Commentary and Analysis

"For a number of reasons, concerns that a Republican majority in Congress will undermine US support to Ukraine are unfounded," Paul Post argues.

"Support for restraint is found in the goals Americans prioritize for the US response to the war," Mark Hannah and Dina Smeltz write.

"We have just released a public opinions survey...which demonstrates that the American public is four-square behind supporting Ukraine militarily," says Ivo Daalder.

Stefan Kornelius, Elise Labott, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Carnegie nuclear policy senior fellow Ankit Panda discusses recent nuclear saber-rattling by Russia and North Korea and whether the risk of nuclear conflict is growing.

"The first priority is to signal Mr. Putin that NATO remains united," says Mitchel Wallerstein ahead of this week's NATO meetings in Belgium.

"Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created a profound identity crisis in Germany," writes Council President Ivo Daalder for Politico.

Russia's use of a nuclear weapon in Ukraine would be catastrophic, but not solely because of the physical damage the it would cause, Paul Poast writes.

Mitchel Wallerstein joins VOA's Cindy Saine to discuss President Biden's remarks that risk of "Armageddon" is the highest it has been in 60 years.

Putin “has not learned the first law of holes, which is that if you're in one you stop digging,” Ivo Daalder tells CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield.