Commentary and Analysis

“It remains an embarrassment for a bloc that touts itself as a model for human rights and the rule of law to have a member that respects neither,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

Why has Mexico failed to stand up to Russia, and what role do vaccines play? Nonresident Senior Fellow Cécile Shea weighs in on Newsy.

With coming visits to India, “There will be an opportunity for the US to smooth over some feathers that have been ruffled,” says Craig Kafura on India Today.

Is the war in Ukraine slowing down? “It just isn’t true for the people suffering in Mariupol,” Ivo Daalder tells MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell.

Karen DeYoung, Steve Erlanger, and Ed Luce join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Peace talks in Istanbul are “an indication that the tables are turning a bit, and Russia no longer has the upper hand,” says Elizabeth Shackelford on VOA.

Tanvi Mandan and Srinath Raghavan unpack India’s foreign policy calculations between Russia, China, and a unified West.

After six weeks of Russia's violence in Ukraine, “still to blame NATO is, frankly, absurd,” argues Ivo Daalder. He explains why in the Economist.

As negotiations unfold in Turkey, Council President Ivo Daalder joins CNN's Christiane Amanpour with Andrey Kortunov to analyze Russia's pitfalls in Ukraine.

Public surveys about Taiwan's willingness to fight an invasion by China don't reveal as much as one might think.