru-murthy on BBC World News.

"If it was deliberate, that is an armed attack on a NATO country, and would lead to serious consequences" Ivo Daalder tells Judy Woodruff.