Commentary and Analysis

How have US attitudes toward the war in Ukraine, and Washington’s response, evolved? Senior Fellow Dina Smelts unpacks with War on the Rocks.

“Transatlantic effort to accelerate economic change in industrial heartland regions has huge implications,” cowrites John Austin in the National Interest.

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.

New surveys find that Americans are willing to pay more for fuel in order to support Ukraine.

Susan Glasser, Ryan Heath, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

"If Russia uses chemical or biological agents, let alone a nuclear weapon, NATO should come to the direct defense of Ukraine," writes Ivo Daalder in the Guardian.

“Dysfunctional treatment of the State Department remains an impediment to leading with diplomacy,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

How can the West draw a red line without escalating the conflict with Russia? Ivo Daalder weighs in on MSNBC's Chuck Todd on Meet the Press.

It's time to "start thinking about not just deterrence, but also defense," Council President Ivo Daalder tells Adrienne Arsenault with Rose Gottemoeller on CBC.

Will Putin turn to more extreme tactics? “Unless he understands the cost to him will be even greater, he is likely to escalate,” says Ivo Daalder on MSNBC.