Commentary

Could the Western Balkans region become a ‘second front’ in the Russia’s conflict with the West? Tim Judah and Ilva Tare join Deep Dish to discuss.

Nonresident Senior Fellow Mitchel Wallerstein sheds light on the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and why it is so dangerous on Sirius XM POTUS.

Mikhail Gorbechav’s peaceful dissolution of the Soviet Union starkly contrasts Putin’s war. Cecile Shea weighs in on WGN's Evening News.

"Putin needs to understand that there is no other way out but negotiation," Elizabeth Shackelford argues on WTTW.

"A diplomatic solution is far from guaranteed in the near term," Elizabeth Shackelford writes, "but Ukraine must not close the door to it."

"Afghanistan was indeed a failure of US foreign policy," Paul Poast writes. "But it wasn't a failure of the Biden administration."

"It's not just that he walked out of the White House, he took them to Mar-a-Lago where those documents could've been accessed by almost anyone."

Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura argue that a majority of Americans support backing Taiwan as the U.S. has backed Ukraine, as long as U.S. troops aren’t involved.

"The longer that there is shelling happening in that vicinity, the higher the risks are that there could be an accident," Elizabeth Shackleford tells the BBC.

Why are cultural sites a target during war? Olesia Ostrovska-Liuta and Jim Cuno explore.